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WAVE RESPONSE ANALYSIS OF A FLEXIBLE FLOATING STRUCTURE BY BE-FE COMBINATION METHOD
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1995
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HydroelasticityEngineeringPolyurethane PlateMechanical EngineeringStructural ApplicationMarine EngineeringStructural OptimizationComputational MechanicsStructural EngineeringMechanicsWave Response AnalysisComputational ElectromagneticsStructural DynamicLarge Scale StructureStructural DesignFinite Element MethodStrength Of ShipCivil EngineeringStructural AnalysisStructural Mechanics
This paper deals with a large scale pontoon-type structure such as a floating airport. To analyze the wave response of such a large scale structure, the effect of the structural flexibility on the fluid- structure interactions should be considered. The proposed analytical method employs the boundary element method for evaluating hydrodynamic forces (wave excitation force, added mass force, and hydrodynamic damping force), and the finite element method for calculating wave response of the elastic floating body. The experiments are performed for a 2D model structure made of polyurethane plate and having a length of 10m, width of 0.5m and a thickness of 76mm, 38mm and 19mm. Some numerical examples for the 2D structure are presented and compared with experimental results.