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Several wave loading parameters can be overwritten on an object-by-object basis. The wave parameters are overwritten by selecting the desired objects and clicking the Assign menu > Frame Loads > Auto Wave Loading Parameters command. Refer to the Technical Note entitled Defining Wave Loads for more detailed information.
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The wave wind load acting on a member is calculated using a specified onehour mean wind speed, a shape coefficient (which can be overwritten), the mass density of air, and the member area. The member area used to calculate the wave wind force is based on the section assignment, the specified marine growth and any overwrite of the section dimension, marine growth or ice thickness. If both marine growth and ice thickness are specified at a location, only the ice thickness is considered. The wave wind loads are applied as distributed loads on the portion of the structure that is above the wave surface. Refer to Technical Note entitled Calculation of Wave Load Values for more detailed information.
Wave Plot
While defining the wave load parameters you can display a wave plot using the current parameters. This plot displays the wave particle velocities, accelerations and pressures in many different formats. Contour plots and horizontal and vertical section cut plots through the wave can be displayed. Wave particle velocities, accelerations and pressures can be shown at the mouse pointer location. Refer to Technical Note entitled Wave Display Plots and Tables for more detailed information.
Wave Table
While defining the wave load parameters you can display a wave table using the current parameters. This table displays the wave particle velocities, accelerations and pressures at points throughout the wave. The data shown in this table is also available in the model definition tables discussed later in this Technical Note. If you want to copy or print the data in this table, do so from the model definition tables. Refer to Technical Note entitled Wave Display Plots and Tables for more detailed information.
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that has an automatic wave load assigned to it and select the Span Wave Loads load type option. When the wave loads are displayed on the screen, left and right arrow buttons appear on the right side of the status bar. Click those arrow buttons to step through the wave crest positions of the wave load. A Start Animation button on the right-hand side of the status bar causes the program to automatically step through the different wave crest positions. The speed of the animation is controlled by the slide bar to the left of the Start Animation button. The wave load forces displayed in this plot are only those automatically generated by the program. Any additional loads that the user may have assigned to the same load case are not included in this plot. Typically we do not recommend that you assign other loads to a load case that includes automatically generated loads.
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File menu > Export > SAP2000 MS Excel Spreadsheet .xls File File menu > Import > SAP2000 V8 .s2k Text File Each of those commands, except the import commands, brings up a form where you can select the tables to be displayed. The forms have different titles for the various commands but otherwise look essentially the same. You can select check boxes to indicate the tables you want printed, displayed or exported. The check boxes that relate to wave loading are the Auto Wave Loads check box in the Loads area of the form (on the Definitions tab) and the Wave Overwrites check box in the Frame/Cable Assigns area of the form (on the Assignments tab).
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For time history analysis cases with wave loads, the function specified for the analysis case is ignored by the program.
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References
American Petroleum Institute (API). 2000. Recommended Practice for Planning, Designing, and Constructing Fixed Offshore Platforms Working Stress Design; API Recommended Practice 2A-WSD (RP 2A-WSD). Twenty-First Edition. December. Hallam M.G., N.J. Heaf, and L.R. Wootton. 1978. Dynamics of Marine Structures: Methods of calculating the dynamic response of fixed structures subject to wave and current action, Report UR 8, Second Edition. CIRIA Underwater Engineering Group. London. October. Skjelbreia, L., and J. Hendrickson. 1961. Fifth Order Gravity Wave Theory. Seventh Conference on Coastal Engineering. ASCE Vol. 1, Chapter 10.
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