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Owing to the flexibility of ocean structures with large dimension, the hydroelastic theory is more applicable than traditional method of treating the floating structure as a rigid body. To study the factors that influence the hydroelastic responses, a very large floating structure (namely, VLFS) model is chosen to conduct numerical calculations in regular waves with the aid of three dimensional linear hydroelastic code concerning varied bending stiffness and wave frequency. It is found that bending stiffness and wave frequency have a critical but complex influence on relevant hydroelastic results, including generalized displacement, vertical response amplitude and bending moment. More specifically, the effect of bending stiffness on hydroelastic parameters above can be categorized into different phases, and quite different tendencies are observed in each phase.

Item Type:	Refereed Conference Paper
Keywords:	Hydroelasticity, Bending Stiffness, Very Large Floating Structure(VLFS)
Research Division:	Engineering
Research Group:	Maritime Engineering
Research Field:	Naval Architecture
Objective Division:	Expanding Knowledge
Objective Group:	Expanding Knowledge
Objective Field:	Expanding Knowledge in Engineering
Author:	Chai, S (Associate Professor Shuhong Chai)
ID Code:	93173
Year Published:	2014
Deposited By:	NC Maritime Engineering and Hydrodynamics
Deposited On:	2014-07-14
Last Modified:	2015-03-11
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