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The finite element method (FEM) is employed to analyze the resonant oscillations of the liquid confined within multiple or an array of floating bodies with fully nonlinear boundary conditions on the free surface and the body surface in two dimensions. The velocity potentials at each time step are obtained through the FEM with 8-node quadratic shape functions. The finite element linear system is solved by the conjugate gradient (CG) method with a symmetric successive overelaxlation (SSOR) preconditioner. The waves at the open boundary are absorbed by the combination of the damping zone method and the Sommerfeld-Orlanski equation. Numerical examples are given by an array of floating wedge-shaped cylinders and rectangular cylinders. Results are provided for heave motions including wave elevations, profiles and hydrodynamic forces. Comparisons are made in several cases with the results obtained from the second order solution in the time domain. It is found that the wave amplitude in the middle region of the array is larger than those in other places, and the hydrodynamic force on a cylinder increases with the cylinder closing to the middle of the array.
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This work was financially supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities and NPRP 08-691-2-289 grant from Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF).
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Huang, Hc., Wang, Cz. & Leng, Jx. Fully nonlinear simulations of wave resonance by an array of cylinders in vertical motions. China Ocean Eng 27, 87–98 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13344-013-0008-x
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