Computer Aided Design (CAD) of Tension Leg Platform (TLP) Hull for Deepwater Operation

Tension Leg Platform (TLP) is a floating structure, vertically moored to seabed by a system of pre-tension tethers held in tension by the buoyancy of the hull. This
method restrain vertical motions (heave, pitch and roll) but allows horizontal movements (sway, yaw and surge). The objective of the project is initiating a design library of floaters by developing a Computer Aided Design (CAD) model of TLP. This project involved numerical analysis and 3D Modelling. The numerical analysis that has been done is the forces acting on TLP, surge and heave by using Morison
equation and the Response Amplitude Operator (RAO).