Determination of current loads of floating platform for special purposes

This article studied a new floating offshore platform for special purposes, which was assembled by standard floating modules. The environmental load calculation of the platform is an important part of the research of the ocean platform, which has always been paid attention to by engineers. In additi...

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Published inIOP conference series. Earth and environmental science Vol. 81; no. 1; pp. 12178 - 12182
Main Authors Ma, Guang-ying, Yao, Yun-long, Zhao, Chen-yao
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bristol IOP Publishing 01.08.2017
Subjects
Dynamic response
Environmental factors
Floating platforms
Mathematical analysis
Offshore platforms
Wind loads
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Summary:This article studied a new floating offshore platform for special purposes, which was assembled by standard floating modules. The environmental load calculation of the platform is an important part of the research of the ocean platform, which has always been paid attention to by engineers. In addition to wave loads, the wind loads and current loads are also important environmental factors that affect the dynamic response of the offshore platform. The current loads on the bottom structure should not be ignored. By Fluent software, the hydrostatic conditions and external current loads of the platform were calculated in this paper. The coefficient which is independent of the current velocity, namely, current force coefficient, can be fitted through current loads, which can be used for the consequent hydrodynamic and mooring analyses.
ISSN:1755-1307
1755-1315
DOI:10.1088/1755-1315/81/1/012178