AQWA Update

Chris Burden
ANSYS UK Horsham

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 Overview

For those that dont know, what is AQWA?

Recent release updates
14.0 Update

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 What is AQWA?

AQWA is a modularised , fully integrated

hydrodynamic analysis suite based around 3D
diffraction and radiation methods.
AQWA has now been implemented as an ANSYS
Workbench application.
Extensively used in the offshore oil and gas and
renewables sector.

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 Typical Applications

Shielding Mooring systems Offloading operation SBM

Self-installing platform Arup Energy FPSO & TLP Concept

Multi-Body Lift Operation

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 Typical Applications

Lifting operation AMOG Truss spar Technip

Truss spar Technip

Floatover Jacket launch

Stinger

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 Other Applications

Wave Treader Courtesy

Green Ocean Energy Ltd

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Ocean Treader Courtesy Green Ocean Energy Ltd
 Tanker Under-Keel Clearance

Investigation of clearance
between tanker keel and
channel
Tanker is moving along the
channel

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 Aquaculture Applications Offshore Fish
Farms
Investigate integrity of
floating offshore fish farm
systems
Novel solution includes
modeling both internal
and external fluids

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 Float Design

Marine applications can include

multi-body simulations of piled
floats

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 AQWA Capability

Diffraction and Radiation including Morison

elements
Frequency domain analysis
Stability including mooring lines
Time domain with irregular waves
Time domain with non-linear survival waves
Coupled cable dynamics
Multiple hydrodynamic interaction and articulations
(up to 50 structures)
Transfer of motions and pressures to ANSYS FE
models

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 Modelling in AQWA

Diffracting or non-diffracting panels

Morison elements
TUBE
STUB
DISC
Point masses
Mixed models

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 Modelling in AQWA

Moorings
Linear springs
Elastic catenaries
Intermediate buoys
Tethers
Pulleys
Fenders
Articulations
Stiffness matrix

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 Modelling in AQWA

Waves Wave Spectra

Regular / irregular Pierson-Moskowitz
Time history JONSWAP
Gaussian
Current
User-defined
Uniform
Cross-swell
Profile
Multiple simultaneous spectra
Wind
Uniform Interaction between spectra from
Spectra different directions
Time history

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 Historical Perspective of AQWA

ANSYS
AGS
Mechanical

LINE WAVE

ANSYS ASAS
LIBRIUM FER NAUT DRIFT
(FE model)

EXCEL

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 Historical Perspective of AQWA
Input data (*.dat) file
ASCII text file containing all the input data necessary for the Stages of
Analysis about to be executed.
In FIXED FORMAT and must be entered using a text editor.
An editor that indicates the column & line no. of the current cursor position is
highly recommended !!!

JOB MESH LINE

TITLE MESH FROM LINES PLANS/SCALING
OPTIONS REST END
RESTART 1 2
4col 4col5cols5cols 10 cols 10 cols 10 cols

01 COOR
01 1 45.000 -45.000 0.000
END01 999 0.000 0.000 -10.620
Column 21
02 ELM1
02QPPL DIFF 0(1)( 1)( 2)( 12)( 11)

06FREQ 1 6 0.10472 0.15708 0.25133 0.41888 0.52360

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 AQWA Hydrodynamic Simulation
Procedure

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 AQWA Workbench Application

At ANSYS Revision 12 AQWA was developed using Workbench

technology, permitting importation of DesignModeler geometries, and
utilizing ANSYS meshing technology as an integrated tool, but was not
available from the WB Project Page
Was distributed with the standard AQWA suite as a new application,
AQWAWB

CAD DesignModeler AQWAWB

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 AQWA Workbench Application

Workbench Project
Hydrodynamic Diffraction and Hydrodynamic Time
Response represent an ANSYS Workbench
ANSYS ANSYS
implementation of the ANSYS AQWA hydrodynamic

DesignModeler
CAD Import Hydrodynamic
Workbench Project Hydrodynamic
software Diffraction Time Response
a common look and ANSYS
Provides ANSYS ANSYS
feel across the ANSYSANSYS
CAD Import product suite Hydrodynamic Hydrodynamic
DesignModeler Mechanical
Diffraction Time Response
Provides for future interoperability with other
physical models in the Fluent/CFX
ANSYS product suite, e.g.
Vessel particulars
Parameter

ANSYS Mechanical and ANSYS CFD

Variation

Environmental conditions

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 ANSYS AQWA HD Parameterization

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 ANSYS AQWAWB Graphing
Provides standard ANSYS Workbench graphing capabilities.
RAOs
3D plots
Splitting forces
Reporting

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 ANSYS AQWAWB Surface and Pressure Plots

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 ANSYS AQWAWB Surface and Pressure Plots

Animated Surface Plots

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 13.0 AQWA in Workbench
- Hydrodynamic Time Response System
Hydrodynamic Time Response Analysis System
Time history analysis of bodies, subject to environmental
forces including mooring lines

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 13.0 AQWA in Workbench
- Hydrodynamic Time Response System
Input for the following:
Cable connections for rigid body
motion, wave and mooring line
analysis under various ocean
environments
Ocean Environment Definition for
Wind, Wave and Current
Additional Structure Force Time
History
Cable Winching and Failures
Input of catenary mooring lines
Graphing of various results
Displacement, velocity,
acceleration
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 13.0 AQWA Core Developments

Cable Dynamics
Bending stiffness allows modeling of rigid and flexible risers
(previously only rigid risers could be modeled using tethers)
Non-linear axial stiffness to enable more rigorous modeling of
synthetic moorings. Uses polynomial definition of tension v
extension.

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 13.0 AQWA Core Developments

User-defined stiffness matrix connecting separate ships

This enables mooring system to be included in
diffraction/radiation analysis
ISO wind spectrum definition added for dynamic motions
analysis

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 Whats New at 14.0?

Multiple wave spectra in AqwaDrift

Includes 2nd order interaction terms
Now allows wave spreading
Linearized drag of Morison elements in diffraction analysis
Improved load mapping to structural model for integrity checks
Wheeler stretching for non-linear wave pressure calculation
Quasi-static non-linear axial stiffness
Continued exposure of core features in Workbench

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 Hydro-structural design

Geometry
AQWA CFX/Fluent Mechanical
modelling

HYDRO-STRUCTURAL DESIGN

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 Pre-14 ANSYS Load Transfer Requirements

ANSYS DM
Geometry

Hydrodynamic Structural Mesh

Mesh

ANSTOASAS

AQWAWB Solve
Structural Data

Hyd Database
/TITLE, CASE 1001 'H = 2.0 T = 62.8 D = 0.0 P = 0.0'
! COMPONENT ANSY
SFEDELE,ALL,ALL,PRES

Pressure and FDELE,ALL

LSCLEAR,INER
SFE, 2409, 2,PRES,0, 0.0000E+00, -1.9740E+02, -1.9576E+02, 0.0000E+00
Control Data Acceleration SFE, 2411, 2,PRES,0, 0.0000E+00, 0.0000E+00, -2.0081E+02, -1.9777E+02

AQWA WAVE Data

SFE, 2412,
SFE, 2416,
SFE, 41361,
2,PRES,0, -1.9558E+02, -1.9503E+02,
2,PRES,0, 0.0000E+00, 0.0000E+00,
2,PRES,0, -3.9148E+02, -3.8728E+02,
0.0000E+00,
-2.8120E+01,
-3.8728E+02,
0.0000E+00
0.0000E+00
-3.9161E+02
SFE, 41362, 2,PRES,0, -3.9092E+02, -3.8734E+02, -3.8728E+02, -3.9148E+02
SFE, 41363, 2,PRES,0, -3.9490E+02, -3.9511E+02, -3.8924E+02, -3.9014E+02
SFE, 41364, 2,PRES,0, -3.9014E+02, -3.8543E+02, -3.8734E+02, -3.9092E+02
ACEL, 1.9891E-07, 4.2397E-07, -1.0044E-02
CGLOC, 0.0000E+00, 0.0000E+00, 2.5400E+01
DCGOMG, 3.0279E-08, -2.4966E-08, 3.1457E-10

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 14.0 Load Mapping Process
Geometry Modeler

3D Hydrodynamic Panel Global Structural FE Model

Model (Coarse Mesh for Yielding and Buckling Check)

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 Load mapping to Mechanical/APDL

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 Tree Items For Pressure Mapping at 14.0
*DIM,_aqwaAnalysis,STRING,248
_waveDir = arg1
*DIM,_runCommand,STRING,248
_waveHeight = arg2
_aqwaAnalysis(1) =
_wavePeriod = arg3
'C:\ANSYS\LoadMapping_14.0\LoadMapping_files\dp0\AQW\AQW\AQ\Analysis\Analysis'
_wavePhase = =arg4
_runCommand(1) '"C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v140\aqwa\bin\winx64\AQWA2NEUT"'
*cfopen,run,txt
octype,_idwav,WAVE
*vwrite,_runCommand(1),_aqwaAnalysis(1)
ocdata,8,_waveDir
/SYS,%s %s
octable,_waveHeight,_wavePeriod,_wavePhase
*cfclos
/input,run.txt
ocread,_aqwaAnalysis(1),ahd
_aqwaAnalysis(1) = '%_aqwaAnalysis(1)%_1'
_waveDir = = arg1
_aqwaDensity
_waveHeight
_aqwaGrav =
= arg2
_wavePeriod =
_wavePhase
_matwat = 2000=
_idwat = 2001
_idwav = 2003

! This should be passed as a parameter since units dependent

mp,dens,_matwat,_aqwaDensity
_aqwaDensity=

! This should be passed as a parameter since units dependent

acel,0,0,_aqwaGrav
_aqwaGrav=

! Set up basic wave information

octype,_idwat,basic,ocean,,_idwav
ocdata,1000.0,_matwat

/PREP7
_maxEtypes = ETYIQR(0,14)
*do,_et,1,_maxEtypes
*if,ETYIQR(_et,1),le,0,cycle
*if,ETYIQR(_et,-2),eq,154,then
keyopt,_et,8,_idwat
*endif
*enddo
/SOLU

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 Solve

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 What Next?
Enhanced Productivity with Continuing
AQWA Integration in Workbench
Hydrodynamic Time Response system
enhancements include
Fenders (similar to contact)
Articulations (similar to joints)

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 Summary

Integrated (diffraction/radiation, time & frequency

domain, regular & irregular waves,)
Full hydrodynamic interaction
Ability to add .DLL with external forces (e.g. DP
system)
Up to fifty connected structures
Integration into ANSYS Workbench
Modelling flexibility (CAD independent)
Coupled cable dynamics
Proven over 30 years of use
Ability to transfer pressures and motions to Finite
element analysis

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 Thank You

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