Abstract
A numerical procedure is described for estimating the effects of the multi-directional irregular waves on the structural responses of the Tension Leg Platform (TLP). The numerical approach is based on a three dimensional source distribution method for hydrodynamic forces, a three dimensional frame analysis method for structural responses, in which the superstructure of TLP is assumed to be flexible instead of rigid. Hydrodynamic and hydrostatic forces on the submerged surface of a TLP have been accurately calculated by excluding the assumption of the slender body theory. The hydrodynamic interactions among TLP members, such as columns and pontoons, and the structural damping are included in structural analysis. The spectral description used in spectral analysis of directional waves for the linear system of a TLP in the frequency domain is sufficient to completely define the structural responses. This is due to both the wave inputs and responses are stationary Gaussian random process of which the statistical properties in the amplitude domain are well known. The numerical results for the linear motion responses and tension variations in regular waves are compared with the experimental and numerical ones, which are obtained in Yoshida et al.(1983). The results of comparison confirmed the validity of the proposed approach.
다방향 불규칙파 중에서의 인장계류식 해양구조물(TLP)의 구조응답 해석을 수행함으로써 다방향 불규칙파가 구조응답에 미치는 영향을 평가하고 있다. 인장계류식 해양구조물에 작용하는 파강제력과 동유체력은 3차원 특이점분포법을 사용하여 각각의 외각요소에 대해 평가하였다. 3차원 골조요소로 모델링하여 유한요소법에 의해 구조응답을 평가하였으며, 인장계류식 해앙구조물의 각 외각요소간의 유체역학적 상호간섭을 고려하여 구조응답을 해석하였다. 구조응답의 주파수 응답함수와 다방향파의 스펙트럼을 이용하여 다방향 불규칙파에 대한 해양구조물의 구조응답 스펙트럼을 구하여 다방향 불규칙파가 인장계류식 해양구조물의 구조응답에 미치는 영향을 평가하였다.
