Hydroelastic Response of a Moored Floating Flexible Circular Structure Applying BIEM

Abstract

A hydroelastic model associated with the interaction between a surface wave and a floating circular structure connected with mooring lines in finite water depth is developed using BIEM. The BIEM solution is achieved using free surface Green’s function and Green’s theorem. Furthermore, the algebraic equations for circular structural displacement are derived from the integro-differential equation. The correctness of the BIEM code is verified with the results of shear force and deflection amplitude existing in the literature, and the hydroelastic response of the circular structure is analyzed. The comparison results show a good level of agreement between the present results and those from other calculations. It is observed that the shear force, bending moment, and deflection decrease for higher values of stiffness of the mooring lines. The current study may be supportive of the visualization of the effect of mooring stiffness and to generalize articulated circular structure models for ocean space utilization.