The paper presents an analysis of structural design wave loads on an FPSO. The vertical bending moment at midship induced by rogue waves are compared with rule values. The loads induced by deterministic rogue waves were both measured in a seakeeping tank and calculated by an advanced time domain method. Two procedures are used to calculate the expected extreme vertical bending moment during the operational lifetime of the ship. The first one relies on a standard linear long term prediction method, which results from the summation of short term distribution of maxima weighted by their probability of occurrence. The short term stationary seastates are represented by energy spectra and the ship responses by linear transfer functions. The second one is a generalization of the former and it accounts for the nonlinearity of the vertical bending moment, by using nonlinear transfer functions of the bending moment sagging peaks which depend of the wave height.
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Analysis of Design Wave Loads on an FPSO Accounting for Abnormal Waves
C. Guedes Soares,
C. Guedes Soares
Unit of Marine Technology and Engineering,
e-mail: guedess@mar.ist.utl.pt
Technical University of Lisbon
, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugal
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Nuno Fonseca,
Nuno Fonseca
Unit of Marine Technology and Engineering,
e-mail: nfonseca@mar.ist.utl.pt
Technical University of Lisbon
, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugal
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Ricardo Pascoal,
Ricardo Pascoal
Unit of Marine Technology and Engineering,
e-mail: rpascoal@mar.ist.utl.pt
Technical University of Lisbon
, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugal
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Guenther F. Clauss,
e-mail: clauss@ism.tu-berlin.de
Guenther F. Clauss
Technical University Berlin
, Ocean Engineering Section, Berlin, Germany
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Christian E. Schmittner,
e-mail: schmittner@ism.tu-berlin.de
Christian E. Schmittner
Technical University Berlin
, Ocean Engineering Section, Berlin, Germany
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Janou Hennig
e-mail: hennig@ism.tu-berlin.de
Janou Hennig
Technical University Berlin
, Ocean Engineering Section, Berlin, Germany
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C. Guedes Soares
Unit of Marine Technology and Engineering,
Technical University of Lisbon
, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugale-mail: guedess@mar.ist.utl.pt
Nuno Fonseca
Unit of Marine Technology and Engineering,
Technical University of Lisbon
, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugale-mail: nfonseca@mar.ist.utl.pt
Ricardo Pascoal
Unit of Marine Technology and Engineering,
Technical University of Lisbon
, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugale-mail: rpascoal@mar.ist.utl.pt
Guenther F. Clauss
Technical University Berlin
, Ocean Engineering Section, Berlin, Germanye-mail: clauss@ism.tu-berlin.de
Christian E. Schmittner
Technical University Berlin
, Ocean Engineering Section, Berlin, Germanye-mail: schmittner@ism.tu-berlin.de
Janou Hennig
Technical University Berlin
, Ocean Engineering Section, Berlin, Germanye-mail: hennig@ism.tu-berlin.de
J. Offshore Mech. Arct. Eng. Aug 2006, 128(3): 241-247 (7 pages)
Published Online: July 8, 2005
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Received:
September 23, 2004
Revised:
July 8, 2005
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Guedes Soares, C., Fonseca, N., Pascoal, R., Clauss, G. F., Schmittner, C. E., and Hennig, J. (July 8, 2005). "Analysis of Design Wave Loads on an FPSO Accounting for Abnormal Waves." ASME. J. Offshore Mech. Arct. Eng. August 2006; 128(3): 241–247. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2166656
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