Floater - Structural Properties

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Floater - Structural Properties

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Mass & INERTIA

Input:

Description

Mass:

M - the mass of the floating body.

Roll Inertia:

I44 - the inertia about the local roll axis.

Pitch Inertia:

I55 - the inertia about the local pitch axis.

Yaw Inertia:

I66 - the inertia about the local yaw axis

HydroStatic Stiffness

Input:

Description

Heave:

K33 - the hydrostatic stiffness in the local heave direction.

Roll:

K44 - the hydrostatic stiffness in the local roll direction.

Pitch:

K55 - the hydrostatic stiffness in the local pitch direction.

Heave-Roll:

K34 - the hydrostatic stiffness coupling term between heave and roll.

Heave-Pitch:

K35 - the hydrostatic stiffness coupling term between heave and pitch.

Roll-Pitch:

K45 - the hydrostatic stiffness coupling term between roll and pitch.

Roll-Yaw:

K46 - the hydrostatic stiffness coupling term between roll and yaw.

Pitch-Yaw:

K56 - the hydrostatic stiffness coupling term between pitch and yaw.