{"id":357926,"date":"2024-03-19T14:52:59","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T14:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/modeling-a-torus-shaped-wec-in-ansys-aqwa-for-a-floating-platform\/"},"modified":"2024-03-19T14:52:59","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T14:52:59","slug":"modeling-a-torus-shaped-wec-in-ansys-aqwa-for-a-floating-platform","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/modeling-a-torus-shaped-wec-in-ansys-aqwa-for-a-floating-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"Modeling a Torus Shaped WEC in ANSYS\/AQWA for a Floating Platform"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear ANSYS\/AQWA Community,<\/span>

I am eager to connect with fellow users who may have experience with modeling a Torus Shaped Wave energy Converter (like Wavebob) attached to a spar-buoy and the WEC’s Power Take-Off (PTO) in ANSYS\/AQWA.<\/span>

In my attempt to model the Torus Shaped WEC’s PTO with fenders in AQWA, I’m facing challenges modeling a submerging Torus-shaped WEC with Fenders in AQWA. I encounter issues with disconnection of Fenders in z-direction and the WEC penetrating the structure and leave it due to the thin zero-thickness surface in AQWA. Additionally, the WEC’s motion disrupts the fenders designed for it.<\/span>
Additionally, I observed that the motions of the torus-shaped WEC were significantly less than those of the spar-buoy. This discrepancy resulted in issues with the fenders I designed, rendering them ineffective after a few seconds as the WEC seemingly disengages from the structure.<\/span>
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my main problem is in understanding your fenders’ configurations and how you limited the WEC’s motion in the X and Y directions relative to the structure so it will just have a relative motion in heave direction (something like modeling the guide-roller system between the WEC and the structure).<\/span>
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Thank you in advance for your time and assistance. I look forward to learning from the experiences of the ANSYS\/AQWA community.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-357926","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-ansys-aqwa","topic-tag-aqwa","topic-tag-fender-1"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_subscription":["341710","180344"],"_bbp_author_ip":["168.143.243.24"]," _bbp_last_reply_id":["0"]," _bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["578"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_likes_count":["1"],"_edit_lock":["1712517329:292571"],"_bbp_topic_id":["357926"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27792"],"_bbp_engagement":["180344","341710"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["7"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["366597"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["366597"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2024-05-13 11:26:07"]},"test":"mohamad-namakisharif-edu"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/357926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/357926\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}