Floating LNG terminals are a relatively new concept with the first such terminal in
the world installed this year. The hydrodynamic interaction effects between the terminal
and a LNG carrier in a side-by-side offloading arrangement is investigated. The side-byside
arrangement is compared with each body floating alone to identify the interaction
effects. The hydrodynamic coefficients are obtained using the Constant Panel Method
and the analysis of body motions, mooring line tensions are done in time domain. The
relative motion between the two bodies is analyzed using WAMIT in frequency domain
and WINPOST in time domain to ascertain the offloading operability of the terminal
under 1 year storm condition.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:tamu.edu/oai:repository.tamu.edu:1969.1/2707 |
| Date | 01 November 2005 |
| Creators | Kuriakose, Vinu P. |
| Contributors | Kim, M. H. |
| Publisher | Texas A&M University |
| Source Sets | Texas A and M University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Book, Thesis, Electronic Thesis, text |
| Format | 8201066 bytes, electronic, application/pdf, born digital |
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