Wave enhancement due to blockage in semisubmersible and TLP structures

Yilmaz O., Incecik A., Barltrop N.

OCEAN ENGINEERING, vol.28, no.5, pp.471-490, 2001 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 28 Issue: 5
  • Publication Date: 2001
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/s0029-8018(00)00023-8
  • Journal Name: OCEAN ENGINEERING
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.471-490
  • Istanbul Technical University Affiliated: No

Abstract

An exact analytical method is described to solve the diffraction problem of a group of truncated vertical cylinders. In order to account for the interaction between the cylinders, Kagemoto and Yue's exact algebraic method is utilised (Kagemoto, H., Yue, D.K.P., 1986. Interactions among multiple three-dimensional bodies in water waves: an exact algebraic method. J Fluid Mech, 46, 129-139). The isolated cylinder diffraction potential is obtained using Garret's solution and evanescent mode solutions are derived in a similar manner (Garret, C.J.R,, 1971. Wave forces on a circular dock. J Fluid Mech, 46, 129-139).