DragLinearizationin

ANSYSAqwa

RichardMay TeamLead,Aqwadevelopment

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DragLinearizationinAqwaLine

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Newinput
Workbench

ASCIIinputfile
JOB TD42 LINE
TITLE
ALTD42: BARGE + 8 TUBEs (Cd=Ca=2)
OPTIONS PPEL REST GOON LDRG SFBM END
RESTART
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DragLinearizationinAqwaLine

1.

Draglinearizationhastobedoneforaspecific
spectrum,sotheresultsarestrictlyonlyvalidforthat
spectrum.

2.

ReadsspectrumdefinedinDeck13andusesthat
spectrumforEVERYWAVEDIRECTIONinAqwaLine;
i.e.thespectraldirectioninDeck13isirrelevant.

3.

ProducesnewRAOsthatareoutputinthe.LISand
.PLTfiles.

4.

ThenewRAOsarenotwrittenintothedatabaseso
notusedinanysubsequentanalysis.NoraretheQTFs
recalculated.

5.

Wearecurrentlyworkingonaddingdraglinearization
toAqwaFer.

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NewASCIIoutput
NewoutputintheLISfileheaded
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%Criticaldamping
Dampingmatrix
Linearizeddragforces
RAOswithlinearizeddrag

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Newgraphicaloutput
ThePLTfilecontainsnewresultsasshownbelow

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Calculations(1)
Inthecalculationofdragforceu.|u|isanonlinearterminwhich
the|u|canbereplacedbyafactormultipliedbyther.m.s.velocity
inordertocreateanequivalentlinearterm.
Intheliterature(Borgman1967)thisfactorisgivenas(8/).We
thusget
FullDragForce
=..A.Cd .u.|u|
LinearizedDragForce =..A.Cd ..urms .u
whereu=relativefluidvelocity
and=(8/)

urmsiscalculatedusingthespectruminputinDeck13.Asuisrelative
velocitythecalculationisiterative.

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Calculations(2)
ModifiedRAOequation

[2{M()+MS} i{C()+CDL()}+K] X(,)=FD(,)+FK(,)+FDL(,)

Calculate:

RAOs
relativevelocityforeachcomponentofthespectrum
rmsvelocity
dragcoefficients
newRAOS checkforconvergence

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Calculations(3)
Whencurrentisincluded,weassumethatthelinearizationfactorisinthe
form
=[(*urms)2 +uc2 ]
Where=2[2 er ]
r=uc/(urms)
Foundbynumericalinvestigationoftheerrorindissipationofdragenergy

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Calculations(4)
CalculationsuseGaussianquadrature
TUBEandSTUB 3Gausspoints

DISC 9Gausspoints

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ShearForceandBendingMomentfor
Spar

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Massdistributionfile
Allmassmustbeinthe.MSDfile.TUBEmassisignoredin
thesamewayasPMASelements
ALSP2 - FULL SPAR
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STEP 06, 6873322.4,
STEP 07, 6950955.4,
STEP 08, 7028588.4,
STEP 09, 7106221.4,
STEP 10, 7183854.4,
STEP 11, 7261487.5,

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