Computations of hydrodynamic coefficients, displacement-amplitude ratios and forces for a floating cylinder due to wave diffraction and radiation

Computations of the hydrodynamic coefficients, displacement-amplitude ratios and loadings on floating vertical circular cylinder due to diffraction and radiation are presented here. The boundary value problem (BVP) is solved in terms of diffraction potential and three potentials due to radiation, two translational motions about x-axis (surge) and about z-axis (heave), one rotational motion about y-axis (pitch). The analytical expressions for the hydrodynamic coefficients, displacement-amplitude ratios and loadings for this case were obtained previously by Bhatta and Rahman [1]. In this paper, we present the computational aspects of those analytical results for different depth to radius and draft to radius ratios. JMSL (Java Mathematical and Statistical Library) is used to compute special functions and solve complex matrix equations. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.