Hydrodynamic Performance Improvement of Double-Row Floating Breakwaters by Changing the Cross-Sectional Geometry

Table 2

Main dimensions and characteristics of the five different shapes of the FBWs.

Specs		Types
		Rectangular	Plus-shaped	-Shaped	Triangular	Box-shaped
Moment of inertia ()		1.42E + 07	1.64E + 07	1.74E + 07	1.54E + 07	1.75E + 07
		3.96E + 06	3.83E + 06	1.03E + 07	4.17E + 06	7.79E + 06
		1.71E + 07	1.89E + 07	2.44E + 07	1.75E + 07	2.18E + 07
Displacement		410000	471500	471500	430500	471500
Length		20	20	20	20	20
Width		10	10	10	10	10
Draft		2	5	5	5	5
Volume		800	500	500	500	500
Environment constants		Water depth = 30 m, water density = 1025 , water size x = 500, and water size y = 500
Mooring properties		Mass/unit length = 8.27
		Equivalent cross-sectional area = 0.002
		Maximum tension = 10000
		Stiffness = 5000000
		Equivalent diameter = 0.02
		Length of cable = 42
		Number of cables for each FBW = 4
		Type of cable = nonlinear catenary section