Hi everyone,

First, I’d like to thank David for his previous help (Output from Substructure file), which has greatly aided my research.

I am currently attempting to reproduce the hydrodynamic results derived from the part  Validation Tests for Morison Equation (ME) — QBlade Documentation 2.0.4 documentation in Documentary. My focus is primarily on the outcome shown in Figure 161, specifically for a regular sea state H = 6m, T = 10s. Initially, I successfully reproduced the hydrodynamic results from the OC4 model (Potential Flow Models with Morison Drag), as documented. But for the application of Morison Equation only, I encountered difficulties. Below, I’ve detailed the changes I’ve made to the parameters within the OC4 model substructure file ‘OC4_DeepCWindSemi_Sub_LPMD.str’ according to Validation Tests for Morison Equation (ME) — QBlade Documentation 2.0.4 documentation. Despite numerous attempts, I’ve been unable to identify the issue and I hope that someone can help to find where I might have gone wrong.

1. Deactivated potential flow: set variables such as USE_RADIATION, USE_EXCITATION, etc., to ‘false’ (as seen in Figure 1).
2. Active Morison Equation:  added the other hydrodynamic coefficients (add-mass and dynamic pressure coefficient) for the OC4 ME model, which were taken from the OC4 Report 1 with additional coefficients taken from 2 (Figure 2)

Unfortunately, the results (represented by the black curve in Figure 3) did not meet expectations. It should have been close to the red curve, which is the result from LPMD OC4 model.

If needed, I would be glad to send my Substructure file via email for a more convenient review. As a newcomer to Hydrodynamics, I would appreciate any help or suggestions. Thank you in advance for your guidance.

Best regards,

Zhexin Lyu

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