Numerical Investigation of Drillship Response with the Addition of Baffle Plates in the Moonpool

Authors

  • Sivabalan Ponnappan
  • MSP Raju

Abstract

A moonpool is an opening in drillship from continuous deck to keel to access to the underwater part from the onboard ship. Moonpool creates additional motion to the vessel while the drillship in operation, which leads to a larger quantity of green water on the weather deck. Therefore, the minimization of water motion is an important task in drillship. This paper presents a numerical study of the water motion on baffle plates, which are fixed on the inner walls of the moonpool. The results from the study show that fixing of baffle plates improve the performance of the moonpool to a great extent.

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2019-12-28

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