THEORETICAL EVALUATION OF THE SEAKEEPING PERFORMANCE OF FIVE CANDIDATE OTEC PLATFORMS

A theoretical approach is presented and applied to five platform types--ship, submarine, vertical column stabilized semisubmersible, disc and axisymmetric spar. Motions and cold water pipe bending moment distributions are investigated.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Paper presented at 1977 SNAME Spring Meeting and STAR Symposium, San Francisco, California, May 25-27.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers

  601 Pavonia Avenue
  Jersey City, NJ  United States  07306-2907
• Authors:
  • Barr, R A
  • O'Dea, J F
• Publication Date: 1977

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bending moments; Energy conversion; Motion; Oceans; Offshore platforms; Seakeeping; Semisubmersibles; Structural design; Thermal power generation; Thermal reactors
• Old TRIS Terms: Offshore platform design; Platform motions
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00156192
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Maritime Reporter and Engineering News
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 17 1977 12:00AM