Efficient hydrodynamic analysis of very large floating structures

Several examples are described in this paper, to indicate the present capabilities and limits of this approach. First-order RAOs and second-order mean drift forces are considered. Simple Euler beam modes are used to illustrate the analysis of hydroelasticity. The standard version of WAMIT is used, except for the largest array of circular cylinders where the accelerated pFFT method is required. All of the computations are performed on contemporary PCs of moderate speed and capacity. Problems of greater complexity could be analyzed using high-performance computers.