Abstract

Abstract Technip recently has developed new cost-effective and riser-friendly Semi-submersible hull forms adapted to various operation sites, with considerable saves in design cost and time. This achievement is greatly in debt to Technip's numerical wave basin, which has been developed and validated through previous projects and collaborative R&D efforts with clients. Validation of the numerical wave basin against the model test and full-scale measurement data has proven that the numerical wave basin can provide more realistic and reliable prediction of the wave- and vortex-induced motion than the physical model test. The validated numerical wave basin has been applied to develop a new semi-submersible hull design for a given design environment, partially replacing the role of the physical model test in the traditional design spiral. The new design spiral based on numerical wave basin provides optimized hull design more expeditiously and efficiently than the traditional design spiral based on physical model test. Review of the development, current status and future prospects of numerical wave basin for offshore platform design is presented in this paper.

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