Abstract
The present contribution aims at presenting a semi-analytical solution methodology of the linear hydrodynamic diffraction and radiation problems induced by two coaxial moonpool-type floaters subjected to incident waves. The flow field around the floaters is subdivided into ring-shaped fluid regions, in each of which axisymmetric eigenfunction-expansions of the velocity potential are made. The applied theoretical formulation is complemented by numerical-panel methodologies, using pulsating singularities distributed over the floaters’ wetted surface. Extensive numerical results in terms of exciting forces and hydrodynamic coefficients are given by applying frequency-domain techniques. The effect of the water trapped between the solids’ vertical walls on the floaters’ hydrodynamics is investigated and discussed. The presented analysis led to some remarkable trapping phenomena in the enclosed water areas, broadening the resonance-frequency bandwidth of the floaters when compared to a single moonpool body.
Subject
Ocean Engineering,Water Science and Technology,Civil and Structural Engineering
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