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[DRD08]

Hi everybody, I am trying to simulate a floating spar in irregular waves while being held in place by four cables. The anchor points were supposed to be as high as the connections on the structure, but it kept resulting in crashes. Thus I had to lower the anchor points 0,01 m below the connection points. The problem is the cables became parabolic upwards as seen in the image below. I tried putting the anchor points below the water line and it still was parabolic upwards. The cables are non-linear catenary with cable dynamics turned on. Any help will be greatly appreciated, thanks!

[DRD08]

I have found the solution, turns out it was a miscalculation in the Equivalent Cross-Sectional Area that was too big that caused this error.

 

[Ashish Khemka]

Thanks for sharing the update!

Regards,

Ashish Khemka