NTNU

Faculty of Engineering Science and Technology

Department of Marine Technology

EXERCISE 1

Suggested Solution

TMR 4195 DESIGN OF OFFSHORE STRUCTURES

Exercise: Overturning stability for floating buoys

a) Weight and ballast of buoy A and the drought of buoy B

Buoy A
Buoyancy of the cylindrical part:

2
2
Bcyl = 30 12310 [MN ]=106 MN
4

For simplicity we say that g = 10 m/s density = 1.0 tonnes / m. Further, we intend to work with MN
as force units, hence the factor 10 [MN/m].
Buoyancy of the conical part:
30215 20 210
Bcone =

102 [ MN ]=25 MN
4
3
3

This yields a total buoyancy equal to: Btot = 131 MN

Weight:
Topside
Small cylinder 0.4 *15
Large cylinder 0.75 *17
Sum
Ballast weight

25.0 MN
6.0 MN
12.8 MN
43.8 MN
87.2 MN

Buoy B:
From Table 2
Total weight:
W B=20402510 MN =95 MN

Buoyancy of conical section

Bcone =

1
40 22030 215102=48.4 MN
4 3

h1
h2

r1
r2

Bcyl =W tot B cone=9548.4=46.5 MN

Conical volumes

This yields:
Bcyl =

[302 5z bottom ]=46.5

4

z bottom=11.5 m
b) Initial metacentric heights
Buoy A:
Center of gravity CG:
z CG =[2518

615 12.817
3

8528.5 ]/131=16.5
2
2
2

D4

204
I
64
64
BM = =
=
=0.6 m

131102
Note the very small contribution from the water plane stiffness!!!

At last, the initial GM value is found by:

GM = BM GB= BM CGCB=0.616.512.5=4.6 m
where CB is given in the exercise text as -12.5 m
Buoy B:
Center of gravity:
CG=[207408

10511.5
]/95=4.0 m
2

Center of buoyancy yields:

CB=[2.248.4

46.5511.5
]/95=5.2 m
2

This gives the following GM value:

GM = BM GB=
GM =

I
CGCB

40 4
9.3=3.9 m
64 9500

Note the large contribution form the water plane stiffness!!!

c) Heeling angle due to acting ice forces
Buoy A:
The ice action yields a set-off of 62 m. The vertical component of the mooring system is approx 2MN.

Mooring force [MN]

25

Horizontal force
Vertical force

20
15
10
5
0
0

20

40
60
80
Displacment [m]

100

Figure: Finding the buoy set off, and the vertical mooring force
The total vertical force is 3MN (1 MN from ice action and the other from the mooring line). This yields
another set down of z, calculated from :
102

d /2

10
202 d 2nex new =3
4
3
3

this gives dnew = 17.87 m, which results in the additional set-down:

z=

20d new
=1.06 m
2

The new BM value is now

BM new =

I new
17.84 4
=
=0.4 m
64 1313 102

Hence the GM is reduced by 0.2 m to 4.4 m

We can now find the overturning moment:
M O=F ICE , Horizz line =1010=100 MNm
Restoring moment
M R =GM sin F ICE ,vert10F mooring ,vert0.430

This yields a heeling angle of = 6.15. The heeling angle is within the accepted range.

Buoy B:
The ice action of 13 MN yields a set-off of 13 MN yields a set -off of 70 m with a vertical mooring
force of 2.6 MN. The net vertical force is now 2.6 1.0 = 1.6 MN. A short estimation of draft change
yields:
z=

1.6
1.610 6
=
=0.13 m
g AW
4
2
10 10
4

Note that since we assume a constant waterline surface, it will only be a coarse estimation. However, it
does shows that the change in draft is small, hence we neglect the change in buoyancy in the following.
We now find the acting moments. First, the over turning moment :
M O=1310140=170 MNm (13 horizontal ice force, 1 vertical ice force)
Resisting moment
M R =GM sin 2.60.430=170
=arcsin [

M O 31.2
17031.2
]=arcsin [
]
GGM
952.61.0 3.9

=0.384 [rad ]=22.0 o

The heeling angle is not within the accepted range!