It is natural for Mega-Float to
receive wave forces, as it floats on the sea. Many of you might
be afraid of sea-sick caused by pitching and rolling of Mega-Float.
But it doesn't pitch and roll, since it is "mega" (very
large) as the name says. Generally you may have experienced that
larger ship showed less pitch and roll than smaller one. This is
because ,the larger floating structure receiving the more numbers
of waves, forces to lift up and forces to pull down cancel each
other. Therefore no heaving nor rotation (pitch and roll) occurs
at Mega-Float.
Then, doesn't Mega-Float move at all by wave forces? No, it trembles
slightly, although you might not feel it. Mega-Float is flexible
like spring, as it is made of steel. Wave is a phenomenon of sea
water vibrating. The vibration of sea water is transmitted to Mega-Float,
and it vibrates as response. Just like a skyscraper absorbs seismic
energy by its flexibility, Mega-Float absorbs the energy of waves
by its flexibility. Although the principle is not quite new, it
was impossible to analyze the behavior of Mega-Float correctly,
because influence of sea water makes it much more complicated.
And, inputting many our workloads to the development of analyzing
technology of "hydro-elastic motion of Mega-Float", we
have been able to analyze it as large as an international airport
having 4000m long runways. The drawing below is an example of calculation
of hydro-elastic motion. And also the influence of breakwater is
considered and shown there. |