We use third party software to calculate the dynamic wave pressure distribution on floating structures. WAMIT is the program we use, but there are others. WAMIT has no grapical user interface or modeling tools, so we use ANSYS for pre and post processing. We can also generate a WAMIT model with Multi-Surf. WAMIT was originally developed by Massacusets Institute of Technology, hence the name from WAve MIT. Try this http://www.wamit.com
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-----Original Message----- Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 11:55 AM To: xansys
I'm a student from the Vigo University,Spain, getting started with Ansys
I'm using Ansys to simulate the behaviour of a floating marine structure but I don't know how to simulate the action of the ocean waves upon the structure.
The structure, more or less, is like a rectangule floating. The efects of ocean vawes are like vertical forces upon the nodes, but these forces vary like sines, can I define a force following a trigonometric function with Ansys?
Sorry about my poor English, I will appreciate any help.