Abstract
Some feasibility studies of a floating pier for large vessels are carried out by the Ministry of Transportation in Japan. It is very important for a planning of the floating pier to know the motions in waves. In this paper, the motions of the floating body moored obliquely in front of a quay wall are investigated by using three dimensional boundary integral equation method. The obtained results are summarized as follows; a) The motions of the floating pier moored obliquely in front of a quay wall can be calculated by using the boundary integral equation method, and the calculated results agree fairly well with the experimental ones. b) The motions of the floating body considerably varies with the mooring angle which is given as the angle between the axes of the quay wall and the floating body. c) On design of floating pier, it is necessary to select the best mooring angle from the standpoint of the motions caused by the predominant waves at the considering sea.
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