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Question I: Derivation High Frequency wave limit Wave drift forces to a Sphere (40
pts)
Below you will find a recap of the derivation of the high frequency wave limit of the wave drift forces
to a wall.
You are asked to derive the high frequency wave limit of the wave drift force to a sphere.
Consider a wave with an angle of degrees to a wall. In our example of a vertical wall we take = 0
The wave description without a wall would look like:
(t) = a cos(x t) with =
2
for deep water
g
Description of the wave with the presence of a wall (total reflection) amounts to:
(t) = 2a cos(x) cos(t)
Analogous one finds for the velocity potential (1) :
(1) (x, z, t) =
2a g
exp(z) cos x cos t
F (t) =
Z (t)
(t + gz +
1
kk2 )nx dL, note that nx =-1
2
Z (t)
(t + gz)dz
Z 0
1 2
z dz
( I have deleted the contribution from the second order potential (2) since it does not contribute to
the mean force.
So:
Z 0
1 2
1 2 (t)
(2)
F (t) = (t z + z )
z dz
2
2
0
Which leads to:
F
(2)
1
(t) = + g 2 (t)
2
Z 0
1 2a g
2
exp(z) sin(t)
dz
If we now take the mean of the second order wave force expression we arrive at:
Z 0
1 2a g
1
F = F (2) (t) = + g 2 (t)
2
2
exp(z) sin(t)
dz
Question II: Computation of the wave drift forces in regular and bi-chromatic waves(60
pts)
A ship is moored in a spread mooring system in deep water, which is a system with a low horizontal
natural frequency. The mooring system is linearized. The environmental condition is always beam on.
Additional information on the case can be found on the next pages and on accompagning documents
that are included in the assignment folder on BB. The wave conditions regular 1 and regular 2 are
also defined in the excel sheet in the assignment folder.
Task 1: Mooring system stiffness and natural frequency
1.1) Calculate the sway natural period of the FPSO . (5pts)
Task 2: Wave Drift Force
2.1) Calculate the high frequency limit of the wave drift force in a beam on two meter wave
amplitude assuming all waves will be reflected and the vessel is not moving. (5 pts)
2.2) Calculate the mean wave drift force in beam waves due to wave condition Regular 1
using the provided P and Q matrices.(15 pts)
2.3) Make a sketch of the wave envelope of a bi-chromatic wave consisting of the two regular
waves Regular 1 and Regular 2. What is the frequency of the wave envelope? (5pts)
2.4) How large is the mean wave drift load if the two waves would both be two times as
high? How large is the maximum wave drift load if the two regular waves are only half the
specified height? (10 pts)
2.5) Calculate the wave group spectrum associated with the provided sea state spectrum.
(10 pts)
2.6) Calculate the mean wave drift force and the wave drift force spectrum in this irregular
wave. (15 pts)
appendix
The Ship Fixed coordinate system and corresponding sign convention are shown in the figure below and
is in accordance with that of OCIMF. Ship Fixed coordinate system and sign convention The motions