TY - JOUR
T1 - Wave driven free surface motion in the gap between a tanker and an FLNG barge
AU - Sun, L.
AU - Eatock Taylor, R.
AU - Taylor, Paul
PY - 2015/6/1
Y1 - 2015/6/1
N2 - When two vessels are moored side-by-side with a narrow gap between them, intense free surface motions may be excited in the gap as a result of complex hydrodynamic interactions. These influence the motions of the two vessels, and the forces in any moorings. The present paper uses first and second order wave diffraction analysis to investigate this phenomenon. Key theoretical aspects of the numerical analysis are first summarised, including the vital need to suppress "irregular frequency" effects; and results are given to validate the code used. The case of a tanker alongside a large floating FLNG barge is then considered in detail.
AB - When two vessels are moored side-by-side with a narrow gap between them, intense free surface motions may be excited in the gap as a result of complex hydrodynamic interactions. These influence the motions of the two vessels, and the forces in any moorings. The present paper uses first and second order wave diffraction analysis to investigate this phenomenon. Key theoretical aspects of the numerical analysis are first summarised, including the vital need to suppress "irregular frequency" effects; and results are given to validate the code used. The case of a tanker alongside a large floating FLNG barge is then considered in detail.
KW - Closely spaced vessels
KW - Gap resonances
KW - Hydrodynamic interactions
KW - Second order diffraction
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84930181340&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.apor.2015.01.011
DO - 10.1016/j.apor.2015.01.011
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84930181340
VL - 51
SP - 331
EP - 349
JO - Applied Ocean Research
JF - Applied Ocean Research
SN - 0141-1187
ER -