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Bassoom
06-25-2005, 12:47 AM
hi everybody:

i need to calculate the wind heeling moment for an offshore jacup for a range of heel angles.

is there is anybody knows an equation to calculate the heeling moment which is afunction of heeling angle?

dougfrolich
06-26-2005, 04:57 PM
Heeling Force=Righting Moment/Heeling arm
Righting Moment=Weight of vessel x Righting Arm(GZ)
Righting arm for SMALL ANGLES =GM sin(heel angle)
BM=moment of inertia of WaterPlane/(diplacement lbs./64)
GM=Center of gravity to Metecenter
BM=Center of bouyancy to Metecenter

Bassoom
06-27-2005, 06:17 AM
hi there:
thank u for your response, but i need an equation to help me in my calculations.
i have the heeling arm equation:

heeling arm = .17*10^-6 AV^2*cos^2(heel angle)/Displacment

i need something like that for the heeling moment.

Raggi_Thor
06-27-2005, 06:35 AM
I think you have it all.

The preassure from the wind is approx 1/2 x density of air x wind speed squared
1/2 * RO * V^2

The force is preassure x area

The arm is the distance from the center of teh underwater profile to the center of the profile over water.

Isn't that close enough?

Bassoom
07-02-2005, 06:20 AM
Yes i think that is enough
thank u for your help

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