Lecture 7:

Aqwa/Mechanical Load mapping

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Introduction to Hydrodynamic Analysis with ANSYS Aqwa

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ANSYS Offshore

Geometry
modelling

Aqwa

CFX/Fluent

HYDRO-STRUCTURAL DESIGN
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Mechanical

ANSYS Offshore Products

Design Integration
Structural

Geometry
Motions/

CFD

Moorings
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Load Mapping Process

Geometry Modeler

Global Structural FE Model

3D Hydrodynamic Panel
Model

Hydrodynamic Analysis Program

Load Conditions
Hydrostatic Pressure
Hydrodynamic Pressures
Inertial Accelerations

Motion and Load Response

RAOs

FEA Solver

Structural Responses
(Stress, Strain and Displacement)

Yielding, Buckling and Fatigue

Code Checks

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Load Mapping Process

3D Hydrodynamic Panel
Model

Hydrodynamic Analysis Program

Load Condition
Definitions
Wave Direction
Wave Period
Phase Angle

Motion and Load Response RAOs

Aqwa Hydrodynamic
Database

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AQWA
WAVE

ANSYS
Mechanical
Model

Load Transfer Requirements

Hydrodynamic model
Structural model

Definition of required wave cases to transfer

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Load Transfer Requirements

Pressure Mapping

Free floating body, therefore no explicit boundary conditions

Wave pressure should be balanced by inertial loading
Important that mass information used in Aqwa is the same as that computed from the

structural model
Mass inertia information may be checked from the structural model
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PRECISE MASS SUMMARY

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TOTAL MASS (X,Y,Z)= 0.30039E+08 0.30039E+08 0.30039E+08

MOMENTS AND PRODUCTS OF INERTIA TENSOR (I) ABOUT ORIGIN (GLOBAL CARTESIAN)
0.10717E+10-0.81854E+07-0.11227E+06
-0.81854E+08 0.24025E+10 -49530.
-0.11227E+06 -49530.
0.14226E+10
CENTER OF MASS (X,Y,Z)= 0.91020

0.95273

26.619

MOMENTS AND PRODUCTS OF INERTIA TENSOR (I) ABOUT CENTER OF MASS (GLOBAL CARTESIAN)
0.45005E+10-0.80984E+07 0.24211E+07
-0.80984E+07 0.36903E+10 0.25410E+07
0.24211E+07 0.25410E+07 0.34224E+10
PRINCIPAL CENTROIDAL MOMENTS OF INERTIA= 0.45010E+10 0.36852E+10 0.34224E+10

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Load Transfer Requirements

Panel pressures are extracted from database
P1

N1

P2

P5
P6

N2

Nodal values are computed from weighted

averaging of pressures of connected panels

P3

P7

P4

Finite element nodal pressures computed

from weighted averaging of hydrodynamic
nodal values

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N1

N3

N2

N4

Structural Analysis
Structural Mesh

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Hull definition

Pressure mapping is for outer hull only, therefore we need to define this
We make use of
named selections, or
use graphical
selection, to define the
outer hull

A dummy pressure
load is applied to the
outer hull to identify
the panels to be
hydrodynamically
loaded
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Structural Analysis
Free floating body analysis
Global Structural FE Model

Load Conditions
Hydrostatic Pressure
Hydrodynamic Pressures
Inertial Accelerations

FEA Solver

Structural Responses
(Stress, Strain and Displacement)

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ANSYS Mechanical offers two facilities to

undertake a free floating model analysis
Inertial relief.
Computes accelerations based
upon structural model. Should
be checked against
accelerations from Aqwa for
compatibility
Weak springs.
Automatically removes free
body singularities
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Structural Analysis
Stress Results

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Structural Analysis
Workshop 7.1 Load Mapping
Goal:

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Demonstrate how to map loads from an Aqwa hydrodynamic model

onto an ANSYS structural model.

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