Developing A Formula To Represent The Second-Order Wave Effects On Moored Floating Structures

DEVELOPING A FORMULA TO REPRESENT . . .
JOURNAL of MARINE ENGINEERING
DEVELOPING A FORMULA TO REPRESENT THE

SECOND-ORDER WAVE EFFECTS ON MOORED
FLOATING STRUCTURES
Said Mazaheri 1*
1-Assistant Professor of Offshore Engineering, Dept. Of Marine Engineering and
Technology, Iranian National Center for Oceanography
Abstract
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The effects of wave direction, frequency and the waterline shape of floating structures on the
wave mean drift force formula have been considered separately by several authors but there isn't
a general formula to take into account all of these effects. In this regard, Faltinsens wave drift
force formula has been modified by adding finite draft coefficient. The results obtained from
this formula which is dependent on wave frequencies, has been compared with Helvacioglus
experiments favorably in high wave frequencies. Moreover, the influence of the current on the
wave mean drift force has been taken into account by considering the current coefficient derived
from the ship added resistance formula. In addition, the formula for the calculation of the wave
drift damping has been extended to cover high wave frequencies as well as low wave
frequencies. The results compared with asymptotic formula showed good agreement in the high
frequency band.
Keywords: Hydrodynamics, Second-order wave effects, Floating structures
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1. Introduction
In determining the total mooring
loads and motions of moored floating
structures such as FPSOs (Floating
Production, Storage and Offloading
systems) and SPMs (Single Point
Mooring systems), in addition to the first
order wave effects, the second-order
effects are also important. The secondorder wave effects yield additional
forces and responses which are
proportional to the square of wave
amplitudes. The presence of the secondorder effects can simply be illustrated
from
Bernoullis
equation
by
considering its quadratic velocity term
[1]. Helvacioglu[2] has done some
experiments in order to obtain drift force
coefficients. The second-order wave
forces can be derived from pressure
integration (near field) approach [3].
More details about the derivation can be
found in Pinkster [4] , Standing et al. [5],
Tong [6] and Ogilive [7]. The solution

of the second-order effects leads to mean
drift and slow varying loads. This is
shown here by employing the velocity
potential described by Pinkster [4].
Havelock [8] presented an empirical
formula for calculating the wave drift
force acting on a fixed cylinder with
vertical walls which has been extended
by Besho [9] to cover arbitrary waterline
shape bodies. Then Kwon [10] extended
the Beshos formula by including three
coefficients to take into account the
effects of speed, finite draft and
scattering. Faltinsen [1] presented a
general frequency independent formula
for calculating the mean drift loads due
to arbitrary waves on arbitrary waterline
shaped bodies. It can be noted that the
above authors have tried to include
partially the effects of wave direction,
wave frequency, current and arbitrary
waterline shape bodies on their mean
*Corresponding Author: said.mazaheri@gmail.com

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1
2
=
2
1
2
2
2
V1 + V2 + V3
2
(3)
Where
,are velocity terms related to the
directions of axes of coordinate system.
Extending the first velocity term of Eq.
(3) for two wave components with
different wave amplitudes A1 and A2 ,
and different circular frequencies 1 and
2 propagating in an idealized sea state
leads to [1]:
2
V1 =
2
(4)
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2.SECOND-ORDER WAVE FORCES

AND MOMENTS
The theory of second-order wave
forces and moments has been developed
on the assumption that the fluid
surrounding the body is inviscid,
irrotational,
homogenous
and
incompressible. Therefore, the fluid
motions can be described by a velocity
potential, as [4]:
The quadratic term of Eq.(2) can be

extended as:
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drift force formulas. But, there isnt one

general formula that can take into
account the aforementioned effects.
Therefore, in order to take into account
all of the above effects, Faltinsens wave
drift force formula is modified and
redeveloped by adding the finite draft
coefficient. The results obtained from
the redeveloped formula are compared
with Helvacioglus experiments [2].
Moreover, the influence of the current on
the wave mean drift force is calculated
by using the current coefficient derived
from the ship added resistance theory.
= ii
(1)
i =1
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Where
i is a small parameter (perturbation)
i is the ith order velocity potential so
for example; 2 denotes the second order
velocity potential
Now by considering a fixed coordinate
system the pressure in a point on the hull
of a floating structure (e.g. FPSO) can be
determined by writing down the
Bernoullis equation as:
p = P0 gz
1

t 2
(2)
A12 A22 A12
+
+
cos (2 1t + 2 1 )
2
2
2
2
A2
cos (2 2 t + 2 2 )
2 2
A1 A2 cos (( 1 2 )t + 1 2 )
2
A1 A2 cos (( 1 + 2 )t + 1 + 2 )
2
Eq. (4) shows that second order effects

are generally those effects which are
either linear with the wave amplitude or
proportional to the square of wave
amplitude. The above equation can be
described by the following terms
A1
A
+ 2
2
2
):
This term represents steady pressure.

A1 2
cos (2 1t + 2 1 ) +
2
A2
cos (2 2 t + 2 2 ) +
2 2
2
Where
P0 is the static pressure (atmospheric
pressure),
is the gradient.
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A1 A 2 cos ([ 1 + 2
]t + 1 + 2 )
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This term shows the non-linear effects

which can excite a structure with
frequencies higher than the dominant
frequency components in a wave
spectrum.
( A1 A2 cos[(1 2 )t + 1 2 ]) :
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3. MEAN DRIFT LOADS

Havelock [8], presented an empirical
formula for calculating the wave drift
force acting on a fixed cylinder with
vertical sides. This formula which was
derived from the quadratic term of the
velocity potential is as follows:
Fx = 1 g a2
2
b
sin
H dy = 1 2 g a2 Bsin 2 H
(5)
Where
H : is the tangential slope of the water
plane curve with respect to longitudinal
centre line.
B : is the diameter of the cylinder
a : is the wave amplitude
Also, the bar denotes the mean value.
(6)
Lr
Where
y
: is the same as sin H in the
l
Havelock's formula
L r : is the exposed water line part of a
floating structure as shown in
Fig. 1.
Incident
of
This term shows that the non-linear

effects can also oscillate a body with
difference frequency such as (1 2 ) .
In other words, the presence of constant
term, pressure term oscillating with
different frequencies and the terms with
higher frequencies than dominant
frequency components in a wave
spectrum, clearly represent the effects of
the second-order wave loads and
moments. Mean (Drift) and also slowly
varying loads and moments are the
results of the second order effects. It
should be also noted that the high wave
frequency excitation loads and moments
are other results of second order effects
which may be important for calculating
TLPs motion particularly in heave,
pitch and roll [1].
y
Fx = 1 g a2 dl
2
l
After that Besho [9] extended the above

formula and obtained a generalized drift
force formula for an arbitrary waterline
shape bodies subjected to very short
waves. The Besho's formula can be
written as:
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Lr
Shadow
region
Ls
Wave
Fig. 1- The exposed and the shadow part of a

floating structure subjected to an arbitrary
wave
Pinkster
and
Oortmerssen
[11],
presented the direct pressure integration
method to obtain the mean wave forces
and moments. By considering a twodimensional piercing body subjected to a
very small wave length it can be
assumed that the hydrodynamic behavior
of the sea wave around the body is the
same as the hydrodynamic pattern
around a vertical plane wall (Fig. 2).
z
Wave
Fig. 2- Incident wave on a vertical plane wall
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2 g a
e kz cos t cos kx
(7)
Now it could be possible to write the

Bernoulli's equation up to second order
terms in wave amplitude as:
2
2

p = gz 1 1 + 1
t
2 y
z
The first term can be calculated at the

wall as:
2 g zdz = 2 g 1 z 2
2
0
a
0
= g a
Fi =
g a2
2
sin ( + )n dl
2
(8)
L1
Where;
F1 : is the wave surge drift force
component
F2 : is the wave sway drift force
component
F6 : is the wave yaw drift moment
component
n1 = sin
n 2 = cos
n6 = x cos y sin
L1 : is the integration domain, the non
shadow part of the water plane curve.
: is the wave propagation angle with
respect to x axis
: is tangential angle of water plane
curve
of
Also, the second term can be simplified

as:
validated for other structures where the

assumption of vertical sides at water
plane area can be made. So, for a vessel
shape structure subjecting to an arbitrary
wave (
Fig. 3), the mean drift forces and
moments can be calculated through the
following formula:
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The linear solution according

Faltinsen [1] can be written as
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2
1 a = [ 2 g a ] a = 2 g a
t z = 0
And finally the third term can be written

as:
2 2
1
+ 1 dz =
2 y z
0 1 4 g 2 a 2 2 2 kz 2

k e sin ky + cos2 ky dz
2
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2 kz
Adding up the above three terms will

lead to (g / 2) a2 .
Faltinsen [1] also showed that the result
of the above equation: (g / 2) a2 which
is the correct asymptotic value for small
wavelengths according to Marou's
formula [12]. Faltinsen [1] has also
showed that the above result can be
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= g a 2ke dz = g a 2
2
2
Shadow Zone
Wave
Fig. 3- Water plane area and the shadow zone

of a vessel shape structure subjected to an
arbitrary wave
Eq.(8) is similar to the Besho's equation

except that, the yaw drift moment has
been included in the Faltinsens formula.
Also the role of incident wave direction
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sin ( + 0)n dl
2
L1
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g a2
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Where = 90 , n1 = 1 , dl = dy and L1 is
the integration domain which for this
case is the floating structures beam.
Therefore the above formula would
become:
F1 =
Ar
Now by adding the Kwons finite draft

coefficient to the formula the surge drift
force can be written as:
F1 = CT
g a2
2
(9)
Now by defining surge drift force

coefficient as follows:
R1 ( ) =
R1 ( ) = CT
(11)
The variation of the finite draft

coefficient " CT " with wave frequency
for different draft values are shown in
Fig. 4. It is clear from the figure that an
increase in structures draft would lead
to an increase in the finite draft
coefficient. This effect can be seen more
in average wave frequencies (i.e. 0.4-0.8
rad/sec.). The surge drift force
coefficient, has been compared with
those obtained by Kwon[10], Fujii and
Takahashi [13], and Helvacioglu [2] as
shown in Error! Reference source not
found.. The comparisons showed that the
result of Eq.(9) is the same as Kwons
results which have a good correlation
with Helvacioglus experiments for high
wave frequencies.
of
F1 =
g a2
as Eq.(11). This means that for a

stationary rectangular barge shape vessel
subjected to a head sea waves the square
of the surge drift force coefficient is
equal to the finite draft coefficient.
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on the drift force can be seen more

clearly in the above formula. Kwon [10],
proposed a new formula by extending
the Besho's equation to calculate wave
drift forces. He added three coefficients
which are as follows:
C v : Correction factor for advance speed
C s : Scattering coefficient
CT : Correction factor for finite draft
which can be defined as:
CT = 1 exp( 2kD )
where k is the wave number and D is
the draft of the vessel
For a stationary barge shape structure
with a beam of B subjecting to the head
sea waves the surge drift force according
to Eq.(8) can be written as:
F1
1
g a2 B
2
(10)
and substituting F1 from Eq.(9) the surge

drift force coefficient can be simplified
3.1.THE EFFECT OF CURRENT ON

WAVE DRIFT LOADS
In order to take into account the

influence of current on wave drift loads,
the ship added resistance formula
proposed by Faltinsen, Minsaas et. al.
[14] is employed. Therefore, the current
coefficient can be defined as:
C cu ,i = 1 +
2U i
g
(12)
where
U 1 = U cos
U 2 = U sin = U 6
U : is the current speed
: is the current angle in respect to the x
axis.
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D=10m
D=15m
D=20m
0.9
0.8
CT coefficient
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0.6
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
Frequency rad/sec.
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0.8
0.9
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Fig. 4-The variation of CT against wave

frequency for different drafts
CT vs. Wave Frequency

1
Eq.(13) can clearly show how the current

speed, wave frequency and the
dimension of structure can influence the
current coefficient. However, in reality
the current coefficient is not affected by
the dimension of a structure and this can
be seen by looking back to the original
equation which is Eq.(12). So, the
magnitude of current coefficient is only
dependent on the wave frequency and
current speed. For example for an
offshore structure with 100m diameter
subjecting to waves with circular
frequencies between 0.1 and 1 rad/sec
and current with the speed of 1 m/sec,
the current coefficient will vary between
1.02 and 1.20. The same results can be
achieved for an offshore structure with
20m diameter.
As an example, the derived current
coefficient has been applied to a 200,000
tone dead weight floating offshore
structure (i.e FPSO). The result showed
that existing a 2 m/s current can increase
the drift loads up to 40 percent in high
wave frequencies.
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Eq.(12) can be employed for bluff bodies

when Froude number is equal or less
than 0.2 ( Fn 0.2 ).
Fig. 5-Different surge drift force coefficients
Eq. (12) can be also written as:

Di
g
Ar
C cu ,i = 1 + 2Fni
(13)
where
Fni =
Ui
gDi
Di is the dimension of the obstacle in

the direction of current and it is equal to
the length of the vessel in the surge, and
beam of the vessel in the sway and yaw
modes.
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3.2.DERIVING
STEADY
DRIFT
FORCES AND MOMENTS FOR AN
FPSO
The steady drift forces and moments

for an FPSO subjected to arbitrary waves
and current by considering finite draft
coefficient " CT " and current coefficient
" C cu " mentioned in Eq.(11) and Eq.(12)
respectively, can be extended as follows:
Fi = CT C cu ,i
g a2
2
sin ( + )n dl
2
(14)
L1
So the steady surge and sway drift forces

and yaw drift moment can be written as:
Surge:
2 U cos
F1 = C T 1 +
g
g a2
(15)
2
sin ( + )sin dl
L1
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sin (0 + )sin(0)dx =0
Sway:
2 U sin g
F 2 = C T 1 +
g
2
sin (
2
2
a
(16)
+ ) cos dl
II
Part 3:
dl III = rd
L1
Yaw:
)( x cos
(17)
Considering an FPSO with a general

water plane area shown in
Fig. 6 and assuming that the most left
and right end curvature parts can be
replaced by a half-circle with a diameter
equal to the beam of the middle
rectangular section, Eq.(15) ,Eq.(16) and
Eq.(17) can be more developed as
follows:
Therefore by summing up all of the

above parts, the surge drift force will
become:
2U cos g a2
F1 = CT 1 +
g
2
1 2
2
2 2
1 2
r cos sin + + 0 + r sin + cos
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r cos
3
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Surge Drift Force
2 2
1
r sin 2 + cos
3 3
3
y sin )dl
L1
2U cos
F1 = CT 1 +
g
sin ( + )sin rd =
sin (
2
2
a
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2 U sin g
F 6 = C T 1 +
g
2
g a2
2
sin ( + )sin dl
2 L1
2 2U cos
CT 1 +
3
g
g a2 r cos
(18)
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2U cos g a2
F1 = CT 1 +
g
2
sin 2 ( + )sin dlI +
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3
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F1 =
Ar
Part 1:
dl I = rd

sin ( + )sin rd =
2
1
2
2
r cos sin 2 +
3
3
3
where r =
B
2
Fig. 6-The water plane area of a 200,000 dtw

FPSO subjected to wave and current
Part 2:
Sway Drift Force
dl II = dx ; = 0
2U sin
F2 = CT 1 +
g
g a2
sin 2 ( + ) cos dl
L1
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F2 = CT 1 +
g
2
sin 2 ( + ) cos dl I +
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2U sin g a2
F2 = CT 1 +
g
2
4
r sin + L2 sin sin

3
Yaw Drift Moment

2U sin
F6 = CT 1 +
g
(19)
g a2
sin ( + )(x cos y sin )dl
Part 4:
dl I = rd
L1
By extending the integration part of the

above formula, it becomes:
sin ( + )cosrd =
2
2U sin g a2
F6 = CT 1 +
g
Part 5:
dl II = dx ; = 0
sin (0 + )cos(0)dx = L
2
sin sin
Type equation here.
sin ( + )( x cos y sin )dl

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II
sin 2 ( + )( x cos y sin )dl I
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+ sin 2 ( + )( x cos y sin )dl

II
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2
r sin + sin cos

3
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where L2 is the length of the middle

rectangular part of an FPSO (
Fig. 6).
Part 6:
dl III = rd
0
sin ( + )cos rd =
ch
Ar
2
2
r sin cos + sin

3
3
So we can rewrite the sway drift force

as:
2U sin
F2 = CT 1 +
g
2
a
r sin + sin cos +
2
2
L2 sin sin + r sin cos + sin

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r sin + L2 sin sin
3
or
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Part 7:
dl I = rd ; x = L1 r sin ;
y = r cos
0
sin ( + ) L r sin cos ( r cos )sin rd

2
2
= rL1 sin sin cos
3
3
Part 8:
dl II = dx ; = 0
sin (0 + )(x cos 0 y sin 0)dx

2
II
2
2
L2 L1
=
sin sin
2
Part 9:
dl I = rd ; x = L2 + r sin ;
y = r cos
sin ( + ) L + r sin cos ( r cos )sin rd

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2
= rL2 sin + sin cos
3
3
irregular waves for surge, sway and yaw

modes can be obtained as follows:
2U sin g a2
F6 = CT 1 +
g
Surge drift force in irregular waves
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S ( ) 0.11 T1
T1
=

exp 0.44
2 2
H s2T1
2
where:
S ( )d = m
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3.3.DRIFT
WAVE
IRREGULAR WAVES
LOADS
IN
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The drift wave loads in irregular

waves can be determined as follows:
(21)
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F ( , , )
d
Fi s = 2 s( ) i 2
i = 1,...,6
where
S ( ) is the sea spectrum
Fi ( , , ) is the ith mean force
component in regular waves with the
circular frequency of and arbitrary
direction of in the presence of
arbitrary current with angle of .
By substituting
from
Fi ( , , )
Eq.(18), Eq.(19) and Eq.(20) into
Eq.(21), the mean force components in
S ( )d = m
of
It is obvious that all of the derived drift

loads in Eq.(18), Eq.(19) and Eq.(20) are
linearly dependent on the finite draft
coefficient CT . So, it can be
concluded that an increase in the finite
draft coefficient will lead to an increase
in drift loads as well.
where S ( ) is the wave spectrum and

can be defined according to 15th ITTC
as:
2U sin g a2
F6 = CT 1 +
g
2
2
2
1
L L + L L sin
sin
r
1
2
2
1
3
(20)

6 rL1 + rL2 sin 2
2 2U cos
gr cos d
F1s = 2 S ( ) CT 1 +
3
g
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2
rL1 3 sin 3 sin cos +
2
L2 L1 sin sin + rL 2 sin + 2 sin cos
2
2
3

3
m1 2
=
m0
T1
H s = 4 m0
Therefore, by substituting above

equations in the main surge drift force
equation in irregular waves we can now
write:
F1s = g
H s2
4
C T 1 + Fn1
16
T1
L 4
r cos
g 3
(22)
Sway drift force in irregular waves

Similarly to the surge equation, the
following equation can be written to
calculate the sway drift force in irregular
waves.
F2s = g
H s2
4
CT 1 + Fn 2
T1
16
r sin + L2 sin sin

3
(23)
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Yaw drift force in irregular waves:
H s2
4
C T 1 + F n 2
16
T1
r sin L1 L 2 +
2
2
L 2 L1 sin sin +
r L1 + L 2 sin 2
the response spectrum of moored

floating offshore structures due to slow
varying motions. Considering Eq.(14),
the wave drift damping can be written as
follows:
F 6s = g
(24)
L1
F1s
Kx
(25)
F2s
=
Ky
(26)
F6s
K
(27)
6s =
Ar
ch
ive
where:
1s , 2s and 6s are steady drift
displacement in surge, sway and yaw
modes respectively.
F1s , F2s and F6s are steady drift loads in
irregular waves in surge, sway and yaw
modes respectively.
K x and K y are mooring stiffness
coefficients in x and y directions
respectively.
K is the rotational mooring stiffness
which for a turret moored FPSO can be
defined as:
2
K = Lm K x
where
L m is the distance between the turret
mooring point and FPSOs centre of
gravity.
3.5.WAVE DRIFT DAMPING
Wave drift damping is one of the

important parameters used for obtaining
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CT a2 r cos
3
C 22 = CT a2 r sin + L2 sin sin

3
(29)
(30)
C66 = CT a2
3 r sin (L1 L2 ) +
2
2
L2 L1 sin sin +
1 r (L1 + L2 )sin 2
of
s
2
C11 =
The steady drift motions for a moored

floating structure can be obtained as
follows:
(28)
Therefore, wave drift damping in surge,

sway and yaw will be:
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3.4.STEADY DRIFT MOTIONS
1s =
C ii = C T a2 sin 2 ( + )ni dl
(31)
The proposed wave drift damping in

surge has been compared with the
asymptotic formula presented by
Faltinsen, Dahle et al. [15] and the
results can be seen in
Fig. 7. The shows a comparison between
modified wave drift damping and
asymptotic formula. It clearly shows that
how wave drift damping coefficients in
surge mode are non-linear in lower band
of circular wave frequencies. It should be
noted that the asymptotic formula is just
valid for small wave lengths or in other
words for high wave frequencies. But in
the proposed formula as the finite draft
coefficient has been considered in the
mean wave drift force formula therefore,
in the wave drift damping this coefficient
appeared and it can be concluded that for
low wave frequencies the proposed wave
damping term could be valid as well as for
high wave frequencies.
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Wave drift damping B11 in surge gamma=0
Wave drift damping B66 in for different wave angles

1500
10
Incident wave angle=45

Asymptotic theory(Faltinsen et al. 1986)

Modified approach
B66*sqrt(L/g)/[rho*B*(0.5H)2]
8
7
6
5
4
3
1000
500
2
1
0
5
6
w*sqrt(L/g)
10
10
8
6
4
10
ive
15
20
25
w*sqrt(L/g)
Fig. 8-The effect of wave heading angles on

the wave drift damping (surge)
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Also, the effect of wave heading angles

on the wave drift damping in surge,
sway and yaw can be seen in
Fig. 8 to Fig. 10.
Wave drift damping B22 in sway for different wave angles
120

100
B22*sqrt(L /g)/[rho*B*(0.5H)2]
20
4. CONCLUDING REMARKS
The wave direction, wave frequency
and waterline shape of a floating
structures were considered to obtain the
second-order mean wave loads on
moored floating. In this regards,
modification was made to Faltinsens
wave drift formula by adding finite draft
coefficient. The modified formula can
take into account the effects of wave
direction, frequency and the waterline
shape of floating structures. Meanwhile,
the obtained formula was applied to an
FPSO.. The results obtained from this
formula which is dependent on wave
frequencies, were compared with
Helvacioglus experiments [2] favorably
in high wave frequencies. Moreover, the
influence of the current on the wave
mean drift force was taken into account
by considering the current coefficient
derived from the ship added resistance
formula. It is found that, the presence of
current can increase the mean drift force
by up to 50 percent for a particular range
of wave frequencies and, the amount of
increase for a floating structure is
independent of its size.
For a 200,000 tdw FPSO, the mean drift
loads in irregular waves with H s =5 m
and T1 =16 sec are 5-15 percent of the
mean drift loads of the mentioned FPSO
when subjected to a regular wave with
of
12
80
60
40
20
15
w*sqrt(L/g)
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Wave drift damping B11 in surge for different wave angles

16
Fig. 10 -The effect of wave heading angles on

the wave drift damping (yaw)
Fig. 7-Comparison between modified wave

drift damping and asymptotic formul
14
10
15
20
25
w*sqrt(L/g)
Fig. 9-The effect of wave heading angles on

the wave drift damping (sway)
13/E
11/E
23/E
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H =5 m and T =16 sec (Table 1, Table

2 and Table 3).
The formula for the calculation of the
wave drift damping was extended to
cover high wave frequencies as well as
low wave frequencies. The results

compared with asymptotic formula
showed good agreement in the high
frequency band.
low wave frequencies. The results
compared with asymptotic formula
showed good agreement in the high
frequency band.
Table 1-Mean drift load components on a case study FPSO (
condition
Irregular waves
H s =5 m
ch
T1 =16 sec
U =1 m/s
Fn1 =0
Fn1 =0.02
Fn1 =0.013
Fn1 =0
FN 2 =0
FN 2 =0
FN 2 =0.033
FN 2 =0.047
1067
1044
988.8
123.6
133.42
130.54
123.6
=0
988.8
=0
U =1 m/s
ive
Regular waves
H =5 m
T =16 sec
Surge
(KN)
Sway
(KN)
Yaw
(KN.m)
Surge
(KN)
Sway
(KN)
Yaw
(KN.m)
U =0 m/s
=45
Table 2-Mean drift load components on a case study FPSO (
Ar
Current
Condition
Sea
condition
Regular waves
H =5 m
T =16 sec
Irregular waves
H s =5 m
T1 =16 sec
12/E
24/E
14/E
Surge
(KN)
Sway
(KN)
Yaw
(KN.m)
Surge
(KN)
Sway
(KN)
Yaw
(KN.m)
=90
SI
Sea
U =0 m/s
of
Current
Condition
= 0)
= 45 )
U =0 m/s
U =0 m/s
U =1 m/s
U =1 m/s
Fn1 =0
FN 2 =0
Fn1 =0.02
FN 2 =0
Fn1 =0.013
FN 2 =0.033
Fn1 =0
FN 2 =0.047
699.19
754.71
738.44
699.16
3865
3865
4082
4172
192340
192340
203150
207620
87.4
94.34
92.3
87.4
483
483
510.3
521.5
11683
11683
12339
12611
=0
=0
=45
=90
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Table 3-Mean drift load components on the case study FPSO (
Regular
waves
H =5 m
T =16 sec
Irregular
waves
H s =5 m
T1 =16 sec
Surge
(KN)
Sway
(KN)
Yaw
(KN.m)
Surge
(KN)
Sway
(KN)
Yaw
(KN.m)
U =0 m/s
U =1 m/s
U =1 m/s
Fn1 =0
FN 2 =0
Fn1 =0.02
FN 2 =0
Fn1 =0.013
FN 2 =0.033
Fn1 =0
FN 2 =0.047
7320.4
7320.4
7731
7902
188620
188620
199220
203600
915.05
915.05
966.4
987
=0
11310
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=45
11310
11945
=90
12208
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