Effect of land boundary on low-frequency wave-induced motion of a large floating structure

Abstract

The main purpose of the present paper is to investigate the effect of land boundary on low-frequency wave-induced motion of a large floating structure. Comparisons of the response function of the floating body motion to incident wave are performed between the cases where the body exists in an open sea and is surrounded by land boundary. The results indicate that land boundary influences the body motions and wave field significantly and the effect of the land boundary have the important role to evaluate motions of the large floating body.