Abstract
Dynamic response of offshore structures can be influenced due to the water-structure interaction. The water-structure interaction can be simply represented by added mass in earthquake response analysis. The added mass for a circular cylinder can be obtained by analytical method. However, the added mass for an arbitrary shape of structure is rather difficult to be solved by analytical method. In this study, a substructure method for analysis of the seismic response of an arbitrary shape of structure is presented. The finite element technique incorporating the exact artificial boundary condition presented for simulating the far field of the infinite water is applied to the evaluation of added mass for offshore structures, where the exact added mass matrix is fully populated and symmetrical. The structure is idealized as a three-dimensional finite element model system. Firstly, the presented method is to investigate the seismic response of circular tapered cylinder vibrating in water. Secondly, a lumped added mass matrix is adopted to replace the exact added mass matrix. Thirdly, a simplified formula is presented to evaluate the added mass of the circular tapered cylinder.
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