The dynamics of an oil offloading catenary anchor leg mooring (CALM) buoy coupled with mooring and flow lines are directly related to the fatigue life of a mooring system, necessitating an accurate estimate of the buoy hydrodynamic response. Linear wave theory is used for modeling the surface boundary value problem, and the boundary element method is used to solve the fluid-structure interaction between the buoy hull and the incident waves in the frequency-domain. The radiation problem is solved to estimate the added mass and radiation damping coefficients, and the diffraction problem is solved to determine the linear wave exciting loading. The buoy pitch motion is investigated, and linearizations of the quadratic drag/damping term are performed in the frequency-domain. The pitch motion response is calculated by considering an equivalent linearized drag/damping. Quadratic, cubic, and stochastic linearizations of the nonlinear drag term are employed to derive the equivalent drag/damping. Comparisons between the linear and nonlinear damping effects are presented. Time-domain simulations of the buoy motions are performed in conjunction with Morison’s equation to validate the floating buoy response. The time- and frequency-domain results are finally compared with the experimental model test results for validations. The linearization methods applied result in good estimates for the peak pitch response. However, only the stochastic linearization method shows a good agreement for the period range of the incident wave where typical pitch response estimate has not been correctly estimated.
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February 2012
Offshore Technology
Linearization of Quadratic Drag to Estimate CALM Buoy Pitch Motion in Frequency-Domain and Experimental Validation
Amir G. Salem,
Amir G. Salem
SOFEC, Inc.
, 14741 Yorktown Plaza Drive, Houston, TX 77040
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Sam Ryu,
Sam Ryu
SOFEC, Inc.
, 14741 Yorktown Plaza Drive, Houston, TX 77040
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Arun S. Duggal,
Arun S. Duggal
SOFEC, Inc.
, 14741 Yorktown Plaza Drive, Houston, TX 77040
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Raju V. Datla
Raju V. Datla
Stevens Institute of Technology
, 711 Hudson Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030
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Amir G. Salem
SOFEC, Inc.
, 14741 Yorktown Plaza Drive, Houston, TX 77040
Sam Ryu
SOFEC, Inc.
, 14741 Yorktown Plaza Drive, Houston, TX 77040
Arun S. Duggal
SOFEC, Inc.
, 14741 Yorktown Plaza Drive, Houston, TX 77040
Raju V. Datla
Stevens Institute of Technology
, 711 Hudson Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030J. Offshore Mech. Arct. Eng. Feb 2012, 134(1): 011305 (6 pages)
Published Online: October 17, 2011
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Received:
June 23, 2009
Revised:
September 7, 2010
Online:
October 17, 2011
Published:
October 17, 2011
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Salem, A. G., Ryu, S., Duggal, A. S., and Datla, R. V. (October 17, 2011). "Linearization of Quadratic Drag to Estimate CALM Buoy Pitch Motion in Frequency-Domain and Experimental Validation." ASME. J. Offshore Mech. Arct. Eng. February 2012; 134(1): 011305. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4003645
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