Problem Description title = "Benthic Design w/ 700-m Sphere in 1800 m water depth (benthic 1800w.cab)" type = surface Analysis Parameters static-outer-iterations = 1000 static-iterations = 5000 static-relaxation = 0.1 static-tolerance = 0.01 static-outer-tolerance = 0.01 duration = 150.0 time-step = 0.2 dynamic-tolerance = 1e-6 dynamic-relaxation = 1.0 dynamic-iterations = 20 dynamic-integration = temporal ramp-time = 30.0 Environment rho = 1025 gravity = 9.81 x-current = (0.0, 0.70) (50.0, 0.63) (100, 0.56) (150, 0.50) (200, 0.50) (250, 0.45) (300, 0.25) (2400, 0.07) (3200, 0.16) (3700, 0.16) /* x-current = (0.0, 0.35) (50.0, 0.315) (100, 0.28) (150, 0.25) (200, 0.25) (250, 0.225) (300, 0.125) (2400, 0.035) (3200, 0.08) (3700, 0.08) */ /* x-current = (0.0, 0.05) (3700, 0.0) */ x-wind = 12.0 /* use 15.0 12.0, 6.0, and 0.0 for wind speeds */ depth = 1800 input-type = random /* forcing-method = velocity velocity-file = "monterey25x.txt" */ forcing-method = velocity z-input = (4.8, 16.0, 0.0) bottom-stiffness = 0.0 bottom-damping = 0.0 Buoys buoy_LB type = cylinder m = 3200 /* not including fuel! */ Cdn = 1.0 Cdt = 1.0 Cdw = 1.5 Sw = 6 + 0.2 d = 3.5 h = 1.4 float type = sphere m = 65 d = 1.22 Cdn = 1.0 Anchors clump color = red Connectors coupling m = 13.35 wet = 113.4 Cdn = 0.001 d = 0.001 shackle d = 0.375*0.0254 wet = 8.0 Cdn = 0.1 m = 1.0 ssf_1 d = 1.422 m = 724.3 wet = -8010 Cdn = 0.8 ssf_2 d = 1.605*((2300/2600)^(1/3)) m = 1041.*(2300/2600) wet = -4.45*2300 Cdn = 0.8 football d = 0.5657 m = 35.7 am = 28.6 wet = -272 Cdn = 1.0 Cdt = 0.2 football2 d = 0.5657*(.5^(1/3)) m = 35.7*.5 am = 28.6*.5 wet = -272*.5 Cdn = 1.0 Cdt = 0.2 Materials chain_1_2 EA = 5.5e7 EI = 0.01 GJ = 0.1 m = 4.5 am = 0.584 wet = 38.1 d = 0.0265 Cdt = 0.01 Cdn = 0.55 vectran EA = 5.0e6 EI = 0.14 GJ = 50 m = .477 am = .426 wet = 0.5 d = 0.023 Cdt = 0.01 Cdn = 2.0 EM_cable EA = 1.0e7 EI = 0.0437 GJ = 0.01 m = 1.042 am = 0.24 wet = 8.145 d = 0.0173 Cdt = 0.01 Cdn = 1.5 snubber EA = 3.13e4 EI = 1000 GJ = 500 m = 17.00 am = 14.33 wet = 21.96 d = 0.1334 Cdt = 0.01 Cdn = 1.5 T = 1550*(exp(10.5*e)-1) Te = 16275*exp(10.5*e) Tee = 1.7089e5*exp(10.5*e) VMCM EA = 5.0e7 EI = 1000.0 GJ = 1000.0 m = 39.1 wet = 203.86 d = 0.30 Cdt = 0.01 Cdn = 1.0 Cmt = 1.2 Cmn = 1.5 Layout terminal = { anchor = clump } segment = { length = 5.0 material = chain_1_2 nodes = (5, 1.0) } segment = { length = 30 material = vectran nodes = (6, 1.0) } segment = { length = 2.07 material = VMCM nodes = (2, 1.0) } segment = { length = 30 material = vectran attachments = football2 : [1, 1, 4] nodes = (31, 1.0) } segment = { /* this is the synthetic EM cable with 3 footballs per 100 m */ length = 1030 material = vectran nodes = (104, 1.0) } segment = { length = 3 material = chain_1_2 nodes = (5, 1.0) } connector = ssf_2 segment = { /* 3 m of potted chain above SSF */ length = 3 material = chain_1_2 nodes = (5, 1.0) } segment = { length = 900 material = EM_cable nodes = (91, 1.0) attachments = football : [2, 2, 90] } segment = { length = 600 material = EM_cable nodes = (61, 1.0) } connector = coupling segment = { length = 30 material = snubber nodes = (7, 1.0) } terminal = { buoy = buoy_LB } End