The Performance Assessment of a Semisubmersible Platform Subjected to Wind and Waves by a CFD/6-DOF Approach

<table class="table-group" id="tab9"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Case</td><td class="align_center" colspan="2">Numerical simulation I</td><td class="align_center" colspan="2">Numerical simulation II</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Method</td><td class="align_center">ANSYS/Fluent</td><td class="align_center">OpenFOAM</td><td class="align_center">ANSYS/Fluent</td><td class="align_center">OpenFOAM</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><i>Z</i><sub><i>RMS</i></sub></td><td class="align_center">0.0924</td><td class="align_center">0.0932</td><td class="align_center">0.0685</td><td class="align_center">0.0691</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="5"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>RMS of heave response by ANSYS/Fluent and OpenFOAM.</div>

Shock and Vibration

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Table 9

Table 9: The Performance Assessment of a Semisubmersible Platform Subjected to Wind and Waves by a CFD/6-DOF Approach 