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July 8, 2024 at 4:17 pm
Mike Pettit
Ansys Employee

Hello,

Fenders (as well as Cables, Tethers and Joints) are not considered in a Hydrodynamic Diffraction analysis, but you can introduce a relative motion constraint into the Hydrodynamic Diffraction calculation using Connection Stiffness matrices. Please see the last reply from me in this thread: Implement of constraints between two objects in frequency-domain calculations (ansys.com)

Let me know if you have any problems setting the Connection Stiffnesses up.

Mike