A panel-free method (PFM) was developed earlier to solve the radiation problem of a floating body in the time domain. In the further development of this method, the diffraction problem has been solved. After removing the singularity in the Rankine source of the Green function and representing the body surface mathematically by Non-Uniform Rational B-Splines (NURBS) surfaces, integral equations were globally discretized over the body surface by Gaussian quadratures. Computed response functions and forces due to diffracted waves for a hemisphere at zero speed were compared with published results.

Issue Section:
Special Issue Technical Papers
Keywords:
offshore installations, ocean waves, diffraction, numerical analysis
Topics:
Diffraction, Waves, Integral equations
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