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Wave-basin test results from a reduced scale model for an offshore compliant tower for deep water is used to assess fluid-structure interaction effects and to calibrate finite-element models. The experimental model complies with the theoretical conditions of hydroelastic structural similitude and the fluid in which it is immersed is plain water. This latter feature allows for observation of rigid plus elastic body motions of the model both in still water and under waves. The techniques employed for physical modeling and experimental analysis are briefly outlined, dynamic characteristics and responses obtained from tests are reported and comparisons are made with their theoretical-numerical counterpart.
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Batista, R.C., Carvalho, E.M.L. & Roitman, N. Hydroelastic reduced scale model for wave-loaded compliant tower. Experimental Mechanics 31, 220–225 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02326063
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