Study of Floating Ocean Access Facility (2nd Report)

- Design Example and Procedure -

Abstract

In first report, two of the authors presented a new concept of floating access facility, "a both-end supported lower-hull semi-submersible type facility", and discussed its applicability. For such new-type floating structure, the design procedure has not been established. In this report, both-end supported semi-submersible facility is designed for example. Further, dynamic response analysis in waves was carried out, and structural characteristics of response are discussed. Design flow, design ground in determination of principal dimensions obtained in the process of study is summarized and proposed.