Parameter Value Unit
Scale 1-
No. of Columns 4-
Diameter of Column 6m
Thickness of Column 0.3 m
Distance to Centroid of Column 18 m
Draft of Column 27 m
Moulded Depth of Column 36 m
No. of Pontoon 1 2-
Length of Pontoon 1 45 m
No. of Pontoon 2 2-
Length of Pontoon 2 27 m
Width of Pontoon 9m
Depth of Pontoon 9m
Thickness of Pontoon 0.6 m
Deck Size 45 m
Deck Thickness 0.6 m
Acrylic Density 1200 kg/m³
Water Density 1000 kg/m³
Area of Water Plane 113.097335529233 m²
MI about Water Plane 36898.0057164121 m⁴
Volume Submerged 14717.6280592893 m³
BM 2.50706197817816 m
KB 8.23465784335505 m
Weight Displaced 14717628.0592893 Kg
Topside Load 527735.25 Kg
Deck Weight 1458000 Kg
Column Weight 977160.978972569 Kg
Pontoon1 Weight 2566080 Kg
Pontoon2 Weight 1632960 Kg
Total Structural Weight 7161936.22897257 Kg
Ballast Required 7555691.83031671 Kg
KG (Center of Gravity) 9.19925094497853 m
GM (Metacentric Height) 1.54246887655468 m
K (Hydrostatic Stiffness) 1109484.86154177 N/m
Total Mass 14717628.0592893 kg
Added Mass (Heave) 11774102.4474314 kg
M + ΔM (Heave) 26491730.5067207 kg
I_col (Columns MI) 316600157.187112 kg·m²
I_pon (Pontoons MI) 481839840 kg·m²
I_dec (Deck MI) 246037500 kg·m²
I_bal (Ballast MI) 867015637.528843 kg·m²
I_total (Total Structural MI) 1911493134.71596 kg·m²
ΔI (Added Mass MI) 477873283.678989 kg·m²
I + ΔI (Total MI) 2389366418.39494 kg·m²
T_heave (Heave Natural Period) 30.7025425668281 s
T_roll (Roll Natural Period) 64.4605682354366 s
Heave Target Range 20-30 seconds -
Roll Target Range 30-40 seconds -
Heave Check FAIL -
Roll Check FAIL -
Formula/Notes
Prototype scale
Number of columns
Column diameter
Column wall thickness
Distance from platform center to column center
Operating draft
Total column height
Number of long pontoons
Length of long pontoons
Number of short pontoons
Length of short pontoons
Width of pontoons
Height of pontoons
Pontoon wall thickness
Deck length/width
Deck thickness
Density of Acrylic sheet
Density of water
Total waterplane area of columns
Moment of inertia about waterplane
Total submerged volume
Metacentric radius
Center of buoyancy height (simplified)
Weight of displaced water
Assumed topside load (equipment, drilling, etc.)
Weight of steel deck
Weight of all columns
Weight of long pontoons
Weight of short pontoons
Sum of all structural weights
Ballast needed for equilibrium
Vertical center of gravity
Metacentric height for stability
Hydrostatic restoring force coefficient
Total platform mass
Added mass for heave motion (80% of total mass)
Total mass including added mass for heave
Moment of inertia of columns about platform center
Moment of inertia of pontoons
Moment of inertia of deck about center
Moment of inertia of ballast (distributed in pontoons)
Total structural moment of inertia
Added mass moment of inertia (25% of structural MI)
Total moment of inertia including added mass
Heave natural period
Roll natural period
Target range for heave natural period
Target range for roll natural period
Check if heave period is in target range
Check if roll period is in target range
Config 3
Config 1 Config 2 Config 4
Parameter (Different
(Original) (Larger Columns) (Deeper Draft)
Spacing)
Column Diameter 6 8 6 6
Column Distance 18 18 22 18
Draft 27 27 27 32
Pontoon 1 Length 45 45 45 45
Pontoon 2 Length 27 27 27 27
Waterplane Area
GM
Total MI
Heave Period
Roll Period
Heave Check
Roll Check
Unit
m
m
m
m
m
m²
m
kg·m²
s
s
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