Documenti di Didattica
Documenti di Professioni
Documenti di Cultura
GMOOR
v9.41
GM-44445-0407-37028
Contents
Contents
Figures
xi
1 General Background
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
Introduction . . . .
Outline of Program
Options . . . . . .
Design Codes . . .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
2 Installation
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5
Versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Installation Overview . . . . . . . .
Installation Options . . . . . . . . .
Sentinel Dongle Drivers Installation .
Licensing Checks . . . . . . . . . .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.5
3.6
3.7
Data Files . . . . . . . . . .
Starting the Program . . . .
Entering Weather Conditions
Changing Line Payouts . . .
Altering Units . . . . . . . .
Printing Results . . . . . . .
Moving an Anchor . . . . . .
5
5
6
7
8
11
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
4 GMOOR Basics
Page i
1
1
2
3
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
11
12
15
15
18
18
23
27
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
CONTENTS
4.1
4.2
4.3
4.4
4.5
4.6
4.7
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
5 Main Screen
35
27
31
31
31
32
32
33
GM-44445-0407-37028
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
36
36
36
36
36
37
37
37
37
38
38
38
39
39
39
39
39
39
40
40
40
40
40
40
41
Page ii
GMOOR
CONTENTS
6.1
6.2
6.3
6.4
6.5
6.6
6.7
6.8
6.9
6.10
6.11
43
New Spread... . . . . .
New Single Leg... . . .
Open... . . . . . . . .
Close . . . . . . . . . .
Save As . . . . . . . .
Import Live Data . . .
Write Results . . . . .
Launch Report... . . .
Print and Print Preview
Print Set-up . . . . . .
Job Details . . . . . .
6.11.1 NOTE . . . . .
6.12 Exit . . . . . . . . . .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
7 Edit Menu
47
7.1 Spread... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7.2 Move . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7.2.1 To Target . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7.2.2 Change Target . . . . . . . . . . . .
7.3 Zero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7.3.1 Payout Counters . . . . . . . . . . .
7.3.2 Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7.4 Relay... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7.4.1 Moving the Vessel . . . . . . . . . .
7.4.2 Moving Individual Anchors . . . . . .
7.4.3 Drag and Drop . . . . . . . . . . . .
7.5 Interactive... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7.6 Miscellaneous Options... . . . . . . . . . . .
7.6.1 Paper Size for PDF Reports . . . . .
7.6.2 Disable Non-Matching License Errors
8 Spread Editor
Page iii
44
44
44
44
44
44
44
45
45
45
45
46
46
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
47
47
48
48
48
48
48
48
49
49
49
49
49
50
50
51
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
CONTENTS
8.0.3
8.0.4
8.0.5
8.0.6
8.0.7
8.0.8
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
9.1 Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9.2 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9.2.1 Directions . . . . . . . . .
9.2.2 Payouts . . . . . . . . . .
9.2.3 All Other Lengths . . . . .
9.2.4 Forces . . . . . . . . . . .
9.2.5 Reference Grid . . . . . .
9.3 Wind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9.3.1 Speed . . . . . . . . . . .
9.3.2 Averaging Period . . . . .
9.3.3 Force Calculations at 10m
9.3.4 Gust Factors . . . . . . .
9.3.5 Reference Height . . . . .
9.3.6 Anemometer . . . . . . .
9.3.7 Wind Spectrum . . . . . .
9.4 Wave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9.4.1 Period . . . . . . . . . . .
9.4.2 Spectrum . . . . . . . . .
9.4.3 Spreading . . . . . . . . .
9.4.4 Duration . . . . . . . . .
9.5 Current . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9.5.1 Data Entry . . . . . . . .
9.5.2 Type . . . . . . . . . . . .
9.5.3 Wind Induced . . . . . . .
9.5.4 Speed . . . . . . . . . . .
9.5.5 Direction Convention . . .
Global Maritime
52
52
52
54
54
56
59
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
GM-44445-0407-37028
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
59
59
59
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
61
61
61
62
62
62
62
62
63
63
63
63
63
63
63
Page iv
GMOOR
CONTENTS
9.6
9.7
9.8
9.9
9.10
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
10 View Menu
69
64
64
64
64
64
65
65
65
65
65
65
66
66
66
66
66
67
67
67
67
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
GM-44445-0407-37028
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
69
69
69
69
69
71
71
71
71
71
71
71
Global Maritime
GMOOR
CONTENTS
10.3.1
10.3.2
10.3.3
10.3.4
Colour Settings . .
Rings Settings . .
Field View Options
Force Summary . .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
11 Guidance Menu
72
72
72
72
73
77
12.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12.1.1 Case Title . . . . . . . . . .
12.1.2 Time Label . . . . . . . . .
12.1.3 Water Depth, Draft & Tide
12.1.4 Forces . . . . . . . . . . . .
12.2 Weather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12.2.1 Beaufort . . . . . . . . . . .
12.2.2 Summary . . . . . . . . . .
12.2.3 Wind Speed . . . . . . . . .
12.2.4 Sea & Swell Wave Height .
12.3 Current . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12.3.1 Surface Current . . . . . . .
12.3.2 Current Prole . . . . . . .
12.4 Force (Extra Force) . . . . . . . . .
12.4.1 Axis System . . . . . . . . .
12.4.2 Radial or Cartesian . . . . .
12.4.3 Force & Direction . . . . . .
12.4.4 Longitudinal & Transverse .
12.4.5 Moment . . . . . . . . . . .
12.5 Motion (Extra Motion) . . . . . . .
12.5.1 Axis System . . . . . . . . .
12.5.2 Co-ordinates . . . . . . . .
12.5.3 Excursion & Direction . . .
12.5.4 Longitudinal & Transverse .
Global Maritime
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
GM-44445-0407-37028
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
78
78
78
78
78
78
78
79
79
79
79
80
80
82
82
82
82
82
82
83
83
83
83
83
Page vi
GMOOR
CONTENTS
12.5.5 Yaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12.6 Legs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12.6.1 Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12.6.2 Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12.6.3 Modify Line Status . . . . . . . . . . . .
12.6.4 Payout & Tension . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12.6.5 Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12.6.6 Value & Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12.6.7 Show the Initial Payout & Mean Tension
12.6.8 Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12.7 Thrusters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12.7.1 Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12.7.2 Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12.7.3 Modify . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12.7.4 Individual Modify . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12.7.5 Joystick Modify . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12.8 Riser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12.8.1 Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12.8.2 Top Tension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12.8.3 Mud Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12.9 Vessel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12.10Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12.10.1 Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12.10.2 Redene Target . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12.11Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12.11.1 Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12.11.2 Dynamic Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12.11.3 LF Frequency Domain . . . . . . . . . .
12.11.4 LF Time Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . .
13 Batch Menu & Batch Dialog
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
83
83
84
84
84
85
85
85
85
85
85
85
86
86
86
86
87
87
87
88
88
89
89
89
91
91
92
92
92
93
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
CONTENTS
14.1
14.2
14.3
14.4
14.5
14.6
101
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
15 Data Files
15.1
15.2
15.3
15.4
15.5
15.6
15.7
15.8
15.9
105
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . .
The SPREAD (*.SPD) File . . .
Example SPREAD (*.SPD) File
The VESSEL Files . . . . . . .
Example PLAN (*.PLN) File . .
The FIELD (*.FLD) File . . . .
Example FIELD (*.FLD) File . .
Example Body File (jacket.bod)
The RISER (*.RSR) File . . . .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
101
101
102
102
103
104
GM-44445-0407-37028
105
107
121
122
128
128
132
133
134
135
135
135
137
138
139
139
140
140
141
142
144
145
145
Page viii
GMOOR
CONTENTS
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
B Wave Spectra
145
146
146
147
147
149
151
C.1
C.2
C.3
C.4
C.5
C.6
C.7
C.8
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
License Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Conguration Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Stand-Alone License Installation and Conguration . .
Typical Stand-alone licensing Problems . . . . . . . .
Network License Installation and Conguration . . . .
Network Licensing Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Network License Server Installation and Conguration .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
155
156
157
157
158
160
160
160
163
E Output Database
171
E.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . .
E.2 Database Tables . . . . . .
E.2.1 Clearance . . . . .
E.2.2 Compnt Table . . .
E.2.3 CompntRes Table .
E.2.4 JobDet Table . . .
E.2.5 LineDyn Table . .
E.2.6 LineRes . . . . . .
E.2.7 Loads Table . . . .
E.2.8 Motions Table . .
E.2.9 Options Table . . .
E.2.10 Position Table . . .
Page ix
155
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
GM-44445-0407-37028
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
171
171
172
172
174
174
174
182
184
186
187
189
Global Maritime
GMOOR
CONTENTS
E.2.11
E.2.12
E.2.13
E.2.14
RunDet Table .
Spread Table .
Thrust Table .
Vessel Table . .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
F References
Global Maritime
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
190
191
192
193
195
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page x
List of Figures
Page xi
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
6
7
8
8
9
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.5
3.6
3.7
3.8
3.9
3.10
3.11
3.12
3.13
3.14
3.15
3.16
3.17
3.18
3.19
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
12
12
13
13
14
14
15
16
16
17
17
18
19
19
20
20
21
21
22
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
GM-44445-0407-37028
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Global Maritime
GMOOR
LIST OF FIGURES
3.20
3.21
3.22
3.23
3.24
3.25
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
22
23
23
24
24
25
4.1
4.2
4.3
4.4
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
27
28
29
29
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
52
53
53
55
55
56
56
57
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page xii
GMOOR
LIST OF FIGURES
13.1
13.2
13.3
13.4
13.5
13.6
13.7
13.8
Batch Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Batch Control Dialog . . . . . . . . . . .
Batch Case Generator . . . . . . . . . . .
Batch Case Generator - stage 1 . . . . .
Batch Case Generator - stage 2 . . . . .
Batch Case Generator - stage 3 . . . . .
Batch Case Generator - alternate method
Batch Case Generator - special directions
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
93
94
95
96
97
97
98
98
Page xiii
GM-44445-0407-37028
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
156
158
158
159
Global Maritime
Chapter 1
General Background
1.1 Introduction
The GMOOR program simulates the behaviour of catenary moored vessels and
analyses the performance of mooring systems. The program was rst developed
by Global Maritime in 1982 as an in-house design tool for both inshore and oshore
moorings. It was rst released for licensed third party use in 1986 and since then
has been installed in over 40 sites worldwide including design oces, marine drilling
departments and on drilling and production vessels oshore. At the time of writing
the latter include the Amerada Hess AH001 FPF on Ivanhoe/Rob Roy, Santa FE
Rigs 135 and 140, and the Sedco 706 in tender assist mode for Total's Dunbar
eld.
Norwegian Maritime Directorate (NMD) has approved GMOOR by for quasi-static
mooring analysis (water depths up to 450m). This approval was rst awarded in
1987. The test cases submitted in 1987 form part of the QA procedures followed
prior to issue of each release of the program to demonstrate continued compliance.
GMOOR32 is a Windows based version of GMOOR with additional features including station-keeping analysis incorporating the marine drilling riser.
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
Conditions.
1.3 Options
Gmoor32 is now supplied as one of three program options. The options have
varying levels of capability as described below.
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 2
GMOOR
advantage of the CVF is that low frequency (second order) motions can be calculated and included in the quasi-static analysis.
Used in conjunction with RISERDYN, Global Maritime's in-house riser analysis
program, Gmoor32Q can analyse moorings with a marine drilling riser present to
calculate the prole of the riser and the interaction with the vessel.
Gmoor32D, extends the program's capability to include line dynamics. The method
used for the dynamic analysis assumes that the steady environmental loads and
the low frequency motions can be applied statically to give a mean oset. The
vessel motions at the fairleads are then calculated and applied to the mooring
lines. A frequency domain technique is used to determine the dynamic tensions
taking account of drag and inertia forces. A more detailed description of the
technique used for the dynamic analysis is contained in Global Maritime report
GM-33053-1299-37055.
Where features are specic to a particular program option this is identied in the
manual.
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
Global Maritime
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 4
Chapter 2
Installation
2.1 Versions
The following versions of the program are available
Gmoor32M
Gmoor32Q
Gmoor32D
In addition, the program will run in an unlicensed mode as what is referred to
as GMOOR32S, which can only open the demo les which get installed with the
program
There is a utility program, MAKECVF, which always gets installed along with
GMOOR. MAKECVF however, requires a separate license le in order to run.
The installation executable is the same for all versions of the program, the option
that is enabled is triggered by a separate license le.
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
CHAPTER 2. INSTALLATION
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 6
GMOOR
CHAPTER 2. INSTALLATION
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
CHAPTER 2. INSTALLATION
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 8
GMOOR
CHAPTER 2. INSTALLATION
Page 9
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
Global Maritime
CHAPTER 2. INSTALLATION
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 10
Chapter 3
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 12
GMOOR
Page 13
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
This screen shows the mooring system layout and the payout and mean tension of
each line is indicated. The weather dials show that no weather has been applied.
To view the anchor locations the wide angle view can be selected via the View
menu, producing the layout show in gure 3.6.
Global Maritime
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 14
GMOOR
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
Global Maritime
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 16
GMOOR
Page 17
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
allows you to change the status of the line by breaking it for a static single line
failure case, adjusting payout, or adjusting tension (g 3.12).
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 18
GMOOR
Page 19
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
Global Maritime
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 20
GMOOR
from the File menu does this (g 3.17). The present set-up, weather conditions
and units will be written to a series of text les in a subdirectory of the Spread
File directory.
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
see the manual for more information. Component details gives a report showing
the make-up of each mooring line. And nally the Detailed Output gives a report
of each analysis case written to the database.
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 22
GMOOR
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
Global Maritime
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 24
GMOOR
Page 25
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
Global Maritime
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 26
Chapter 4
GMOOR Basics
4.1 The Mooring System
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
(RANGE) from the anchor to the fairlead. The stretch of the mooring lines may
also be important especially at high tensions or if the material is very
exible thus we must also consider the ELASTICITY. The dynamic eects due to drag
as lines are lifted through the water by surge and sway motions of the vessel are
normally ignored in quasi-static analysis. The safety factors on line tensions are
assumed to take account of this approximation, at least in water depths up to
450m according to common practice in the North Sea. Beyond this water depth a
dynamic analysis becomes essential and a dierent technique must be employed.
This is discussed in more detail in the section on dynamic analysis.
The eects of the moorings on the vessel depend upon where the lines are attached
to the vessel, the directions of the lines and the tensions. The direction of each
line is controlled by the placing of the anchors - the ANCHOR PATTERN. Usually
a symmetric pattern is desirable but often the constraints of eld architecture
(platforms, pipelines, and other vessels) force highly asymmetric arrangements.
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 28
GMOOR
Page 29
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 30
GMOOR
The program is run interactively - once the data les have been set up on disk all
further input is via the keyboard/mouse. For most of the time the user will see
a main screen display giving a visual representation of the vessel at the location
with a summary of the riser loads and components, vessel position, mooring lines
and weather conditions acting upon the vessel. Load cases and mooring system
adjustments can all be changed by the PULL DOWN MENU's (or ICON's) on the
main screen (Field View). The structure of these is described below.
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
Mode window and the conditions will be applied and the program will return to
the Main Screen with the mooring system in the new equilibrium position.
If more than one set of conditions is to be changed at the same time, for example,
applying wind, current and thrusters all from a new direction, then the OK button
should not be clicked until all the tabs have been edited.
Units, wind and wave spectra, current types, etc, can all be changed during an
analysis by using the Options Menu accessed via the Edit Menu. If any options are
changed during an analysis, for example, units changed from metric to imperial,
the program will resolve and show the results on screen in the new units.
Running the program interactively does not directly produce results for output to a
printer. To save results for post processing and output the Write Results command
must be selected from the File Menu. Alternatively an icon on the toolbar can be
used. An outline of how the results are post processed and output generated is
contained in the next section.
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 32
GMOOR
interactively then there may be only a few cases in the database and it is easy to
step through the results to nd the case required. If Batch cases have been run
then a large number of Run IDs will have been generated and it may be simpler to
enter the correct Run ID at the prompt. The Batch reports described below lter
the results to nd the design case and report which Run ID to select for detailed
output. Reports can be sent to the printer using the Print Icon in the GMOOR
Reports window.
The other reports available for Interactive runs are Anchor Locations and Component Details. In both these reports the details are only updated if there is a
change to the spread layout such as if the anchors are moved or the component
properties altered during an analysis. The spread applicable at any stage is kept
track of via the Spread ID. If changes are made to the spread during a run then it
must be ensured that the correct Spread and Run ID's are in all related reports.
The latest Run ID is shown on the Summary 1 tab.
Page 33
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
Global Maritime
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 34
Chapter 5
Main Screen
Gmoor32 will after initialisation show the main screen with the Field View activated using the data in Spread, Field and Vessel les. Summary1 & Summary2,
Files and User Options Tab Dialogues are also displayed (see gure 5.1).
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 36
GMOOR
Maximum Fairlead Tension (Max Fld Ten), Anchor Tension (Anchor Ten), Anchor
Vertical Tension (Anchor Vert), Maximum % Breaking (Max % Brk), Minimum
Grounded Length (Grnd Min), Maximum Grounded Length (Grnd Max), Mean
Horizontal tension at Fairlead (Mean TH), Maximum Uplift Angle at Anchor (Uplift Ang), and Minimum Angle at Fairlead (Fld Ang) in the appropriate user dened
units.
When a dynamic analysis is run additional information will be displayed on this tab.
H CVF
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
5.6.1 Position
The Position information section gives a non-editable summary of the vessel position.
The present Easting and Northing Co-ordinates of the vessel are given in Universal
Transverse Mercator's (UTM's), metres. The Oset, the distance of the mean
position from the Reference Position, is also displayed in the user specied units.
The initial value for the position is taken from the Spread File.
The present Heading of the vessel is given in degrees. The Oset, the bearing
from the initial spread vessel heading, is also displayed. The initial value is taken
from the Spread File.
5.6.3 Riser
H Riser
The Mean Tension for the Riser is displayed with the user specied units. Throughout Gmoor32 the corresponding units are displayed for each individual eld as
dened by the user for each Spread File chosen. The user's choice of units are
dened within the Units section from the Edit, Options pull down menu or the
Unit Options Icon on the desktop.
UFJ Angle & LFJ Angle
The Mean and Max Upper Flexjoint (UFJ) and Lower Flexjoint (LFJ) Angles are
displayed. The units are degrees.
Stroke
The Mean, Max and Min Slip Joint Strokes are displayed with the user specied
units (see Edit, Options).
Global Maritime
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 38
GMOOR
H CVF
5.8.3 Motions
This section gives a summary of the motions of the vessel as a result of the
environmental loading. Signicant and Maximum First Order Surge, Sway, Heave,
Pitch, Roll & Yaw motions are displayed using the user specied units.
Also displayed are Second Order motions for Surge, Sway and Yaw.
H CVF
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
are used by Gmoor32 for the analysis. The DXF option is not presently available
in this version of Gmoor32.
On initialisation Gmoor32 creates a sub-directory (folder) which is used for storing
output text les. This sub-directory is named based on the Spread le name with
the extension .WRK, and is referred to as the Spread Working Directory.
E.g. Spread name C:\gmoor\G32_EXAM.spd
Output directory C:\gmoor\G32_EXAM.wrk
5.10.1 General
The user specied General options of Direction (True or Relative), Payouts (metres
or feet), Lengths (metres or feet) and Forces (Tonnes, kN or Kips) are displayed
here.
5.10.2 Wind
H CVF
The user specied Wind options of Speed (m/s, knots or ft/s), Averaging Period
(1 hour, 10 min or 1 min), Reference height (Standard 10m or Anemometer) and
Wind Spectrum.
5.10.3 Wave
H CVF
The user specied Wave options of Period (Tz or Tp), Spectrum (PM or Jonswap)
and Spreading (O or On).
5.10.4 Current
H CVF
The user specied Current options of Wind Induced (O or On), Speed (m/s,
knots or ft/s), Direction (from or towards) and Depth (metres or feet).
5.10.5 Simulation
The user specied Simulation options of Simulation Period in seconds and Time
Step in seconds. These values are used during transient analyses.
Global Maritime
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 40
GMOOR
Page 41
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
Global Maritime
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 42
Chapter 6
File Menu
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
6.3 Open...
The Open selection will bring up a standard Windows File Open Dialog to allow
the selection of any existing Spread File. The user may also use the Open Icon in
the Toolbar. This window is described in the section on Spread File Selection.
It is possible to have more than one spread le open at the same time.
6.4 Close
The Close selection allows the user to close the active Spread File.
6.5 Save As
The Save As command allows the user to save a spread le under a new name or
in a new directory. This is useful if the anchor relay option has been performed. If
the spread le is saved to a new directory then any referenced VSL, CVF or FLD
les must also be copied to the new directory.
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 44
GMOOR
interactive run. Selecting Write Results causes the program to write results to a
series of text les located in the Spread Working Directory. To print or preview
results select the corresponding command from the File menu. The text les in
the Spread Working Directory will remain available even after Gmoor32 is closed.
On restarting an analysis it is possible to access the stored results provided the
same spread le is opened in the same data directory. If an analysis is restarted,
the rst time the Write Results command is selected a dialogue box will appear
asking whether the user wishes to overwrite existing results or append the latest
results to the existing les. During Batch and Consequence Analysis results are
automatically written to the output text les in the Spread Working Directory.
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
6.11.1 NOTE
The job details entered here will be reproduced on the output, provided it is entered
prior to the rst Write Results command.
6.12 Exit
Exits Gmoor32.
Global Maritime
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 46
Chapter 7
Edit Menu
7.1 Spread...
Brings up the interactive Spread Editor (see chapter ??)
7.2 Move
This is a short cut to the Control Tab on the Edit, Interactive window.
It is possible to redene the Target position and move the vessel to the target
position using the two commands in this menu.
Page 47
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
7.2.1 To Target
Moves the vessel to the currently dened Target position. The mooring line payouts are adjusted to move the vessel whilst maintaining the current line tensions.
This may not always be possible if the distance to be moved is large and some
alteration in tensions may be necessary.
If the target position is not reached on the rst Move to Target command retry a
second time.
7.3 Zero
7.3.1 Payout Counters
After moving the vessel or adjusting mooring line payouts the amount of adjustment is shown in the Change value in the Leg View. It is often convenient to
reset this value to zero prior to an analysis and this is achieved by selecting this
command.
7.3.2 Environment
This command will reset all environmental conditions (ie. Wind, wave and current)
to zero.
7.4 Relay...
The mooring spread can be altered interactively using the Relay Anchors Menu.
All anchors can be moved simultaneously to alter the vessel's heading or position,
or each anchor can be moved individually. This menu is activated via the Edit
Menu or by dragging and dropping a selected anchor.
When this menu is selected a dialogue box appears showing the position of the
vessel and all the anchors currently deployed.
Global Maritime
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 48
GMOOR
7.5 Interactive...
Brings up the main Interactive editing dialog (see chapter 12)
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
Global Maritime
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 50
Chapter 8
Spread Editor
The spread editor allows changes to be made to the conguration of the open
spread le without aecting other run time settings, such as the weather parameters.
These changes may optionally be written back to the spread le for future use.
The spread editor takes the form of a wizard which guides the user through ve
stages of conguration:
1. Supplying a working title for the spread le
2. Specifying other data les (vessel or custom vessel le; optional riser le and
optional eld le)
3. General parameters (units of measurement; vessel position and water depth)
4. Leg conguration
5. Gangway setings
The spread editor can be invoked in 2 ways :From the menu using File New - in this case you create a new spread le
from scratch, although you have the option of importing an existing le and
using it as a template. At the end of the wizard you are prompted for a new
spread le name and a new spread le is created.
From the Edit-Spread Menu - in this case you are editing the open spread.
When the wizard closes you do not get the option of saving to another
spread. A temporary spread is made in the project working directory. When
you eventually close the spread le, you have the option of saving the modied spread. This OVERWRITES your original spread le.
It might also be useful to look through the documentation for the spread le format
.
Page 51
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 52
GMOOR
Page 53
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 54
GMOOR
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 56
GMOOR
Page 57
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
Global Maritime
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 58
Chapter 9
9.1 Units
This selection allows the user to enter information to dene the units for an
analysis.
General, Wind, Wave, Current and Code options are available as tab selections.
All these values can be altered during an analysis. When using a VSL le only the
General tab is available.
Output reports from Gmoor32 will be generated using the units current at the
time of each Write Results command.
9.2 General
The user can enter the general information for Gmoor32 conguration in this tab.
The OK button will save any changes made to the conguration and close the
window. Cancel will discard the changes and close the window.
9.2.1 Directions
Choose the direction convention from True or Relative. True direction is relative
to North, whilst Relative is the direction relative to the current vessel heading.
Page 59
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
9.2.2 Payouts
Choose the unit of length for the Line Payout from metres and feet.
9.2.4 Forces
Choose the unit of Force from the options of Tonnes, kN and Kips.
9.3 Wind
The user can enter the Wind information for Gmoor32 conguration in this tab.
9.3.1 Speed
Choose the unit of Speed from the options of m/s, knots and ft/s to be used.
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 60
GMOOR
The One Hour value is the default gust factor calculation and is set to 1.
Ten Minute
The user can enter here the gust factor value for Ten Minute averaging period.
The default is 1.045.
One Minute
The user can enter here the gust factor value for One Minute averaging period.
The default is 1.170.
9.3.6 Anemometer
For the Anemometer the user must enter information on the Units, Reference
Height and Power Law Exponent
Units
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
Reference Height
Enter the Reference Height of the vessel's anemometer above sea level. This value
will be used to calculate the wind speed and loading at the standard reference
height of 10m. If this is empty the user will be prompted to enter a value.
Power Law Exponent
Enter the Power Law Exponent for the location. This value will be used to calculate
the wind speed and loading at the standard reference height of 10m. The default
value is 0.12.
9.4 Wave
The user can enter the Wave units information for Gmoor32 conguration in this
tab.
9.4.1 Period
Choose the type of wave Period from the options of Tp (Peak Period) and Tz
(Zero Crossing Period).
9.4.2 Spectrum
Choose the type of wave Spectrum from the options of PM (Pierson-Moskowitz)
and Jonswap.
9.4.3 Spreading
The user can choose to enable or disable wave Spreading with the On/O selections. When On is selected the Spreading value edit box is enabled. Enter a
Global Maritime
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 62
GMOOR
numerical value n to correspond to the form of wave spreading (cosn). The default
value for n is 2.
9.4.4 Duration
Enter the Duration of the storm to which the analysis is performed. This value is
used in the calculation of the wave spectrum details.
9.5 Current
The user can enter the Current information for Gmoor32 conguration in this tab.
9.5.2 Type
Choose between the options of Surface (current) and Current Prole. The choice
made here will aect the Current tab dialogue in the Edit, Interactive menu, either
Surface Current or Current Prole. The selection of Surface will enable the Wind
Induced section.
9.5.4 Speed
Choose between m/s, knots and ft/s for the current Speed units to be adopted
throughout the analysis.
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
9.5.7 View/Edit
The View/Edit button enables a new window, Wind Induced Current, where the
user can enable or disable wind induced and also congure the parameters involved.
Click OK to commit the changes and close the Wind Induced Current window. To
discard the changes made and close the window click Cancel.
Status
Enter the Proportion of the Mean Hourly Wind Speed that the wind induced
current is equal to.
9.6 Code
When run in the Batch Mode Gmoor32 will perform code checking to API RP2SK
or DnV POSMOOR rules. On the Code tab there is a drop down list of the codes
that can be applied. When a code is selected then the applicable Safety Factors
or the allowable percentage breakload are displayed.
The method used to combine rst and second order motions varies between API
RP2SK and POSMOOR. When a code is selected then the correct formulation
will be applied in both Interactive and Batch modes. Reference should be made
to the relevant codes for further details.
Global Maritime
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 64
GMOOR
9.8 Simulation
The user can enter the Simulation default values information for Gmoor32 conguration in this tab.
9.9 Consequence
NOTE
This is an additional facility and may not be available on your system. Contact
Global Maritime for further details.
The user can enter the Warning and Alarm Consequence default values information
for Gmoor32 conguration in this tab. These values will be used upon start-up of
the Consequence analysis section and can be modied within this window for all
Gmoor32 project les.
The OK button will save any changes made and close the Consequence conguration window. Cancel will discard any changes made and close the window.
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
9.9.5 Oset
Enter the default Consequence Analysis values for the vessel oset from wellhead/target location to be used in Station Keeping. The units are user specied.
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 66
GMOOR
9.10.3 Period
The Peak Period (Tp) corresponding to the Beaufort Number entered in the Interactive section is displayed in seconds.
Page 67
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
Global Maritime
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 68
Chapter 10
View Menu
10.1 Status Bar
This will enable or disable the Status Bar located at the bottom of the window
below the Summary tabs.
10.2 Toolbars
The Toolbars selection allows the user to enable or disable the toolbars of Standard,
Edit, View and Graph.
10.2.1 Standard
Contains Icons for the standard operations of File Open, Print, About and Help.
10.2.2 Edit
Contains Icons for shortcuts to the Edit Menu such as the Interactive and Units
Options menus.
10.2.3 View
Contains Icons for Zoom In, Zoom Out, Wide Angle, Close Up, Rings and Force
+ Motions Summary.
Page 69
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
Global Maritime
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 70
GMOOR
10.2.4 Graph
Contains Icons for Catenary Prole, Line Excursion, Vessel Excursion and Point
graphs.
10.2.5 Field
The Field selection will turn on or o the eld view i.e. toggle between a nowhere
eld (no detail in background) and the chosen eld le which may have detail
(
owlines, subsea structures, etc.).
If you cannot see you eld layout ensure that this option is enabled.
10.2.6 Rings
This selection enables/disables the rings in the Field view. A dotted line is given
showing the vessel's oset (direction and distance of the target position relative
to the vessel's current position). Initially the oset is normally close to zero.
10.3 Settings
The Settings command will enable the Settings Window where the user can dene
the display of the Field View. Three Tab Dialogues are available; Colour Settings
and Ring Settings and Field View Options.
Click OK to keep the changes made and Cancel to discard them and close the
window.
Page 71
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
Global Maritime
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 72
Chapter 11
Guidance Menu
The guidance option is intended for use when there is a riser le associated with
the spread. It estimates the optimum position of the rig based on :a Slipjoint Stroke
b Lower Flexjoint Angle
c Upper Flexjoint Angle
The optimum position is calculated for the current weather conditions. In general
there will be an boundary area of acceptable values riser paramers and thgis area
will be dierent fro each of the above parameters and dierent when considering
intact or damaged conditions (single line failure, etc). This means that there is
no single 'optimum' position and what is considered 'optimum' depends on the
importance attached to each of the paramters.
The Guidance Option is only available in the full (GMOOR32D) version of the
program
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 74
GMOOR
This section shows the estimated optimum position based on the user selection of riser parameter and whether it should consider intact or consequence
anlaysis.
4. New position calculation
The values of the riser parameters at the new position are shown in section
(5) . In this section you select whether the new position will be the optimum
posiion calculated from (4) or will be a user entered position. If it is a user
entered position, the relevent poision entry boxes will be available.
5. At New Position
The values of the riser parameters in the intact and consequence cases are
shown for the new position as selected in (4)
The user can alter the limits or the basis for estimating the optimum position while
this screen is displayed and the answeres will be shown immediately (see g 11.3).
Page 75
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
Global Maritime
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 76
Chapter 12
Interactive Dialog
This is the main gateway for entering Run details for analyses in the Interactive
mode. Details are entered in the selection tabs on the following subjects; General,
Weather, Current, Extra Force, Extra Motion, Legs, Thrusters, Riser, Vessel,
Control and Analysis. The user can activate the Interactive windows from the
Interactive icon on the Edit toolbar.
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
12.1 General
The user can enter the general information for the analysis in this tab.
12.1.4 Forces
This will display a window, Force and Motions Summary, that summarises the
forces and motions from the components of Wind, Sea, Swell, Current, Extra,
Riser and Thrusters. The forces are displayed in the Gmoor32 co-ordinate system:
STBD (Starboard), FWD (Forward), Resultant, Direction (including convention)
and Torque. The rst order motions, Signicant and Maximum, are also displayed
in the Gmoor32 co-ordinate system: Surge, Sway, Heave, Pitch, Roll and Yaw.
12.2 Weather
H CVF
The user can enter the weather information, Beaufort, Wind and Wave, for the
analysis in this tab.
12.2.1 Beaufort
To run the analysis for a Beaufort Number (rather then enter individual information
for wind speed and wave height) check the Enable box to disable Wind and Sea
details (entered automatically by the Beaufort Number) and enable the Force
selection box and the Direction edit box. The units and convention for direction
are user specied.
Global Maritime
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 78
GMOOR
12.2.2 Summary
The Summary button will display the summary information window for the Beaufort Scale as described earlier.
Enter the period of the sea and swell components of the wave details. The type
of period and units are user specied.
Sea & Swell Direction
Enter the direction of the sea and swell components of the wave details. The
convention and units are user specied.
Wave Spectrum
The user specied Wave Spectrum is displayed here. This is altered in the Edit,
Options - Units menu.
Spreading
The user specied Wave Spreading option is displayed here. This is altered in the
Edit, Options - Units menu.
12.3 Current
The user can enter the Current information for the analysis in this tab. The form
of current is chosen in the Edit, Options - Units menu where the available options
are Surface Current and Current Prole.
Page 79
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
Enter the Average Surface Current speed. Units are user specied.
Direction
The user specied Current Option (Surface Current) and Wind Induced Current
Status are displayed here.
Speed, Direction and Convention
The user specied units of Current Speed, Current Direction and Direction Convention are displayed here.
Resultant Current
This will display a window of the Resultant Current forces of Wind Induced and
Tidal. The forces are displayed as an East and North value, and a Speed and
Direction.
The Depth for each current prole ordinate is displayed here. Units are user
specied.
Global Maritime
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 80
GMOOR
Speed
The Speed for each current prole ordinate is displayed here. Units are user
specied.
Direction
The Direction for each current prole ordinate is displayed here. Units are degrees
using the user specied direction convention (to/from).
Insert
This button opens a new window to allow the user to create a new current prole
ordinate.
Enter the depth, speed and direction for the ordinate to be inserted. Click OK
to commit the changes made to the prole or Cancel to discard the changes and
close the Current Details window.
Modify
This button will allow the user to Modify an existing current prole ordinate, to
select click on the relevant depth value. If no ordinate has been selected the user
will be prompted to select a valid entry. It is possible to modify an existing prole
by double clicking on the depth value.
Delete
This button will allow the user to Delete an existing current prole. If no prole
has been selected the user will be prompted to select a valid entry.
Current Options & Wind Induced Status
The user specied Current Option (Current Prole) and Wind Induced Current
Status are displayed here. These can be altered using the Edit, Options menu.
Speed, Direction, Convention & Depth
The user specied units of current Speed, True current Direction, direction Convention and Depth are displayed here. These can be altered using the Edit, Options
menu.
Page 81
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
Average Current
This will display a window of the average current speed produced by the current
prole. The average current speed is dened as the current speed at the centre of
pressure of the vessel's hull. The centre of pressure is assumed to be at half draft.
The current speed is displayed as an East and North value, and also as Resultant
and Direction. The current force acting on the vessel is calculated based on the
average current speed.
12.4.5 Moment
Enter the Moment (a positive moment reduces heading) using the user specied
units.
Global Maritime
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 82
GMOOR
12.5.2 Co-ordinates
The user can choose between the options of Radial or Cartesian. This will change
the options of extra 1st Order Motion entry.
Radial
Cartesian
Excursion Sway
Direction Surge
12.5.5 Yaw
Enter the Yaw motion in degrees.
12.6 Legs
The user can enter and modify the mooring Legs information for the analysis in
this tab.
Page 83
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
12.6.1 Line
The mooring Leg numbers are displayed here as dened by the Spread and Vessel
les.
12.6.2 Status
The Status of the mooring legs are displayed here. The status can be Intact,
Broken or Not Deployed.
If the line status is Broken or Not Deployed the options are reduced to;
No Change
Set Intact
Select the required option from the drop down menu and click OK to commit
the changes and close the Mooring Line Details window. Cancel will discard any
changes made and close the window.
Global Maritime
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 84
GMOOR
12.6.5 Change
The change of status of the mooring lines is displayed here. The options available
are No Change, Change Payout to, Change Payout by, Set Tension at Present
Position to, Set Tension at Target Position to, Set Intact, Break and Not Deployed/Slack. The Status of the mooring lines are updated (returned to No
Change) once an analysis has been performed i.e. OK has been hit and the user
re-enters the Interactive Mode section.
12.6.8 Units
The user specied units of payout and tension are displayed here.
12.7 Thrusters
The user can enter the thruster information for the analysis in this tab.
12.7.1 Mode
Only Mode available in this version of Gmoor32 is Manual Mode. Automatic Mode
is not available to the user.
Page 85
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
12.7.3 Modify
The Modify button will change it's properties depending on the Manual Mode
chosen. If Individual is selected the button will be \Individual Modify" and if
Joystick is selected the button will be \Joystick Modify". For Individual control the
user will be asked to select a valid entry rst. For Joystick control an operational
thruster will chosen. If no thrusters are in operation the user will be asked to select
one.
The user can select the chosen thruster to be Not Used or Intact. Intact option
enables the Individual Thruster and Azimuth control sections.
Thruster Percentage
Enter the Percentage Thrust for the Thruster or slide the bar to enter a value.
Thrust units are as a percentage and cannot be changed by the user.
Thruster Azimuth
Select from Relative or True and enter the required Azimuth in the enabled edit
box.
Thruster Status is not available in Joystick Mode, all thrusters are in use.
Global Maritime
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 86
GMOOR
Thruster Percentage
Enter the Percentage Thrust for the Thrusters or slide the bar to enter a value.
Thrust units are as a percentage and cannot be changed by the user.
Thruster Azimuth
Select from Relative or True and enter the required Azimuth in the enabled edit
box.
12.8 Riser
The user can enter the riser information for the analysis in this tab. Gmoor32
requires a Riser File (*.RSR) to be present in the same directory as the Spread
File and referenced in the Spread File. An additional line must be entered in the
Spread File after the *CVF keyword.
e.g. for the riser le G32 RISE.RSR the relevant section of the Spread File would
be:
*CVF G32_EXAM
*RISER G32_RISE
If no Riser File is specied the Riser Tab Dialogue will not be available to the user.
NOTE
The riser capability is not a standard feature of Gmoor32. If you require this
feature please contact Global Maritime.
12.8.1 Connection
The user can choose between the following Connection status:Not Deployed
Hung O
Connected
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
12.9 Vessel
This tab allows the user control over the setting of vessel damping. Moored vessels
have poorly damped resonant responses in surge, sway and yaw at periods in the
range 50 to 300 sec. These low frequency (LF) modes are excited by unsteady
wind and wave drift forces. The extent to which these modes are excited depends
critically on the damping. There are the following contributions to the damping:1. Radiation damping.
2. Wave drift damping.
3. Viscous drag on the hull.
4. Viscous drag on the mooring lines
If Gmoor calculations of LF motions are not required, the user should uncheck the
Calculate Second Order Motion check box. On this tab in v9.2, damping values
are displayed in physical units, and not as percent critical, which was the practice
in previous versions.
There are radio buttons entitled Extra damping and Total Damping. If the user
selects Extra Damping, then Gmoor uses an iterative method to calculate equivalent linear damping, which represents the viscous damping on the hull, in the
current
owing at the time. To do this, it uses the current forces in the CVF,
and it only uses the surge and sway damping in the very rst instance. The user
may enter extra linear damping, which is added to the afore mentioned Gmoor
estimate. This extra damping can represent mooring line and wave drift damping.
If the user selects the Total Damping radio button, then he must enter linear
damping coecients in surge, sway and yaw beneath. In this case, Gmoor simply
uses these total linear damping coecients, and bypasses the iterative equivalent
linear damping calculation.
The gures for Vessel Damping on this tab are those of the previous equilibrium
analysis. After setting any extra or total damping, the user should run the equilibrium analysis, and then review the damping on the Motion Screen, where the
damping coecients are displayed in both physical units and as percent critical,
along with the natural periods, etc.
Global Maritime
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 88
GMOOR
12.10 Control
The Control tab is used to simulate the winches on the vessel. It is possible
to move the vessel to the Target Position, slacken leeward lines, or perform full
control of all lines to optimise line tensions.
12.10.1 Position
Target (UTM)
The Redene Target button will enable a new window, Position, where the user is
able to move the target location.
Reference
If changes have been made to the Target position they can be quickly cancelled and
the Target returned to the Reference position by clicking the Reset to Reference
button.
Move Rig to Target
If this option is enabled when the user exits the Edit, Interactive menu by the OK
button (commit changes) the rig will be moved to the Target location.
The Easting and Northing UTM's of the Reference position are displayed as UTM
co-ordinates. These values are taken from the Spread File. Units are UTM's
(metres).
Current Target
The Easting and Northing UTM's are initially set to the Reference co-ordinates
but can be manually replaced by the user. This method is not recommended as
Page 89
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
the likelihood of user error is increased. A preferred method of moving the target
is through the Calculated Target option.
Units are UTM (metres) if the Current Target is entered directly. If the Calculated
Target option is used then units are user specied.
Calculated Target
When this option is selected the Calculate button is enabled and the Easting and
Northing UTM's are not available for the user to directly edit.
Riser Target
This button will enable a new window, Relative X-Y Position Calculator, where
the user can calculate a new target location.
Relative To Reference/Target
Choose from the options Relative to Reference or Relative to Target for the reference point to move relative from. For an initial set-up the reference point will
be the same as the Target Point.
Move East/North
Select Move East/North and enter the distances to move the Target East and
North from the reference point. For West and South enter the East and North
values with a negative prex. Units are user specied.
Move Range/Bearing
Select Move Range/Bearing and enter the range and bearing to move the Target
from the reference point. The range is in the user specied units and the bearing
in degrees.
Calculated UTM
The new Target Location is displayed here. Units are in UTM's (metres).
Global Maritime
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 90
GMOOR
OK will save the changes made and close the window. Cancel will discard the
changes and close. The Apply button is not activated until changes have been
made to any of the entries.
12.11 Analysis
The user can select the form of Analysis to be run in this tab.
Equilibrium
Equilibrium analysis nds the equilibrium position of the vessel together with the
corresponding line tensions, under the action of the mean environmental force.
Mooring lines may be designated as intact or broken to represent various failure
cases. Associated with the basic equilibrium analysis, GMOOR calculates both
Wave Frequency (WF) and Low Frequency (LF) motions, and if requested will
perform line dynamic analysis. The user has control of the various options through
the 3 check boxes in the lower half of the page, as described below. There are no
options with respect to the WF motions: GMOOR simply calculates signicant
and maximum amplitudes by frequency domain methods.
Transient
Select Transient as the Analysis Method when a time domain transient analysis is
required. This selection will enable the Failure drop down selection box.
Consequence Analysis
Selection of Consequence Analysis is a short cut Batch Analysis using the present
condition. The consequence analysis performs both static and transient runs or
all failures: anchor lines, thrusters and blackout.
12.11.1 Failure
Only active for Transient analysis, the user is able to select which component of
the mooring system has failed. The options available are:Line 1 Break
Line 2 Break
....
Thruster 1 Fail
Thruster 2 Fail
Page 91
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
....
blackout
If this box is checked, GMOOR will perform line dynamic analysis for all deployed
lines. The starting information for this analysis consists of vessel oset (eg Mean
+ LFmax), and fairlead WF amplitude and period. This information is set up
according to whichever code check is being applied. The actual analysis is the
transfer matrix method in the frequency domain, and the results are reported on
the Leg Screen.
Global Maritime
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 92
Chapter 13
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
Enter a batch title for each batch session. A new batch session is created each
time the Run Button is selected. When viewing output from a batch run each
session is given a Batch ID number, which allows cross-referencing of results. Note
that if a consequence analysis is run from the Edit, Interactive menu then it will
be treated as a batch session and will be given a Batch ID number.
Enabled
Only the cases checked (selected) will run in the batch analysis. Click on the check
box to select and deselect.
You can also use the 'Enable All' and 'Disable All' buttons
Case Title & Time Label
The Case Title and Time Label are taken from the Batch Mode Case Title & Time
Label edit boxes (similar layout to Edit, Interactive menu) and are automatically
entered.
Enable All
This button will Enable All of the cases within the batch analysis to be run. A
shortcut method of enabling all the cases for a batch analysis that has a large
number of cases.
Global Maritime
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 94
GMOOR
Disable All
This button will Disable All of the cases within the batch analysis to be run. A
shortcut method of disabling all the cases for a batch analysis that has a large
number of cases
Add
This will call up a new window, Batch Mode: New Case, where the details for the
analysis are entered as in the Interactive menu. The functionality of this window
is the same as the Interactive window.
Enter all the details for the environment, mooring lines, thrusters, riser, vessel,
control, etc, and click OK to enter the details into the batch le. Cancel will
discard any changes made and close the Batch Mode New Case window. The
forces button will display the Force + Motion Summary window as described earlier
in the manual.
Use this option to dene an analysis for all eight head, quarter and beam conditions where the variables have been dened for the rst direction. By selecting the
rst dened index and clicking Add the new index will adopt the properties of the
selected index. The user can simply change the details to suit the new direction.
Generate
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
as a base case.
Bring up the Batchh Generator and dene the cases there
These are best illustrated by an example.
Suppose we want a series of batch cases where the weather is coincident and
comes from every 30 degrees around the vessel, but the weather is constant, as
follows
Wind Speed = 35 knots
Wave Height= 8 secs
Wave Period= 8 secs
Current Speed=0.5 knots
To produce this you can call up the batch generator and for the rst paramenter
you enter specify the parameter (or one of the paramters) that increments. In
this case you need to specify one of the dorections and we have chosen the wind
direction (see g 13.4)
Pick the parameter from the drop down. Tip The units will be as set in the
interactive condition so make sure they are correct before you start. Type in the
start, increment and end and the number of cases will be calculated automatically
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 96
GMOOR
Page 97
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
Tip The existing batch case becomes the rst generated case, so in the example
you only need to start the generated directions at 30 degrees
The user can edit a batch mode analysis already created by rst selecting an Index
(existing batch le case) and clicking the Edit button. The Batch Mode window
will be enabled allowing the user to edit the previously entered details. Click OK
to save the changes into the existing batch le. Cancel will discard any changes
made and close the le.
Delete
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 98
GMOOR
Make Interactive
It is sometimes useful to be able to check a batch case interactively and this button
can be used to copy the details from the selected Batch case and paste them nto
the current interactive case. Once the Make Interactive button is pressed close
the batch analysis menu and return the selected batch case will now be available
for further interactive analysis.
Run
To Run a Batch analysis with all the selected cases click the Run button. Results
are sent to the output text les and can be view using the Print/Print Preview
commands.
Save
This button allows the user to save the Batch cases dened in a Batch Input
(BIF) File. This le can be used if the batch case has to be re-run, or altered, at
a later date. Note that BIF les created in an earlier version of Gmoor32 are not
guaranteed to work in the latest version.
Restore
This restores batch cases from a previously saved BIF le. You should only attempt
to restore cases from BIF's of the same spread les or a very similar one, The BIF
les are not guaranteed to be Spread independant.
Close
This will close the batch mode window without performing an analysis. The user
will be prompted to save any changes to the batch input le opened or created.
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
The functionality is exactly the same as described previously with the user able
to enable/disable, edit (or view), promote and save as the batch forecast. The
average forecast will take between 10 and 20 minutes to run depending on the
speed of your PC.
13.3 Open
This selection will allow the user to Open an existing Batch File (*.BIF). The le
can be held locally or can be accessed from a network drive using the standard
windows commands.
The selected le will be used to open the Batch Mode window with the case
dened.
Global Maritime
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 100
Chapter 14
Graphs Menu
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
Select the mooring line number to be plotted from the selection box. All intact
lines dened in the Spread File are available to plot.
Tensions
Choose between the options of Present or User Dened to plot tensions on the
graph. The default number of plots produced by GMOOR is 5 and will cover the
normal working range of the line tension, these are non-editable to the user in
Present mode.
Selection of User Dened will enable the further edit boxes where the user can
dene the mooring line number and each line tension individually. The default
value for Gmoor32 is Present.
Number of Tensions (MAX 5)
Enter the number of tensions you wish to plot for the chosen mooring line. The
tensions will be plotted in chronological order.
Enter the tensions to be plotted in chronological order in the boxes Tension 1 to
Tension 5. Boxes with details entered outside the Number of Tensions chosen will
not be displayed.
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 102
GMOOR
Click OK to plot the selection or Cancel to close the window and return to the
Gmoor32 main screen.
The Vessel Excursion is displayed in a new window which remains active until
closed. The user can switch back to the Main view by the Window drop down
menu, or can print the plot from File - Print.
Absolute Load Direction (to)
Enter the absolute direction for environmental load to act upon the vessel, the
default value is the vessel heading. The units are in degrees.
Maximum Load
Enter the maximum load to be applied to the vessel using the user specied units.
Number of Tensions (MAX 5)
14.5 Point
Selection of the Point graph will enable a new window, Height or Depth of Point
verses Tension, where the user can select which line is to be plotted and how the
plot is dened.
Click OK to plot the selection or Cancel to close the window and return to the
GMOOR main screen.
The Point Tension graph is displayed in a new window which remains active until
closed. The user can switch back to the Main view by the Window drop down
menu, or can print the plot from File - Print.
Mooring Line Number
Enter the minimum tension for the mooring line to be plotted. The units are user
specied.
Page 103
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
Maximum Tension
Enter the maximum tension for the mooring line to be plotted. The units are user
specied.
Reference Point
Choose from the selection box the reference point, Fairlead or Anchor, for the
tension point to be plotted against depth/height.
Distance from Fairlead/Anchor
Enter the distance from the reference point (fairlead or anchor)for the point tension to be plotted using the user specied units.
Global Maritime
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 104
Chapter 15
Data Files
The following sections describe the data les required for running Gmoor32. A set
of example data les is included with the program and these les are described in
detail.
15.1 Introduction
Before Gmoor32 can be run details of the vessel, its mooring equipment, the spread
and the location at which it is operating must be available in the form of data les.
Four les are needed, one which denes the spread arrangement, the SPREAD
FILE, two which dene the vessel properties/geometry, the VESSEL FILE and
PLAN FILE and one which denes the eld, the FIELD FILE. If a riser is present
in the analysis a fth le must be included to dene the properties/geometry of
the riser, the RISER FILE.
The rst two of these les the Spread File and the Vessel File are compulsory the
rest are optional.
The rst time user is advised to run the program initially using the sample data
les provided. If you are now about to use the program for the rst time with
your own data then read the following sections carefully. These describe the
preparation of SPREAD, VESSEL, PLAN, FIELD and RISER FILES respectively.
This section introduces the terminology and conventions used by Gmoor32 and
outlines an example mooring problem which is later described in detail. This
problem is hypothetical and is used to illustrate features of the program.
On a semi-submersible vessel the mooring lines lead from anchors embedded in the
seabed through pulley wheels to a tensioning device. The pulley wheels are known
as FAIRLEADS and the tensioners as LIFTERS, WINDLASSES or WINCHES.
The mooring lines may be single component CHAIN, WIRE ROPE or even SYNTHETIC FIBRE ROPE or a number of components of dierent types. Between
each component there may be a heavy weight (SINKER), a BUOY or just a
shackle.
Page 105
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
If the dynamics of the mooring lines are neglected then the tension depends only
upon the line properties of WEIGHT PER UNIT LENGTH and ELASTICITY, the
LINE LENGTH and the distance from the anchor to the fairlead.
The eects of the moorings on the vessel depend upon where the lines are attached
to the vessel, the directions of the lines and the tensions. The directions of the
lines are dened by the placing of the anchors - ANCHOR PATTERN. In general
a symmetric pattern is desirable.
The axis convention Gmoor32 uses for dening points on the vessel is shown in
Figure 2. It is a right handed convention with X positive to Starboard, Y positive
Forward and Z positive upward. The origin for the vessel axis system is nominally
the plan position of the centre of gravity at the keel. You may normally assume
that the centre of gravity is on the centreline amidships. Minor deviations of the
centre of gravity from the assumed position will only aect transient analyses and
then only by a small amount.
The convention for line component numbering is that the rst component is always
at the anchor and the last component at the vessel.
Note that Gmoor32 data can be entered in either Metric or Imperial units provided
that consistency is maintained for the input units chosen within a particular le.
(i.e. all Metric or all Imperial). Conversion between units is a built-in facility of
the program. The output units are user specied within Gmoor32.
Separate les may have dierent units e.g. the Spread File may be in metric units
whilst the Field File may be in Imperial units. In the Field File some plans may
be entered in Imperial units and others may be entered in Metric units. The data
preparation forms are explicit where this option is available.
Entering and Checking Data Files
This is done using a text editor (eg NOTEPAD) or word processor, typing in the
data in the manner described later in this section. If a word-processor program is
used then make sure you do not use it in a mode that formats the text by including
special characters. Always save as plain ASCII les or Gmoor32 may reject the
data.
Text Data
As mentioned in the preceding sections whenever text input is required - either for
lenames or descriptions - a maximum number of characters is specied. If you
enter less than this number then the remaining characters are taken as spaces. Any
extra characters above the limit will be ignored and will not appear in the printout
from the program run. Take care when using special characters, in particular do
not use the double quote character " in a line of text, this can cause problems
when generating output.
Global Maritime
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 106
GMOOR
Numerical Data
Where more than one item of data is entered on a single line, a comma must
separate each item and the line must be terminated by pressing the Return or
Enter key. A comma should not follow the last item on a line. There should
always be a blank line at the end of all data les.
Enter text up to a maximum of 40 characters to describe the overall spread (contained in the data le). The number of characters including intermediate spaces
may be less than 40, but those in excess of 40 will be ignored. For our example
le we have entered:EXAMPLE SPREAD CVF
Enter the name of the Custom Vessel File to be used for the analysis. The le
name must be prexed with *CVF and long le names are supported. Gmoor32 will
look for this le name with the extension `CVF' added. Do not enter the extension
`.CVF'. In the example the Custom Vessel File is called `G32 EXAM.CVF' thus
the entry is:Page 107
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
At run time this le (G32 EXAM.CVF) must be in the same data directory as the
Spread File.
Global Maritime Ltd produces the Custom Vessel File (CVF) in-house as a service.
The le in a binary format cannot be created without MAKECVF, an in-house utility, and is directly used by Gmoor32 to dene the force and motion characteristics
of the vessel.
Vessel Data File (*.VSL)
As an alternative to the CVF a Vessel File (*.VSL) may be used. The Vessel File
does not contain environmental force and motion characteristics. Consequently
wind speeds, wave heights, etc, cannot be entered and the environmental force
acting on the vessel must be entered explicitly.
If a Vessel File (G32 VESSEL.VSL) is to be used then the *CVF prex is not used
and the entry is:G32_VESSEL
Enter the name of the eld data le to be used for the analysis. If no le extension
is given, Gmoor32 will look for this le name with the extension `.FLD' by default.
In the example the eld le has been called `G32 FIELD.FLD' thus the entry is:G32_FIELD
At run time this le (G32 FIELD.FLD) must be in the same data directory as the
Spread File. If you don't wish to use the eld plotting option enter *NONE in
place of the eld data le name.
The eld le can be a DXF or DWG le. This can be specied by including the
le extension in the led le name. for example :G32_FIELD.DWG
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 108
GMOOR
Enter the name of the riser data le to be used for the analysis. The le name must
be prexed with *RISER. Gmoor32 will look for this le name with the extension
`.RSR' added. Do not enter the extension `.RSR'. For example the riser le may
be called `G32 Riser.RSR' thus the entry is:*RISER G32_Riser
At run time this le (G32 Riser.RSR) must be in the same data disc/directory as
the Spread File.
If no riser is present this line may be omitted from the Spread File.
Units Options
Gmoor32 allows the anchor positions to be set relative to the centre of the vessel
or relative to individual fairleads. In both cases the vessel is assumed to be at the
reference position and heading. Thus the two options are from the REFERENCE
(TRUE) and RELATIVE To FAIRLEAD.
The REFERENCE POSITION option is selected by entering 1. For this option
the RANGE is the distance of the anchor from the REFERENCE POSITION of
the vessel. The BEARING of the anchor is the angle relative to TRUE NORTH
(in degrees) of a line drawn from the REFERENCE POSITION to the anchor.
Note that as with all bearings the angle is positive clockwise.
The FAIRLEAD option is selected by entering 2. This option requires the RANGE
to be specied from the FAIRLEAD and the BEARING of the line to be relative
to the initial heading of the vessel. In the example the option is set to 2 so the
range and bearing of the anchors is relative to the fairleads.
Reference Position
Enter the desired REFERENCE POSITION and HEADING of the vessel. The
HEADING is measured clockwise from TRUE NORTH. The VESSEL ORIGIN is
Page 109
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
taken to be the position of the vessel CG and for most vessels it can be assumed
to be on the centreline amidships. In this case the vessel is at co-ordinates 100
East and 0 North and on a heading of 0 degrees thus the required entry is
100.0, 0.00, 0.00
The Reference Position and Target Position are the same initially but the Target
Position may be altered at run time if required.
Water Depth At Vessel
H SLOPE
This line contains the water depth at the initial position of the vessel. Optionally,
this value of water depth may be preceded by the keyword *SLOPE. In the absence of this keyword, the seabed slopes at the anchors are calculated from the
dierences between the depths at the anchors and the vessel. If this keyword is
present, seabed slope and line status are read from the spread le at the same
time as the ranges, bearings and depths at the anchors. For the details of this,
please see the subsection below on seabed slope.
It is usual to reference the depth to LAT (Lowest Astronomical Tide) although
any other suitable datum may be used if preferred. In the example a water depth
of 1000.0 metres is used. At run time the water depth at the vessel will always
be taken as this value plus the tide height irrespective of where the vessel may be
moved.
Initial Tide Height
Tide height must be entered using the same reference datum as that used for
water depth. The height may be varied at run time to examine the behaviour of
the moorings for example at High Water or Low Water or any intermediate tidal
elevation. In the example we dene an initial tide height of zero - enter 0. Note
that the eects of tide height are only signicant if it is an appreciable percentage
of the water depth - more strictly the dierence in elevation between the fairlead
and the anchor (not applicable in this example) .
Vessel Draft
The draft of the vessel is usually measured from the keel (underside of pontoons)
and does not normally include appendages such as thrusters. The value entered
here should lie within the range of vessel drafts specied in the Vessel File i.e.
the draft should be greater than or equal to DRAFT NO. 1 (usually the survival
draft) and less than or equal to DRAFT NO. 3 (usually the operating draft). It
is normal practice to set the initial vessel draft to the survival value. If the value
entered is outside the limits in the vessel le the closest limit value will be used by
the program. In this example an initial draft of 19.81 metres is entered.
Global Maritime
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 110
GMOOR
Enter the number of mooring legs (lines) in the spread. Up to 20 legs are permitted
in the standard version of the program and normal practice is to number clockwise
from the forward starboard leg, although any suitable designation may be used.
The numbering convention used in Custom Vessel Files is dened in the validation
report for the vessel. In the example there are 8 mooring lines as shown.
Number Of Leg Types
Each mooring leg can have a dierent conguration of line components - e.g.
dierent sizes, materials, buoys or sinkers. More often than not all legs are identical. The details of the conguration are entered later - the number of dierent
congurations (TYPES) which will be specied is entered here. In the example
we have used two leg types thus we enter 2. The maximum number of leg types
permitted is 20.
Leg Number
The LEG NUMBER tells Gmoor32 to which fairlead the anchor is connected. The
numbering system is the same as used in specifying the fairlead co-ordinates in the
Vessel File i.e. the program will attach mooring leg 1 (dened here in the Spread
File) to the fairlead 1 (dened in the Vessel File) and so on. It is not necessary
to deploy every line on the vessel - if a winch isn't used just omit that leg number
from the list of anchor positions. Note that the leg numbers must be dened in
ascending order or Gmoor32 will give a `sequence error' message.
Type Number
As described above each mooring leg can have a dierent composition or TYPE.
In the example spread provided two leg types are dened so either 1 or 2 can be
entered.
Anchor Range, Bearing
The position of the anchor is specied by the RANGE (distance) and BEARING
in degrees. If the anchor range is entered as a negative number then Gmoor32
will assume that the line payout and pretension dene the range of the anchor.
The anchor will be positioned so that the payout is equal to the value entered for
Page 111
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
the range (ignoring the - sign) at the required pretension. The pretension must
be specied as dened under PAYOUT/PRETENSION below.
Leg one has -2275.0 entered for the range and therefore the line payout will be set
at 2275m and the range will be calculated by Gmoor32. The bearing is entered as
22.5 for the rst leg and the others follow at 45 degree increments.
Water Depth At Anchor
Enter the water depth at the anchor position referenced to the same datum as
used previously for water depth at the vessel. Since there is no seabed slope in
the example this is the same as the water depth at the vessel. 1000.0 is entered
for all water depths at the anchors.
Following these items there are 3 optional elds. These are only read if the
*SLOPE option is given. If you save a spread le that you have created manually,
it will automatically add the *SLOPE option and these 3 elds, with their default
values, if they were not specied initially.
Sea Bed Slope (Optional - dependant on *SLOPE)
If the keyword *SLOPE has been entered on the line of data containing the depth
at the vessel (see above), then seabed slope and line status should be entered here.
The value of slope in degrees should be entered, with a positive value indicating
a rise towards the vessel. The line status is an integer in the range 1 to 14.
The motivation for setting statuses other than intact at the start of a run is
to represent umbilicals between the vessel and a platform, which remain xed in
payout despite any moves or changes in environmental force. Status 14 (FIXD will
appear on screens and printout representing FIXED) has been introduced, which
if set, guarantees that Gmoor32 does not change the payout of these lines during
moves. For an umbilical free hanging from an attachment point on the platform
which is above the water line, set the water depth at the anchor to minus the
height of the attachment point above the water, and set the seabed slope to -89.9
deg. For genuine mooring lines, set the status to 1.
Line Status - (Optional - dependant on *SLOPE)
This is an optional eld that normally only gets created by the spread editor. It
gives the status of the line.
0 not deployed
1 intact (default))
2 broken
Global Maritime
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 112
GMOOR
This is another optional eld that normally only gets created by the spread editor.
It gives the adjustable component length of the line
This is used temporarily by the spread editor and should not normally be manually
included as it can cause problems by over-riding the payout/pretension given in
the leg type information.
Type Number
Type Number denes each mooring leg type by the arrangement and properties of
each line component. For each type cited in the arrangement the relevant type
details must be given. The total number of types dened thus must equal the
NUMBER OF LEG TYPES entered. You must start with TYPE number 1 and
enter the details for each type sequentially. No type numbers may be skipped.
Number Of Components
Each line can comprise a number of dierent component cables. For example a
vessel may have wire rope at the winches and a length of chain at the anchors.
The maximum number of components permissible in the standard version of the
program is 10. In practice it is unusual to use more than 3 components.
Anchors, sinkers and buoys are not included in the number of components. A
typical 3 component line might consist of ground chain, wire, and chain at the
winches. At the connection between each component Gmoor32 allows a buoy or
sinker to be inserted as dened below. In the example each leg of the moorings
has two components so the value 2 is entered.
On the same line of data after the number of components, the keyword *BUOYFIX may optionally appear. The presence or absence of this keyword determines
how Gmoor32 handles any buoys in the leg, as described in the section below on
waterplane area.
H BUOYFIX
Adjustable Component
The components are numbered from 1 starting at the anchor. Normally the
last component is specied as adjustable corresponding to the line from on-board
winches but if, for example, there are tensioning barges it could be an intermediate one. One, and only one, of the components must be specied as adjustable
in every leg of the mooring. In the example there are two components so the
adjustable component is 2 as shown.
Page 113
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
Enter the total length of line available for the adjustable component. This will
normally be the length of line available onboard before setting anchors - the wire
on the winch drum or the amount of chain in the lockers. If any pre-layed lines
are not dened as separate components then their length should be included in
the total. This line length is used to check that any payout adjustments made are
within that available. If an attempt is made to exceed the line length available the
program will warn you and use the maximum. In the rst example the vessel has
a total wire capacity of 5000m so the entry here is 5000.0.
Description
This is used to describe the component and is for subsequent easy identication
and checking of the spread le. The maximum number of characters permissible,
including spaces, is 20. Any characters in excess of 20 will be ignored. It is
recommended that you use this description to indicate the size and type of each
component. In the example the mooring lines are made up of two components,
the rst 4.5inch Oil Rig Quality chain and the second is 3.5inch wire. The entries
are:4.5inch ORQ Chain -(1st component)
3.5inch (89mm) Wire -(2nd component)
Payout Or Pretension
The length of each component should be entered here. Do not forget that the
units must be as specied by the UNITS OPTION. For the SINGLE ADJUSTABLE
COMPONENT you may optionally enter the required initial pretension preceded
by a minus sign. Pretension cannot be set for other components that are not
adjustable. Note that the program will not allow a component to become less
than 1 unit long. If you attempt to set a total payout which would result in the
component becoming shorter than 1 unit the program will warn you and set the
adjustable component length to 1 unit.
Similarly if the payout or pretension requested would result in the adjustable line
length exceeding the maximum length available the program will warn you and use
the maximum.
Since the example suggests setting the pretension (under no external loads) at
approximately 20% of the breaking load the entries here are:500 (1st component - payout)
-90.0 (2nd component - pretension)
Global Maritime
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 114
GMOOR
Enter the appropriate weight per unit length of the component. Unless the line is
to shore it will be submerged and the submerged weight must be used. For steel
chain in sea water (of density 1.025 t/m3) the submerged weight can be found
by multiplying the weight in air by 0.87. For wire values of this factor range from
0.87 downwards, commonly 0.84-0.81 is used to allow for lubricant within the wire
bundles. The weight in air can be obtained from manufacturer's catalogues and
some useful values are given in Tables 1 and 2.
From Tables 1 and 2 the submerged weight of 4.5inch chain is found to be 0.247
tonnes per metre and 89mm wire is 0.0288 tonnes per metre. The values used in
the example are specic to the actual chain, 0.259, and wire, 0.028, aboard the
vessel.
Breaking Load
Enter the breaking load for the component. This will normally be the MINIMUM
BREAKING LOAD given in the catalogue. It may be that lower values apply if
the lines are old or have been down-rated by a classication or certication society
in which case these lower values apply. Table 1 gives the value of chain at 975
tonnes (933.5 tonnes used) and Table 2 gives the value of wire at 518 tonnes
(503.4 tonnes used).
Diameter
(mm)
73
76
78
81
84
87
90
92
95
97
100
102
105
107
111
114
117
120
Dry
Weight
(t/m)
0.117
0.126
0.133
0.144
0.155
0.166
0.177
0.185
0.198
0.206
0.219
0.228
0.241
0.251
0.270
0.285
0.300
0.315
Immersed
Weight
(t/m)
0.101
0.110
0.116
0.125
0.134
0.144
0.154
0.161
0.172
0.179
0.190
0.198
0.210
0.218
0.235
0.247
0.261
0.274
Elasticity EA Grade 2
(t)
47800
51800
54600
58800
63300
67900
72600
75900
80900
84400
89700
93300
98900
102700
110500
116500
122700
129100
284
306
321
344
367
392
416
433
459
476
503
521
548
567
604
633
662
692
437
471
494
529
566
603
641
667
707
733
774
802
844
873
931
975
1020
1065
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
568
612
642
688
735
783
833
866
918
952
1006
1041
1096
1133
1209
1266
1324
1384
GMOOR
Immersed
Weight
(t/m)
0.0092
0.0104
0.0120
0.0128
0.0146
0.0159
0.0179
0.0195
0.0211
0.0227
0.0245
0.0269
0.0288
0.0327
0.0370
British
Ropes
ELASTICITY EA (t)
NMD new NMD old
12300
13700
15900
17000
19300
21200
23800
25800
27900
30200
32500
35700
38200
43400
49000
14600
16300
18900
20200
23000
25200
28200
30700
33200
35900
38600
42400
45400
51600
58300
20400
22900
26400
28200
32100
35200
39600
43000
46500
50200
54100
59400
63600
72300
81600
Breaking
Load
(tonnes)
180
200
224
249
274
299
333
361
389
417
447
487
518
585
665
Enter the coecient of friction between the line component and the seabed. This
depends on both the line (chain or wire) and the seabed composition. The following
guidance on friction coecients is given in API RP2SK:
Start Slide
Chain 1.0 0.7
Wire 0.6 0.25
Table 15.3: Friction Coecients
The NORWEGIAN MARITIME DIRECTORATE recommends a value of 1.0 for
all seabed conditions as has been entered for the rst component. 0.6 has been
entered for the second component.
Density
H Dynamic
This is required for dynamic analysis only and may be omitted for quasi-static
analyses.
Enter the density of the line component material (for steel wire and chain this is
7:85t=m3 . Units are t=m3 or kips=f t 3 .
Global Maritime
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 116
GMOOR
Nominal Diameter
This is required for dynamic analysis only and may be omitted for quasi-static
analyses. Enter the nominal diameter of the line component. Units are metres or
feet. The nominal diameter is used to calculate the drag forces acting on the line
component when combined with the drag coecient.
H Dynamic
Drag Coecient, Cd
This is required for dynamic analysis only and may be omitted for quasi-static
analyses. Enter the drag coecient for the line component. Recommended values
for the drag coecient can be found in API RP2SK or POSMOOR. API RP2SK
recommends Cd of 1.2 for wire and 2.4 for chain based on the nominal diameter.
POSMOOR (Jan 1996) gives values of 1.8 for wire and 2.6 for chain, without
marine growth, and based on nominal diameter.
H Dynamic
This is required for dynamic analysis only and may be omitted for quasi-static
analyses.
Enter the added mass coecient for the line component. The total hydrodynamic
mass is calculated based on the formula Mtotal = M (1 + Cm ). The value entered
will therefore normally be 1.0.
H Dynamic
Number of Segments
This is required for dynamic analysis only and may be omitted for quasi-static
analyses.
The dynamic analysis routine models the mooring line using the lumped mass
method. This method splits the mooring line into a number of discrete segments,
each with an associated mass and stiness. The accuracy of the solution depends
on the number segments used. For guidance 20 to 30 segments should be adequate
for most common mooring line arrangements.
H Dynamic
Normally line elasticity can be assumed to be linear, i.e. the component stretch is
directly proportional to the tension. Gmoor32 requires the stiness of each component to be specied. The stiness is simply the product of the CROSS SECTIONAL AREA (A) of the component and the EFFECTIVE ELASTIC MODULUS
(E) of the line material.
NMD recommend that:For STEEL WIRE ROPE E = 9:8 1010 N=m2
Page 117
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
(N.B. a lower value of 7:0 1010 N=m2 is allowed for new wire)
For CHAIN E = 5:6 1010 N=m2
Since sizes are usually given in mm or inches the following equivalent formulae
may be useful and have been used in making up Tables 1 and 2.
When the nominal diameter (d) is in millimetres
NEW WIRE ROPE EA = 5:604d 2 Tonnes
NORMAL WIRE ROPE EA = 7:846d 2 Tonnes
CHAIN EA = 8:967d 2 Tonnes
When the nominal diameter (d) is in inches
NEW WIRE ROPE EA = 7970d 2 kips NORMAL WIRE ROPE EA = 11160d 2
kips CHAIN EA = 12760d 2 kips
For wire rope and chain the elasticity should be assumed to be constant and thus
the second and third coecients set at zero.
The purpose of the second and third coecients is to enable accurate analysis
with component materials having non-linear characteristics. Synthetic ropes become stier at high tensions and this has a marked eect on the mooring system.
Gmoor32 allows this behaviour to be modelled by assuming that the component
elasticity is given by the formula:EA = EA1 + EA2 T + EA3 T 2
As mentioned above, constant elasticity is obtained simply by setting the coecients EA2 and EA3 to zero. The value of the coecients for a non-linear elastic
material can be found by tting a polynomial to the material load-extension curve.
However, because of hysteresis eects it is often be suciently accurate to enter
an equivalent linear elasticity over the range of tensions of most interest.
From the above for 114mm chain and 89mm wire we nd:EA = 8.967 x 902 = 116535 tonnes (116500 tonnes used)
EA = 7.846 x 892 = 62148 tonnes (62100 tonnes used)
Sinker Weight (Buoy Net Buoyancy)
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 118
GMOOR
and the fairlead.). At present there are restrictions on the length of each component to which a buoy is tted. Since Gmoor32 does not check for intermediate
grounding, the length is limited to twice the water depth at the vessel. If you try
to go above this value the program will give an error message and set the maximum allowable value. The size of the BUOY is dened by its NET BUOYANCY
when fully submerged. This must account for the self-weight of the buoy in air
and the submerged weight of any pennant connecting it to the shackle between
adjacent components. A BUOY is treated as a sinker of negative weight. The net
buoyancy entered must be preceded by a minus sign to inform the program that
this is a buoy.
In the example there are two leg types each with two components. The rst leg
type has only a shackle joining the rst (chain) and second (wire) components.
The values entered are 0.0 for the shackle and the anchor can also be entered as
0.0, as it really doesn't matter what value is entered although it may be used in
future releases of the program.
The second leg type has a buoy between the chain and wire components. The
value entered for the buoyancy is -20.0.
Sinker Friction (Mean Waterplane Area)
For a SINKER (clump weight) enter the coecient of friction between the sinker
and the seabed. For an anchor this is the holding power and is generally greater
than 1. Typical holding powers range from 2 with primitive anchors in poor soils
to over 20 for modern anchors in good holding ground. 10 is often assumed to
be a reasonable estimate. With a single component line the value is at present
irrelevant since there are no checks on holding power. As in the case of anchor
weight we suggest, however, that you get in the habit of dening a reasonable
value. In our example the value was set to 0.0 for the rst component.
For a BUOY enter the mean waterplane area as illustrated in Appendix 1. In
the absence of keyword *BUOYFIX, Gmoor32 will calculate an eective freeboard
for the buoy assuming a constant waterplane area and will calculate the required
draft every time the line tension alters. For tensioning barges or similar very large
buoys there can be numerical problems in nding a solution - the heave stiness
of the barge is disproportionately greater than that of the catenaries. For these
situations, include the keyword *BUOYFIX, and Gmoor32 will assume that the
buoy is xed in draft at the surface, regardless of the values entered for buoyancy
and waterplane area. Note that this option is only available where there are 2
components, multiple components from the tensioning barge are not permitted.
In our example a buoy is present in leg type 2 and a value for the second component
is set to 5.0. (5 square metres)
Eective Buoy Pennant Length
If a SINKER is tted this entry is irrelevant and it is recommended that you enter
a zero. If a BUOY is tted then enter the EFFECTIVE PENNANT LENGTH.
Page 119
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
This is dened as the distance from SWL (Still Water Level) to the component
shackle with the BUOY FLOATING FREELY AND PENNANT ATTACHED. This
means the buoy is taking its own weight and that of the pennant but is NOT
CONNECTED TO THE MOORING LINE ITSELF.
In the example the buoy is xed directly to the joining shackle and therefore the
value entered is 0.0.
Density
H Dynamic
This is required for dynamic analysis only and may be omitted for quasi-static
analyses.
Enter the density of the sinker/buoy. Units are tonnes=m3 or kips=f t 3 .
Projected Area
H Dynamic
This is required for dynamic analysis only and may be omitted for quasi-static
analyses.
Enter the projected area of the sinker/buoy. Units are m2 or f t 2 .
Drag Coecient, Cd
H Dynamic
This is required for dynamic analysis only and may be omitted for quasi-static
analyses.
Enter the drag coecient for the sinker/buoy.
Added Mass Coecient, Cm
H Dynamic
This is required for dynamic analysis only and may be omitted for quasi-static
analyses.
Enter the added mass coecient for the sinker/buoy. The total hydrodynamic
mass is calculated based on the formula Mtotal = M (1 + Cm ).
Separate Leg Files
Alternatively spread les may reference leg data held in separate les with a .LEG
lename extension. The special keyword *LEG may then be used in the spread
le to assign a leg type having the properties dened in a named .LEG le. The
syntax is:*LEG n lename
where:
n = Type Number (integer)
lename = name of le with the leg details (*.LEG)
Global Maritime
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 120
GMOOR
The data in the *.LEG le should be in the same format as would be given in
the .SPD le, with the addition of two header lines. The rst line containing a
descriptive title (up to 40 characters), and the second line giving the units
ag
for the data (1 for metric or 2 for imperial). An example le (LEGTYPE3.LEG)
is listed in table 15.4. Note that the Type Number given in the data (item 1 line
3) will be overridden by the Type Number specied with the *LEG keyword in the
spread le.
Two part line with BUOY
1
3, 2
2, 2000.0
76mm ORQ Chain
1500.0, 0.112, 471.0, 1.0
51800.0, 0.0, 0.0
15.0, 10.0, 0.0
77mm Wire Rope
100.0, 0.0216, 390.0, 0.2
33200.0, 0.0, 0.0
-70.0, 10.0, 50.0
Page 121
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 122
GMOOR
wind speeds, wave heights, etc, cannot be entered and the environmental force
acting on the vessel must be entered explicitly.
A signicant portion of the Vessel File and the Custom Vessel File are similar and
the following sections describe the information held within the Vessel File. For
more information on MAKECVF please contact Global Maritime.
Vessel Name
The units option for the data in the VESSEL FILE either METRIC (1) or IMPERIAL/USA (2). The data in the le will be converted automatically to the units
nominated in the SPREAD FILE (*.SPD) and can be changed at run time be the
user within Gmoor32.
Number Of Mooring Winches
The positions of the vessel fairleads are specied in the vessel co-ordinate axis
system. X is taken as POSITIVE STARBOARD, Y is taken as POSITIVE FORWARD and Z is POSITIVE UPWARD FROM THE KEEL.
The vessel origin is taken as the position of the vessel CG projected onto the
horizontal plane of the keel i.e. for most vessels it can be assumed to be on the
centreline amidships at the keel.
Vessel Draft
The vessel properties must be entered for three dierent vessel drafts. Typically,
data would be available for the survival draft (the lowest value), the operating
draft (the highest value) and an intermediate value. Gmoor32 interpolates linearly
between these three drafts for intermediate drafts.
Displacement
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
The metacentric height, GM, of a vessel is a measure of its initial
oating stability.
These values govern the dynamic behaviour of the vessel in roll and pitch. In the
present version of the program these values are not used.
Masses In Sway, Surge and Heave
The masses to be entered include added mass eects in the appropriate direction.
They must either be in tonnes or kips depending upon the units option selected.
SWAY is motion along the VESSEL X AXIS, SURGE is along the VESSEL Y AXIS
and HEAVE is along the VESSEL Z AXIS as shown in Figures 2 and 3.
Pitch, Roll And Yaw Radii Of Gyration
The radius of gyration of the vessel about each axis. PITCH is rotation about the
VESSEL X AXIS, ROLL is rotation about the VESSEL Y AXIS and YAW is about
the VESSEL Z AXIS as shown in Figure 3. These radii are to be based on the
vessel displacement such that the total inertia including added inertia eects is
the product of the displacement and the square of the relevant radius of gyration.
Sway, Surge And Heave Damping Coecients
The damping coecients of the vessel in the three principal directions. The damping in these modes is assumed to be linear - i.e. proportional to velocity. The surge
and sway coecients are closely related to the current loads. Damping coecient
dimensions are thus force per unit velocity. In the METRIC system the units
are TONNES/(METRE/SECOND). In the IMPERIAL/USA system the units are
KIPS/(FEET/SECOND). Heave damping is irrelevant in the present version.
It is possible to add further surge and sway damping at run time to account for
the eects of damping source such as wave drift, mooring lines, etc.
Pitch, Roll And Yaw Damping Coecients
The damping coecients of the vessel about the three principal axes. Pitch and
Roll damping are not relevant in the present version.
Yaw damping units are moment per unit angular velocity. In the METRIC system
they are TONNES METRES/(RADIANS/SECOND)2. In the IMPERIAL/USA
system they are KIPS FEET/(RADIANS/SECOND)2.
Alternative Quadratic Damping
The Gmoor32 input le for custom vessel data (*.CVF) may now contain coecients given for angular motion damping that are linear or quadratic. To provide
Global Maritime
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 124
GMOOR
exibility in the denition of damping coecients for use in time domain computations, damping force terms are evaluated as follows:F d = C1 u + C2 u 2 (where u is the vessel velocity)
Both linear and quadratic damping coecients, C1 and C2 , may be dened for
Sway, Surge and Yaw freedoms by using an alternative format for time domain
data in the CVF le.
Vessel Plan
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
As required by mooring codes Gmoor32 can calculate the trajectory of the vessel
following sudden failure of a mooring line. During the time domain solution the
program draws the whole vessel plan at nominated time steps. So that these plots
do not become too cluttered by unnecessary detail a lesser number of blocks are
plotted at each solution time step. These are selected in the order they appear in
the plan le.
In this case we decide to plot only the rst BLOCK and thus enter 1 in this box.
Gmoor32 will plot only the rst block and therefore you must specify the required
BLOCK rst - in this case the cross at the centre of the vessel.
Each block must now be dened giving details required as follows:
Identier
For each BLOCK an IDENTIFIER is required - this is only for your convenience in
entering and checking data les and is not used by the program in any other way.
It must however be entered.
Number Of Vertices
Thrusters can be included in the Vessel File and CVF. If thrusters are present then
the rst data item to be entered is the keyword *THRUST. This tells Gmoor32
that there is further information to be read from the data le.
Global Maritime
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 126
GMOOR
Number Of Thrusters
The co-ordinates of the centre of action of thrust. This will normally be the
point at the intersection of the centre of the propeller boss and the vertical axis
of azimuth rotation. The co-ordinate system is as dened above for the fairlead
positions.
Maximum Forward And Reverse Thrust
The maximum values of forward and reverse thrust that each unit can develop.
Minimum And Maximum Azimuth
The range of azimuth angles to which the thrusters can be adjusted relative to
the vessel head. These angles must be in degrees. When Gmoor32 is running it
will not permit adjustment outside the range:
Minimum < AZIMUT H < Maximum
A reduced range of azimuth angles (including zero, which would not even permit
the limited eects of the rudders to be modelled), can be used to specify xed
main propulsion and rudders. Such a description is of limited accuracy for other
than small angles.
** WARNING ** Mooring guidelines normally limit the assumed eectiveness of
xed main propellers to counteract environmental loads other than from directly
ahead.
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
*/
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 128
GMOOR
Number Of Bodies
Enter the number of separate bodies by which you have chosen to describe the eld
layout. If you wish you could use just one BODY but for ease of checking complex
layouts we suggest you split the eld into well dened parts such as pipelines,
platforms, wellheads, wrecks etc. and treat each individual one as a single BODY.
Our example has used 3 BODIES to describe the eld.
Window Details Units
Gmoor32 draws two alternative views of the eld plan, which can be thought of
as WINDOWS which you will normally set to convenient sizes. The rst window
is intended to show the overall layout and anchor positions, and the second (at
greater magnication) to show local features. You can switch between these two
views when running the program. There are no overall units for the eld le the units for each body are declared when input. Thus before setting the view
limits you must specify the units in which you will specify the WINDOWS. In our
example the units have been set to 1, Metric Units.
Field Viewing Limits
As mentioned above the widest view of the eld is specied rst. It is dened by
the SIZE of the VIEW WINDOW and the CO-ORDINATES OF THE CENTRE
of the view.
In our example the windows have been set to 2000.0 metres and 300.0 metres
centre over the xed platform. The details entered in the le are as follows:
2000.0, 0.00, 0.00
Page 129
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
Body Name
The body is in metres and the rotation as a BEARING relative to true North. The
values entered are 0, 0, 0.0 for the wellhead location.
Units For Body
In this example we are going to draw the point of the wellhead. We thus need 1
POLYGON or BLOCK - dened as a square. So 1 is entered here.
Each of the BLOCKS in a eld should be specied on a separate data form and
whilst this may seem wasteful of paper with so few entries if you make a mistake
a methodically completed set of forms will make it much easier to trace.
Block Name
Colour
The colour in which each block will be drawn is specied by integer values according
to the key given below. If a value outside the range 1 to 15 is given, then the
default colour 8 will be used.
Global Maritime
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 130
GMOOR
Code
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Colour
Code
8
Lo Red
9
Lo Green
10
Lo Yellow
11
Lo Blue
12
Lo Magenta 13
Lo Cyan
14
Lo White
15
Colour
Hi Black (Grey)
Hi Red
Hi Green
Hi Yellow
Hi Blue
Hi Magenta
Hi Cyan
Hi White
Depending on the graphics devices available we can choose the way in which the
block is drawn and shaded/coloured. The DRAWING MODE can be set to 1,2,3
or 4 with the following eects on IBM PC versions:DRAWING MODE
1
2
3
4
EFFECT
Replaces
Overprint
Complement (XOR)
Erase
Table 15.6: Drawing Modes
EFFECT
No shading (HOLLOW)
Solid (BLACK) shading
Dot pattern shading
Hatched Shading
PATTERNS
1
1
1-6
1-6
Enter the number of vertices of the block being dened. The total number of
vertices for all BODIES/BLOCKS in the FIELD le must not exceed 2000. If
desired these could all be in a single block. In this case we enter 4.
Page 131
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
Co-ordinates
Enter the X, Y co-ordinates of each vertex. Since you can rotate and translate the
whole body into position you can use any orientation or origin of axes you wish.
Enter a new line for each vertex as shown in the example.
As an alternative you may specify a body in a separate le - BODY FILE. This
has the great advantage that having once dened a shape such as a Jack-up or
another vessel (e.g. Jacket) you can use it many times in dierent situations. The
format of a BODY le is exactly the same as the format for a single BODY.
To specify a BODY dened by a BODY FILE you must enter *FILE and then
the name of the le - this le must be available in the Spread File directory when
Gmoor32 is run and must have the extension .BOD.
Global Maritime
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 132
GMOOR
Page 133
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
Global Maritime
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 134
Appendix A
In addition to these notes (sheets A1 through A17) there are notes attached
on Wave Spectra in sheets C1 through C2.
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
1. The line lies in the vertical plane dened by the anchor and the fairlead
2. The line is xed at the fairlead and at the anchor
3. Friction may act upon the grounded portion of the line (note that all components between two buoys or the fairlead and a buoy are assumed ungrounded)
4. All line components, sinkers and buoys are in static equilibrium.
Each line, i, thus exerts a horizontal force on the vessel which acts in the direction
dened by the plan angle i between the fairlead and the anchor (note that these
angles change with vessel position). The force from each leg can thus be resolved
into x and y components (Hxi ; Hyi ) from which the three restoring forces (surge,
x, sway, y, and yaw moment) can be deduced. Summing these for all mooring legs
gives the total mooring restoring force vector. This force vector is a function of
vessel position and yaw rotation (heading change).
F mx
Fmooring (x; y; ) = F my
F m
The environmental forces acting on the vessel are due to wind, waves and current (see details later). In general these are a function of the environment (e.g.
windspeed and direction plus current and waves) and the vessel heading. If the
vessel is moving then its velocities in surge sway and yaw (u,v,w) will modify the
environmental loads.
F ex
Fenv (env; u; v; w; ) = F ey
F e
Global Maritime
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 136
GMOOR
The vessel may also use main propellers or thrusters to assist stationkeeping (note
that these are only permitted to oset the mean load and thus apply steady forces
and moments in the present version of GMOOR32 - 9.4):
F tx
Fthrust = F ty
F t
With the exception of thrust, the force vectors are generally a function of time.
The equation of motion for the vessel is thus:
Mx 0 0
xv
2
0 My 0 d yv = Fmooring (x; y; ) + Fenv (env; u; v; w; ) + Fthrust
2
0 0 Iz dt v
Note that GMOOR32 simplies the mass matrix to be diagonal and frequency
invariant. Each term includes the added mass of 'entrained' water as dened by
the user in the VSL or CVF les.
This equation is used for static and low-frequency equilibrium calculations. In
the static case the accelerations (LHS) are zero and it is simply a question of
nding the vessel position (vector) which results in zero overall forces - where the
environmental forces are exactly counterbalanced by the restoring forces from the
moorings and the thruster forces. The low frequency calculations are discussed
after presentation of the basis for computing environmental loads.
The force F is proportional to the square of
uid speed U and C is the force
coecient. This equation applies whether the vessel is stationary or moving. In
the latter case however the
uid velocity is relative to the vessel and in this way
damping appears in the equations of motion as part of the environmental load
variation, particularly from the current.
Page 137
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
Conventionally the wind speed upon which the coecients are based is at the meteorological standard reference height of 10m (above SWL). The coecients are
typically determined experimentally (wind tunnel tests) or from simplied calculations where the aerodynamic 'shape' of the vessel is represented by a wind model
comprising a collection of basic prismatic elements (see for example the MODU
code or the HYDWind manual). These calculations are based upon a particular
wind speed variation with height, usually a power law.
Note that these coecients are dependent upon both the reference height chosen and the wind speed prole. Commonly the forces are calculated using the
ABS/MODU method where the height coecients represent the \square of velocity" prole. This prole is equivalent to a velocity power law exponent of approximately 0.085 and was originally dened in the context of stability - it strictly
applies to short-term average wind speeds such as the sustained speed (1 minute
average). API RP2SK uses an exponent of 0.1 and cites this as relevant to the
1 minute mean wind speed. API RP2A, in the context of the hourly mean wind
speed, suggests an exponent of 0.125 - this exponent gives a similar prole to that
proposed by NPD for the hourly mean wind speed.
The unsteady wind loads may be computed by setting the velocity U to be the
mean (e.g. hourly) speed at 10m plus an unsteady component u representing the
turbulence. Assuming the same coecients the unsteady forces are thus:
F = C (U + u )2 = C U 2 + 2 Uu + u 2
There are two choices for including the eects of the unsteady component u
(gust) - in the time domain a wind velocity history may be synthesised from the
wind spectrum, or in the frequency domain a wind force spectrum can be derived
from the above. Since the unsteady component u is typically around 10% of the
mean U the term u 2 . This leaves a mean force C U 2 and
uctuating component
2C U u . It may easily be shown that the spectrum (power spectral density) of
wind force SF (f ) is related to the wind velocity spectrum Swind (f :U10 ) by:
SF wind (f ) = (2 Cwind U10 )2 Swind (f ; U10 )
For calculations of slow drift response in the time domain the excitation is calculated directly using the relative velocity. A time-history of wind speed is generated/synthesised from the wind spectrum. The eects of the vessel low-frequency
motions are included by replacing U10 and the current speed by their velocities relative to the vessel (i.e. including the vessel's motions).
Global Maritime
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 138
GMOOR
F xcurr
Cxcurr
F ycurr = Cycurr Uc 2
Mzcurr
Czcurr
The current speed upon which the coecients are assumed based is the average
current close to the surface, typical at a depth 5 to 10m. Currents are assumed
steady i.e. are not turbulent.
Cxwave
Cwave = Cywave
Czwave
and a is the (regular) wave amplitude.
These coecients are dened in the custom vessel le (CVF)
In an irregular sea state (spectrum) there is a mean force given by :
Fwave = 2
Z 1
Cwave (f ; ) S (f ; ) df d
Where S (f ; ) is the directional wave spectral density m2 /Hz/rad (see wave spectra)
The treatment of slowly varying wave force depends upon whether the analysis
is in frequency or time domains. In the frequency domain the wave drift force
spectrum is :
Z Z 1
Cwave (f + 2 ; )2 S (f ; ) S (f + ; )df d
SF wave () = 8
0
2
Note that these spectra are `vectors' - there is a separate contribution in each
degree of freedom - surge, sway and yaw.
Page 139
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 140
GMOOR
Am
e i!m t
Am 2Cwave (!m
p
) e i!m t
!2
Re
Am
2Cwave (!m
) e i!m t
!2
These summations are to be carried out only for those terms where the argument of
the square root is positive in each case. The force calculated according the above
equation contains extraneous HF noise which has no physical basis. Although the
time history of wave drift force could be cleaned up by passing through a low pass
lter this is not necessary since we are only interested in the low frequency vessel
motions - the mass of the vessel acts as a low pass lter, the HF noise does not
excite any perceptible motion.
Page 141
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
= (s )
For vertical equilibrium the change in vertical load must equal the line weight:
d
d
d
w = ds T (s ) sin() = d T () sin() ds
d
d
T
(
)
sin(
)
!
d
d T () sin() + T () cos()
T ( )
T () tan() sin() + T () cos() simplify ! cos()
T ( ) d
so cos() ds = w
H
So since T () = cos(
)
H
d
cos()2 ds = w
But if the line is elastic, and assuming that as it stretches it preserves the total
Global Maritime
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 142
GMOOR
H
d
cos()2 1 + EA cos() ds = 1
H
d
c sec()2 1 + EA sec() ds = 1
Z
H
2
3
s = c sec() + EA sec() d
H
1
H
sin() 1
s =c cos() + 2 c EA cos()2 sin() + 2 c EA ln(sec() + tan())
1
H
1 H
s =c tan() 1 + 2 EA sec() + 2 EA c ln(sec() + tan())
1 H
1 H
s = c tan() + 2 EA c tan() sec() + 2 EA c ln(sec() + tan())
"
#
The rst term is the standard inelastic caternary forumla, the terms in H=EA are
those due to elastic (linear) stretching. Thus we have determined the variation of
with s (spanwise) along the line and can similarly derive the variations in lateral
and vertical position, x () and y ().
d
Now ds
x = cos() so dx = cos()ds
x=
H
c sec()2 + EA sec()3 cos()d
sin() H
x = c ln(sec() + tan()) + c cos() EA
H
x = c ln(sec() + tan()) + c tan() EA
d
Similarly ds
y = sin() so dy = sin()ds
H
and thus y = c sec() + EA
sec()3 sin()d
1
1
H
y = cos() + 2 EA cos()2 c
1
H
y = c sec() 1 + 2 EA sec()
Z
Page 143
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
These equations may readily be extended to nonlinear elastic cable where the
strain-tension relationship can be expressed in the form of of a polynomial in
tension.
The equations above are all missing their constants of integration - these are
actually the s , x or y values for another known point - e.g. the low point of the
catenary. Thus the dierence in elevation between two points 1 and 2 within a
component is given by:
H
y = c sec(2 ) 1 + 21 EA
sec(2 )
1 H
c sec(1 ) 1 + 2 EA sec(1 )
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 144
GMOOR
motion. The iterative solution is necessary because the
uid drag on the line is
proportional to the square of oscillation velocity. The drag on each mass is actually
computed during solution as proportional to velocity (linearly) but the coecient
is chosen such that the same energy is dissipated per cycle as if it were quadratic.
Solutions are repeatedly found until the changes in estimated amplitudes iteration
to iteration are acceptably small.
f frequency in Hz
S Spectral Density in
m=s )2
Hz
Page 145
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
The wind velocity spectral densities may be chosen from the spectra given by
Harris (see Ochi (1), API RP2A (2), Ochi and Shin (1) or NPD (3))
The use of Cwind (instead of a revised coecient based upon the prole of turbulence and accounting for coherence) is conservative and overestimates low frequency wind forces.
Global Maritime
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 146
GMOOR
S (f ) = 320
where n=0.468
Page 147
U0 2 z 0:45
10
10
(1 + f~n ) n
5
3
z 2=3
f~ = 172 f 10
U100
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
t
1 + 0:137 ln 10z 0:047 ln 600
U10
UNPDT (U10 ; z; t ) :=
1 + 0:137 ln 10
0:047 ln 3600
10
600
h
z i
UNPD (U10 ; z ) := U10 1 + 5:73 10 2 (1 + 0:15 U10 ) ln 10
n
0:468
z U 0:75
fnd
172
f
1010
10
SNPD (f ; U10 ; z ) :=
U 2 z 0:45
10
S
320 10
n
(1
+
f
nd ) n
S
1
2
2
3
10
5
3
Global Maritime
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 148
GMOOR
Page 149
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
Global Maritime
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 150
Appendix B
Wave Spectra
B.1 JONSWAP Spectrum
Goda's formulation of the a term in JONSWAP spectrum with variable peak enhancement factor (gamma) is as follows:
0:0624
(
; Hs ; Tp ) := 0:230 + 0:0336
0:185 (1 +
) 1 Hs 2 Tp
5 H2
(
; Hs ; Tp ) := 16 s 4 1:15 + 0:168
Tp
0:925
1:909 +
:= 1; 1:2 : : : 7 Hs := 1 Tp := 10
Page 151
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
4:0 10
3:5 10
3:0 10
2:5 10
2:0 10
1:5 10
1:0 10 5 1
(
; H s ; Tp )
(
; H s ; Tp )
The JONSWAP spectrum is (using the Shell formulation which is more accurate):
0:07 if f Tp < 1
0:09 otherwise
S (f ;
; Hs ; Tp ) :=
(
; Hs ; Tp ) f 5 exp
5 (f T )
p
4
exp
"
(f Tp 1)2
2 2
#
The above can be expressed in normalised form where the frequency scales as
1=Tp and the energy as Hs 2 . Thus there is no loss in generality to use specic Hs
and Tp values.
So take the peak period as Tp := 8 and the upper limit for integration as fmax := 10.
The nth moment of the spectrum is dened as:
m(
; Hs ; Tp ; n) :=
Z fmax
0
S (f ; ; Hs ; Tp ) f n df
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 152
GMOOR
Specic values are given below for the rst and second moment periods - Tz is
normally taken as the second moment period.
Mean JONSWAP
Pierson Moskowitz
First
(3:3; 1; Tp ; 1) = 1:1986 (1; 1; Tp ; 1) = 1:2957
Second (3:3; 1; Tp ; 2) = 1:2862 (1; 1; Tp ; 2) = 1:4076
The most common forms of spectra used are the mean JONSWAP (
= 3:3)
and the Pierson Moskowitz (
= 1). The spectra are plotted below for the
frequency range f := 0; 0:002 : : : 25; Hs := 1 and a Tp of 10 seconds. The eect
of increasing
is to push relatively more energy in at the peak and correspondingly
take it from both high and low frequency areas either side. Note that GMOOR32
uses either the mean JONSWAP or the Pierson-Moskowitz spectrum (
= 1).
Page 153
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
Global Maritime
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 154
Appendix C
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
Dongle A29B
GMOORD
LFTD enabled
versions up to but not including 9.500
no expiry date
If you open open a .lic le with notepad or some other text editor it will look
something like this :# GM License created 16:57 on 15/07/2004
SERIAL
= 9404
PRODUCT
= GMOOR
VENDOR
= Global Maritime
CUSTOMER
= Nigel Laptop
LEVEL
= 2
FLAGS
= LFTD
VERSION
= 9.499
LOAN
= 0 # days
Global Maritime
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 156
GMOOR
=
=
=
=
=
=
5 # minutes
0
0
1
70e986d9a227ffa0307b3fc702ae97c0
87f9c7bef3b7a0658434c82d4602bc82
You cannot change the details in the license yourself as it is digitally signed.
1 = disk id
2 = ethernet card
3 = disk id and ethernet card
4 = dongle
5 = dongle and disk id
6 = dongle and ethernet card
7 = dongle, disk id and ethernet card
If you are using a dongle, then you must have the Sentinel Dongle Drivers installed.
These are no longer installed by the GMOOR installation program, but come with
a separate install program. It will either have been supplied on the CD or can be
downloaded from the Global Maritime support web site.
The sentinel Dongle Driver Installation by default installs drivers for both the
parallel port and USB dongles. You may have been supplied with either of these.
Increasingly, we are issuing USB dongles because some PC's (notably laptops) do
Page 157
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 158
GMOOR
The lic le is for the wrong program - check the PRODUCT line in the lic
le
The lic le does not match the dongle. Usually we put the dongle serial
number in the lic le name. Check the serial number (S/N) on the dongle
The license has expired. usually we put the expiry date in the lic le name
or noexp if it never expires. You can't tell from the contents of the lic le
what the expiry date is but if DEATH > 0 then there is an expiry date.
The license does not allow running the version of the program that is in-
stalled. The latest version that the license will let you run is recorded in the
lic le in the VERSION line. for instance if the VERSION = 9.499 then you
can run any version up to 9.499 but not version 9.500.
Page 159
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 160
GMOOR
puter to run the license server. This computer needs to be on the same
network as the computers that re going to run GMOOR. The server computer should be running Windows XP, 2000 or NT Workstation or Server.
It will need to be running whenever someone wants to run GMOOR, so it
needs to available all the time. Most people would install to license server
on a le server simply because it will be available all the time.
Step 2 download the installation program - the License Server Installation Program
Step 3 install the program - on the chosen server, run the downloaded setup
program and accept all the defaults. This will install the license server as a
service on the chosen computer and will start the service. The program by
default is installed in the C:nProgram FilesnGlobal Maritime License Server
folder.
Step 4 connect to the server with the license manager utility - the license manager utility is installed in the same folder as the license manager. However,
licmanager.exe can be copied and run from any convenient computer on the
network. The functionality of the license manager utility is the same whether
it is run locally or remotely. When you start the license manager utility you,
it initially starts dicsonnected from the server so rst need to connect to
the server. Select File-connect from the menu and you get a combo box
displaying the ip addresses of all the license servers that have been detected
on the network. Note that this is a combo box, so it is possible to type
the name or ip address of a computer on a distant network and, as long
as that ip address/name is routable from your computer, you can remotely
administer that license server.
Step 5 install the licenses - When you rst connect to the server from the license
manager, there are no licenses installed Each license is a plain text le with
a .lic le extension. If you have 5 licenses for GMOOR you will have 5 .lic
les. The makecvf license is separate from the GMOOR licenses so if you
have 5 GMOOR32D network licenses you will have 5 gmoor lic les and 5
makecvf lic les. To install the licenses you simply copy all the lic les to the
folder called licenses which is created as a subfolder of the folder where the
license server is installed. To load the licenses into the server, you should
run the license manager and select Tools-Reload Licenses from the menu.
If the licenses are valid, they should then be displayed in the main window
of the license manager utility License Manager With licenses loaded.
Page 161
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
Step 6 congure the clients - The client software (eg GMOOR) can now be
congured to use network licensing with the Network Server selected to be
the ip address of the license server. In GMOOR you do this from the license
dialog (Help-Licensing)
Global Maritime
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 162
Appendix D
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
1.4 `Software' shall mean the Programs together with associated Security
Devices and shall include any replacements, modications or additions
supplied under this Licence.
1.5 `Documentation' shall mean the manual or manuals and other documents associated with the Software supplied by the Licensor to the
Licensee.
2 LICENCE
2.1 The Licensor hereby grants to the Licensee a non-exclusive, non-transferable
licence to use the Software on the terms and conditions contained
herein.
2.2 The term of this license shall be twenty years from the date of acceptance unless otherwise agreed.
3 DELIVERY
3.1 The Licensor shall deliver the Programs by registered mail or courier together with the associated Security Devices and Documentation. The
program code will be delivered on cd-rom.
4 ACCEPTANCE
4.1 Acceptance of the Software shall be deemed to take place on delivery
of the Software and Documentation in accordance with Clause 3.
5 TRAINING
5.1 The licensee undertakes that persons using the Software will make reasonable endeavours to familiarise themselves (i) with the use and application of the Software from the supplied documentation and (ii) with
the Licensee's relevant computer and its operating system sucient for
the proper operation of the Software;
5.2 The Licensor may provide training in the use of the software at additional cost if requested by the Licensee.
6 SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE
6.1 Support and maintenance service as specied hereunder shall be provided from the date of acceptance for a period of 12 months unless
terminated in accordance with Clause 14.
6.2 Support following the 12 month period will be made available only if
Licensee enters into a separate maintenance agreement with Licensor
and pays in advance the periodic maintenance charges as published by
the licensor.
6.3 The Licensor shall provide during normal working hours a telephone and
correspondence answering service for the Licensee to report problems
with use of the Software.
Global Maritime
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 164
GMOOR
6.4 The Licensor undertakes to correct all errors that are detected in the
Software, conditional upon the Licensee having:- provided adequate
information in respect of any malfunction in the Software; incorporated
all amendments issued by the Licensor; and not otherwise changed the
Software.
6.5 In the event that the Licensor discovers that reported errors are the
result either of incorrect usage as determined by the Documentation
or of changes or modications to the Software made by the Licensee
then the Licensor reserves the right to recover the costs involved in the
investigation of the reported errors from the Licensee.
6.6 The Licensor shall provide and if appropriate install all updates and new
releases of the Program that rectify errors whether or not detected as
a result of report by the Licensee.
6.7 The Licensor shall replace any defective Security Device conditional
upon the defective Security Device being returned intact to the Licensor.
6.8 The Licensor shall provide amendments and additions to the Documentation for the correction of errors in the Documentation and for
documenting updates to the Software.
7 PERFORMANCE
7.1 The Licensor undertakes that, provided it is operated in accordance
with the Licensors instructions, the Software will perform in accordance
with the Documentation existing at the date of delivery. The Licensor
does not guarantee that the Software is free of minor errors not materially aecting such performance. The undertaking given in this Clause
is in lieu of any condition or warranty express or implied by law as to
the quality or tness for any particular purpose of the Software.
8 USE
8.1 The Software shall be used only for the Licensee's own data processing
and shall not be used to provide a data processing service to any third
party whether byway of trade or otherwise.
8.2 The Licensee may not transfer the Software permanently to another
location without the consent in writing of the Licensor which shall not
be unreasonably withheld.
8.3 The Licensee shall follow all reasonable instructions given by the Licensor from time to time with regard to the use of the Software. The
Licensee shall permit the Licensor, at all reasonable times, to verify
that the use of the Software is within the terms of the Licence.
9 COPYING
9.1 The Licensee may make only such copies of the Programs as are necessary for his operational use and security. This Licence applies to such
copies as it applies to the Programs.
Page 165
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
9.2 The Licensee may not make copies of the Documentation. At the request of the Licensee the Licensor shall provide such additional copies
of the Documentation as the Licensee may reasonably require for the
normal operation of his business, at the Licensor's then current standard scale of charges.
10 MODIFYING
10.1 The Licensee may not, without the prior written consent of the Licensor, modify the Software or incorporate the Programs in programs not
provided by the Licensor.
11 OWNERSHIP
11.1 Title, copyright and all other proprietary rights in the Programs and the
Documentation and all parts and copies thereof shall remain vested in
the Licensor.
11.2 The Security Devices shall remain the property of the Licensor.
11.3 The Licensee shall follow all reasonable instructions given by the Licensor from time to time with regard to the use of trade marks owned
by the Licensor andother indications of the property and rights of the
Licensor.
12 CHARGES
12.1 The licence and maintenance charges are published periodically by the
licensor. Once only licence charges shall not be subject to variation.
The Licensor shall have the right to vary periodic licence charges or
maintenance charges by giving to the Licensee not less than one month
written notice in advance of such variation eective at the end of the
initial 12 months period or at any time thereafter. Such variation shall
not result in the charges exceeding the Licensor's then current standard
scale of charges or, in the absence of a standard scale, such charges as
are reasonable in the circumstances.
13 TERMS OF PAYMENT
13.1 Following acceptance under Clause 4, the Licensor shall be entitled to
claim payment of those published licence charges.
13.2 All charges due under the Licence shall be paid by the Licensee within
30 days of receipt of a correct invoice.
13.3 The Licensee reserves the right to withhold payment against any invoice which is not submitted in accordance with the Licence and shall
forthwith notify to the Licensor in writing the reasons for withholding
payment.
13.4 If the payment of any sum due under the Licence shall be delayed by
the Licensee other than in accordance with Sub-Clause 13.3, the Licensor shall be entitled to charge interest on the amount of the delayed
payment for the period of the delay.
Global Maritime
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 166
GMOOR
13.5 The Licensee shall make payment of all sums due under the Licence in
pounds sterling unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Licensor.
14 TERMINATION
14.1 The Licensee may terminate the Licence by giving one month prior
written notice to the Licensor to take eect at the end of the initial 12
month period or such extension of this period as may be agreed or, if
no initial period is stated, by three months prior written notice to the
Licensor.
14.2 The Licensor may not terminate the Licence except in the circumstances described in Sub-Clauses 14.3 and 14.4.
14.3 The Licence may be terminated forthwith by either party on written
notice if the other party is in breach of the terms of the Licence and,
in the event of a breach capable of being remedied, fails to remedy the
breach within 14 days of receipt of notice thereof in writing.
14.4 Either party may terminate the Licence forthwith on written notice if
the other party shall become bankrupt or make an arrangement with
his creditors or go into liquidation.
14.5 Termination of the Licence shall not prejudice any rights of either party
which have arisen on or before the date of termination.
14.6 Within seven days following the date of termination the Licensee shall
return the Security Devices to the Licensor and shall at the option
of the Licensor return or destroy all copies, forms and parts of the
Programs and Documentation which are covered by this Licence and
shall certify to the Licensor in writing that this has been done.
14.7 The Licensee may terminate the support and maintenance service specied in Clause 6 by giving one month prior written notice to the Licensor
to take eect at the end of the initial period and subsequent periods as
specied in. The termination of the support and maintenance service
shall not constitute termination of the Licence and all obligations and
liabilities of the Licensee under the Licence remain. The Licensor's
obligations to provide source coding of the Programs under Clause 15
shall cease upon termination of the support and maintenance service.
15 SOURCE CODING
15.1 The Licensee shall not be provided with, nor allowed access to, the
source coding of the Programs or associated documentation except
under the provisions of Sub-Clauses 15.2 or 15.3.
15.2 In the event that the Licensor shall become bankrupt or go into liquidation, other than a voluntary liquidation for the purpose of reconstruction or amalgamation whilst the support and maintenance service
specied in Clause 6 is being provided, the Licensor shall, insofar as he
is permitted in law so to do, provide to the Licensee at no additional
charge a copy of the source coding of the Programs together with all
associated documentation.
Page 167
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 168
GMOOR
17.4 The liability of the parties under Sub-Clause 17.1 or 17.2, as appropriate, shall exclude damage or injury (other than injury including death
resulting from negligence) consequent upon design, formula, specication or advice. Except in respect of injury, including death to a person
due to negligence for which no limit applies.
17.5 The liability of either party to the other under Sub-Clauses 17.1 and
17.2 in respect of any one event or series of connected events shall not
exceed ve (5) times the license charges or 50,000, whichever is the
lesser.
18 CONSEQUENTIAL LOSS
18.1 Save as expressly stated elsewhere in the Licence, the Licensor shall
not be liable to the Licensee for consequential loss or damage including
loss of use or of prot or of contracts.
19 CONFIDENTIALITY
19.1 The Licensee shall keep condential the Programs and the Documentation or any part thereof and shall not disclose the same to any third
party without the prior written consent of the Licensor.
19.2 The Licensor and the Licensee shall keep condential the Licence and
all other information of the other party designated as `condential'
obtained under or in connection with the Licence and shall not divulge
the same to any third party without the prior consent of the other party.
19.3 The provisions of this Clause shall not apply to:any information in the public domain otherwise than by breach of thi
sLicence.
information in the possession of the receiving party thereof before divulgence as aforesaid.
information obtained from a third party who is free to divulge the same.
19.4 The Licensor and the Licensee shall divulge condential information
only to those employees who are directly involved in the Licence or the
use of the Software and shall ensure that such employees are aware of
and comply with these obligations as to condentiality.
19.5 The obligations of both parties as to disclosure and condentiality shall
come into eect on the signing of the Licence and shall continue in
force notwithstanding the termination of the Licence.
20 FORCE MAJEURE
20.1 Neither party shall be liable for failure to perform its obligations under
the Licence if such failure results from circumstances beyond the partys
reasonable control.
21 WAIVER
21.1 No delay, neglect or forbearance on the part of either party in enforcing
againstthe other party any term or condition of the Licence shall either
Page 169
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
Global Maritime
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 170
Appendix E
Output Database
E.1 Overview
When you do \Write Results" in GMOOR the details of the run you have just
done are saved in a database for reporting purposes. If you do a batch analysis
or consequence analysis, the results are automatically written out to the database
without you hitting the \Write Results" button
This database is in Microsoft Access format. Specically it is in Access 97 format
which is a Jet 3.51 format database le, which is important to bear in mind if you
need to access it from MATLAB, Python, Perl, or some such language.
You can, if desired, write your own scripts to post-process the output database.
You can use any programming that provides a method of reading the mdb les. In
Windows you can use ODBC or ADO connections to open the les and use the
drivers that come with Windows. Pretty well all programming languages provide
a way of using ODBC or ADO. You will need to install extra drivers, however, to
support Jet 3.51 as they do not come standard with Windows XP. GMOOR does
not use ADO to write the data, so GMOOR does not install them either.
GMOOR reports are written in Python and GMOOR includes an embedded copy
of Python for running the reports. GMOOR passes some information like the
database path to the python script and the python generates the pdf report and
signals back to gmoor when it has nished. The reports issued with GMOOR are
in compiled Python, so that you don't see the source code, but there is no reason
why you can't write your own reports if desired, you do not even need to install
python, just add your report into the list of gmoor reports and obey the basic
syntax rules.
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
le
CompntRes This is the output data for the components (end tensions, end po-
sitions, etc)
JobDet The data from the job details dialog
LineDyn Dyanmic Analysis Results
LineRes The major quasi-static line results (tensions, etc)
Loads Forces in vessel axis system
motions Motions in vessel axis system
Options Mostly the settings from the Units and Analysis Settings Dialog
Position Target position, Mean Equilibrium Position and Transient Osets
RunDet The Run Details table contains details on the analysis type for the run
and the input weather
Spread Spread options, ther than the component details
Thrust Thruster thrusts and azimuths
Vessel Masses, Stinesses and Damping
E.2.1 Clearance
This is reserved for future automatic clearance calculations
Global Maritime
type
units
double
double
metres
-
long
double
long
GM-44445-0407-37028
description
GMOOR
Field Name
Component No
type
units
description
Page 173
long
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
Component No
type
long
units
description
type
Client Name
text*255
Project
text*255
Run Title
text*255
Run By
text*255
Run Date
date/time
Version
text*255
Job ID
long
units description
This is probably the most complicated table to understand, so will be given a fuller
explanation.
Global Maritime
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 174
GMOOR
type
units
Run ID
Leg
Case
Combination
Compt
Int
Int
Int
Int
Int
1 or 2
0, 1 or 2
-
ICA
Int
IEA
Int
TaMean1
Double
tonnes
TaDyn1
Double
pcBrk1
Tamean2
Double
Double
TaDyn2
Double
pcBrk2
Double
Run ID
Mooring Line number 1-NLINES
Motion combination case
Motion combination case
Component No (numbering from
1 at anchor)
component with the highest dynamic tension
End with the highest dynamic
tension (1=fairlead end 2=anchor end)
`Mean' Tension at fairlead end of
compt
`Dynamic' Tension at fairlead
end of compt
% break at fairlead end of compt
`Mean' Tension anchor end of
compt
`Dynamic' Tension at anchor end
of compt
% break at anchor end of compt
Dynamics
Int
units
description
Page 175
type
units description
Code
QSIntactSF
QSslfailSF
Text*255
Double
Double
QStransSF
Double
DYNIntactSF
DYNslfailSF
Double
Double
DYNtransSF
Double
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
Code Names
Code No
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
Code Name
API RP2SK
DNV-OS-E301 Consequence Class 1
DNV-OS-E301 Consequence Class 2
POSMOOR - Operating Condition I
POSMOOR - Operating Condition II
POSMOOR V - Operating Condition I
POSMOOR V - Operating Condition II
No of Cases
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
Overview
There are always 2 x (Total No of Components in all Lines) records in the database
irrespective of which code is selected. The database format has evolved over time
and it is now not obvious what data is in which elds. In fact the data in the elds
has a dierent meaning dependant on which code.
The line dynamics routine has the mean position, the LFsig and LFmax resolved
into the line direction and the WFsig and WFmax resolved into the line direction
available to it for each code.
The oscillation for the dynamic analysis (XAMP/YAMP) is set as the X and Y
components (horizontal/vertical) of the maximum downline wave frequency motion calculated at the fairlead with the vessel at the prescribed oset (which varies
with each code) .
The period of the oscillation used for the line dynamic calculation is obtained from
the zero crossing period of the downline motion spectrum
p
Period = 2 m0 =m2
In fact the sea and swell combined average period is determined by :period = (SeaRespZSeaResp2 +SwellRespZSwellResp2 )=(SeaResp+SwellResp)
SearespZ =
SwellrespZ =
Swellresp =
Searesp =
API code
For the API you have to calculate dynamic tension at two osets (2 Cases) and
pick the highest :Case=1 refers to (LFmax + WFsig)
Case=2 refers to (LFsig + WFmax)
Global Maritime
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 176
GMOOR
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
Label
Meaning
Fld Mean + LF TaMean for the Case with the highest
pcBrk
Fld WF
TaDyn for the Case with the highest
pcBrk
Fld Total
TaMean+TaDyn for the Case with the
highest pcBrk
Max % Brk
Highest of pcBrk1 and pcBrk2
Component
ICA for the Case with the highest pcBrk
End
IEA for the Case with the highest pcBrk
API
code on-screen display
Label
Leg No
Status
Mean+LF
Meaning
Mooring line number
Line Status (Broken, Intact, etc)
TaMean for Component/End with highest pcBrk for Both Cases
WF
TaDyn for Component/End with highest
pcBrk for Both Cases
Total
TaMean+TaDyn for Component/End
with highest pcBrk
Anchor Tension Mean+LF TaMean at anchor end for both cases
Anchor Tension WF
TaDyn at Anchor end for both cases
Maximum Percent MBL
pcBrk for Component/End with highest
pcBrk for Both Cases
<no label>
Case Description
Maximum line Tension
The maximum combined tension in any
leg in either case
Min Safety factor
The minimum safety factor (100/pcBrk)
for any leg in either case
Global Maritime
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 178
GMOOR
For the DNV OES 301 codes, you run the dynamic analysis at one oset only.
The characteristic dynamic tension Tcdyn, is given by :Tcdyn = Tqs[Xc Xwfmax ] Tcmean + Twfmax
Twfmax is the dynamic tension calculated at location Xc-Xwfmax
Xc is the larger of
Xmean + Xlfmax + Xwfmax and
Xmean + Xlfsig + Xwfsig
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
Field Description
Combination
1 or 2 depending on
whether Xc is the larger of
Xmean+Xlfmax +Xwfmax
and
Xmean+Xlfsig +Xwfsig
Case
Case=1 and 2 are written to the
database but the results are only
valid for Case=2
Leg
Leg number
Compt
component number (numbering
from 1 at anchor)
ICA
The number of the component
with the lowest Reserve tension
(numbering from 1 at anchor)
IEA
The number of the end of the
component with the lowest Reserve Tension (2 =anchor end
1=fairlead end)
TaMean1
Tension at mean oset at inner
end of component (TcMean)
TaDyn1
TcDyn at inner end of component
pcBrk1
The Reserve Tension at inner end
of component
TaMean2
Tension at mean oset at outer
end of component (TcMean)
TaDyn2
TcDyn at outer end of component
pcBrk2
The Reserve Tension at outer end
of component
Label
TcMean
Meaning
TcMean for Component/End
ICA/IEA
TcDyn
TaDyn for Component/End
ICA/IEA
Reserve
Reserve for Component/End
ICA/IEA
Component ICA (The number of the component with the lowest Reserve tension (numbering from 1 at anchor)
End
IEA (The number of the end of
the component with the lowest
Reserve Tension (2 =anchor end
1=fairlead end))
Global Maritime
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 180
GMOOR
Label
Leg No
Status
Fairlead Tension - TcMean
Fairlead Tension TcDyn
Fairlead Tension -Total
Anchor Tension TcMean
Anchor Tension TcDyn
Minimum Reserve
<no label>
Maximum line Tension
Min Reserve
Meaning
Mooring line number
Line Status (Broken, Intact, etc)
TcMean at the fairlead
(TaMean1)
TcDyn at the fairlead (TaDyn1)
TcMean+TcDyn at fairlead
TcMean at Anchor (TaMean2)
TcDyn at Anchor (TaDyn2)
Reserve for Component/End with
lowest Reserve for Both Cases
Motion Combination Description
The maximum Total tension in
any leg (at either component end)
The minimum reserve for any leg
(at either component end)
POSMOOR Codes
For the POSMOOR codes, you again run the dynamic analysis at only one oset.
POSMOOR states that the dynamic analysis should be carried out at an oset
of:XLF = XTOT X MAXHF
XTOT comes from the Quasi Static analysis and is either :XTOT = XMEAN + X MAXLF + X SIGNW F when X MAXLF > X MAXW F
Or
XTOT = XMEAN + X MAXW F + X SIGNLF when X MAXLF < X MAXW F
XTOT = Quasi static position at which line tensions are calculated
XMEAN = mean oset due to static loads
X MAXLF = maximum low frequency motion from wind and waves
NB. In POSMOOR the max/sig factor for the 2nd order motions is calculated
using the Stansberg Distribution (see POSMOOR Pt 6 Ch 2 Sec3 B300). This
gives a completely dierent to the API and DNV OS E301 even though is the
same.
X MAXW F = maximum wave frequency motion
X SIGNLF = signicant low frequency motion from wind and waves
X SIGNW F = signicant wave frequency motion
X SIGNHF = assumed the same as X SIGNW F
The procedure in GMOOR is rst to determine the oset for the dynamic analysis,
from (1) and (2) or (3). The COMBINATION selected is recorded.
The line tensions are calculated at the selected oset and the horizontal tension
(HCOMP) set for the line dynamics calculation. The motions at the fairlead are
Page 181
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
calculated using the fairlead angle at this oset and the x/y components of the
maximum downline motions (XAMP/YAMP) set, then the line dynamics routine
TRANSDYN is called.
After Transdyn is run, the results are written to the database as follows
Field
Description
Combination 1 or 2 depending on which combination is used for
Case
Case=1 and 2 are written to the
database but the results are only
valid for Case=2
Leg
Leg number
Compt
component number (numbering
from 1 at anchor)
ICA
The number of the component
with the highest percent break
(numbering from 1 at anchor)
IEA
The number of the end of
the component with the highest
percent break (2 =anchor end
1=fairlead end)
TaMean1
Tension at as calculated by
lumped mass routine EQBMSOLV at fairlead end of component
TaDyn1
Dynamic tension calculated at
oset at fairlead end of component
pcBrk1
The percent breaking load
using the combined tension
(TaMean1+TaDyn1)
TaMean2
Tension at as calculated by
lumped mass routine EQBMSOLV at outer end of component
TaDyn2
Dynamic tension calculated at
oset at outer end of component
pcBrk2
The percent breaking load
using the combined tension
(TaMean2+TaDyn2)
The on screen display on the leg tab is as follows
The dynamic report for the POSMOOR Codes gives the following columns for
both motion combination cases:-
E.2.6 LineRes
Global Maritime
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 182
GMOOR
Label
Meaning
Fld Mean + LF TaMean1 at the component/end
given by ICA/IEA) i.e. not necessarily the fairlead label is misleading
Fld WF
TaDyn1 at the component/end
given by ICA/IEA) i.e. not necessarily the fairlead label is misleading
Fld Total
(Fld Mean+LF) + Fld WF
Max % Brk
Maximum percent break. (Percent break at the component/end
given by ICA/IEA) ie not necessarily the fairlead
Component
ICA
End
IEA shown as Inner or Outer
Label
Leg No
Status
Fairlead Tension Mean+LF
Meaning
Mooring line number
Line Status (Broken, Intact, etc)
TaMean at the fairlead
(TaMean1)
TaDyn at the fairlead (TaDyn1)
TaMean1+TaDyn1 at fairlead
Fairlead Tension WF
Fairlead Tension -Total
Anchor Tension Mean+LF7 TaMean at Anchor (TaMean2)
Anchor Tension WF
TaDyn at Anchor (TaDyn2)
Maximum Percent MBL
Percent break load for Component/End with hightest percent
break
<no label>
Motion Combination Description
Maximum line Tension
The maximum Combined tension
in any leg (at either end of components)
Min Safety Factor
The minimum safety factor
(100/pcBrk) for any leg
Page 183
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
Field Name
type
units
Max Combination
long
Run ID
Line No
Status
long
long
long
Payout
double metres
Change
Min Fairlead Tension
double metres
double tonnes
double tonnes
double tonnes
Tension at Anchor
double tonnes
double tonnes
double metres
double metres
double
-
Factor of Safety
double
double tonnes
double tonnes
double tonnes
double
secs
description
type
units
Run ID
WindX
long
double
tonnes
WindY
double
tonnes
Global Maritime
description
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 184
GMOOR
Field Name
WindN
SeaX
SeaY
SeaN
SwellX
SwellY
SwellN
CurrX
CurrY
CurrN
RiserX
RiserY
RiserN
ExtraX
ExtraY
ExtraN
MoorX
MoorY
Page 185
type
units
description
Global Maritime
GMOOR
Field Name
MoorN
ThrusterX
ThrusterY
ThrusterN
type
units
description
type
units
description
PitchWFMax
PitchWFSig
Double
Double
deg
deg
RollLFMax
Double
deg
Global Maritime
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 186
GMOOR
Field Name
RollLFSig
Double
type
units
deg
description
RollWFMax
RollWFSig
Run ID
SurgeLFMax
SurgeLFSig
SurgeWFMax
SurgeWFSig
SwayLFMax
SwayLFSig
SwayWFMax
SwayWFSig
YawLFMax
YawLFSig
YawWFMax
YawWFSig
Double
Double
Long
Double
Double
Double
Double
Double
Double
Double
Double
Double
Double
Double
Double
deg
deg
metres
metres
metres
metres
metres
metres
metres
metres
deg
deg
deg
deg
Page 187
Code
Long
type
units
Current Direction
Long
0/1
Long
Current Type
Long
Directions
Long
description
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
Field Name
DYNIntactSF
type
units
description
Double
GM-44445-0407-37028
Page 188
GMOOR
Field Name
type
Wave Spreading
Long
units
0/1
Long
0/1
Double metres
Long 0/1/2
Long
0/1/2
description
EquilibriumN
type
units
description
Page 189
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
type
units
Selected
long
Spread ID
Options ID
Job ID
long
long
long
Batch ID
Title
long
text*255
SubTitle
text*255
Date/Time
Draught
Water Depth
Tide
Beaufort Number
double
double
double
long
meters
metres
metres
-
Wind Speed
Wind Direction
Hsea
Tsea
double
double
double
double
metres/sec
deg
metres
secs
Sea Direction
Hswell
double
double
deg
metres
Tswell
double
secs
Swell Direction
Resultant Current
Speed
Resultant Current
Direction
Surface Current
Speed
Surface Current
Direction
Wind Induced
Current Speed
Wind Induced
Current Direction
double
double
degs
metres/sec
double
deg
double
metres/sec
double
deg
double
metres/sec
double
deg
Run ID
Time Label
Global Maritime
long
GM-44445-0407-37028
description
GMOOR
Field Name
type
units
Extra Force
double
tonnes
Extra Force
Direction
Additional Sway
Damping
Additional Surge
Damping
Additional Yaw
Damping
Line Control
double
deg
Current Prole
long
double
double
double
long
Analysis Type
long
Failure Type
long
Failure
long
LFTD
long
Line Damping
long
long
long
Dynamics
long
Status
long
description
Page 191
type
Anchor Bearing
Double
Anchor Range
Double
units
description
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime
GMOOR
Field Name
type
units
Double
Double
Fairlead Y
Double
Fairlead Z
Double
Field File
Field Title
IsCVF
IsGangway
Text*255
Text*255
Long
Long
IsRiser
Long
Leg No
Long
NumThrusters
Riser File
Seabed Slope
Spread File
Spread ID
Spread Title
Vessel File
Long
Text*255
Double
Text*255
long
Text*255
Text*255
Vessel Title
Text*255
description
Azimuth
Identity
iFree
Percent
Power
Run ID
Status
Global Maritime
type
Double
units
description
Page 192
GMOOR
Field Name
Thrust
Thruster No
Type
type
Double
Long
Long
Double
Double
Double
units
description
Page 193
CritDampN
CritDampX
CritDampY
CVF
Double tonne.metres/(rad/sec)2
Double tonnes/(metres/sec)2
Double tonnes/(metres/sec)2
Long
0 or 1
type
units
LinDampingN
LinDampingX
LinDampingY
MassN
Double
Double
Double
Double
tonne.metres/(rad/sec)
tonnes/(metre/sec)
tonnes/(metre/sec)
tonne.metres2
MassX
Double
tonnes
MassY
Double
tonnes
NaturalPeriodN
NaturalPeriodX
NaturalPeriodY
QuadDampingN
QuadDampingX
QuadDampingY
Run ID
StinessN
StinessNX
StinessNY
StinessX
Single
Single
Single
Double
Double
Double
Long
Double
Double
Double
Double
secs
secs
secs
tonne.metres/rad/sec2
tonnes/(m/sec)2
tonnes/(m/sec)2
tonne.metres/rad
?
?
tonnes/metre
GM-44445-0407-37028
description
GMOOR
Field Name
StinessXN
StinessXY
StinessY
StinessYN
StinessYX
Global Maritime
type
Double
Double
Double
Double
Double
units
?
?
tonnes/metre
?
?
GM-44445-0407-37028
description
Page 194
Appendix F
References
[1] Ochi M K and Shin Y S Wind Turbulent Spectra for Design Consideration of
Oshore Structures Paper OTC 5736 1988 OTC Houston
[2] American Petroleum Institute Recommended Practice for Planning, Designing and Constructing Fixed Oshore Platforms - Load and Resistance Factor
Design API RP2A-LRFD 1st Edition January 1993
Page 195
GM-44445-0407-37028
Global Maritime