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The hydrodynamic characteristics of heave plates with different form edges of Truss Spar Platform are studied in this paper. Numerical simulations are carried out for the plate forced oscillation by the dynamic mesh method and user defined functions of FLUENT. The added mass coefficient C m and the damping coefficient C d of heave plate with tapering condition and the chamfer condition are calculated. The results show that, in a certain range, the hydrodynamic performance of heave plate after being tapered is better.
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The project was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51079097 and 50879057), and Science Fund for Creative Research Groups of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51021004).
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Shen, Wj., Tang, Yg. & Liu, Lq. Research on the hydrodynamic characteristics of heave plate structure with different form edges of a spar platform. China Ocean Eng 26, 177–184 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13344-012-0013-5
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