Study on the effects of CoG

shifts on the responses of a

floating body

Guided by
Dr.Pannerselvam

C.KRISHNAN
OE13M061

INTRODUCTION
Motion

of the structure
should be known In
order to determine the
stress distribution on
the structure.
The centre of gravity
of a floating body may
shift due to various
reasons during
operating condition

Objective
To

study the response

characteristics of a floating body
when there is shift in the centre
of gravity

Scope

1.
2.
3.

To model a barge and spar. Do a

numerical study in ANSYS AQWA
To Study the added mass, damping and
response of the body for various degrees
of freedom
CoG is shifted along vertical axis
CoG is shifted along horizontal axis
CoG is shifted along both horizontal and
vertical axis

Literature Review
V.J.Kurian,

2008, (Parametric
study of TLPs subjected to
random waves, ICCBT 2008) has
studied the effect of VCG in TLP

Nico

Vandenworm, 2008, (Special

report on New FPSO options) has
studied a new concept FPSO and
the effect of KG on the response

Model

The model has been taken from paper Y.R.Choi &S.Y.Hong

2002

Model
Details

of FPSO

The model has been taken from paper Y.R.Choi &S.Y.Hong 2002

Length

219.08 m

Breadth

42 m

Depth

23.1 m

Draft

14.5 m

Displacement

107516 m3

Validation Study

Validation Study

Reference
Sea

loads on ships and offshore

structures, O.M. Faltinsen
Principle of Naval Architecture,
Vol 3
Discussion on effect of LCB
location on seakeeping analysis