Validated Two and Three Dimensional Linear Hydroelastic Analysis using standard software

A method for linear hydroelastic wave load analysis is established based upon use of standard software for assessing wave loads and three dimensional structural mode shapes found by ABAQUS. The method is validated by comparison against experimental results for a flexible offshore mat. The results show decent agreement with experiments and another available computer code. Moreover, the approach was found to be computationally efficient.

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