Thin-walled Pipe cross section

The cross section is used to model parts of the slender system where the cross section can be described by as a pipe with homogeneous material properties.

The cross section is similar to the AxisymmetricCrossSection, but the mechanical properties of the cross section are generated by the program.

The hydrodynamic load models are available for thin-walled pipe cross sections are:

  • Morison’s generalized Equation

  • Morison partly submerged cross sections

  • MacCamy Fuchs

  • Potential flow

  • Time domain VIV loads

  • No hydrodynamic loads (None option)

The load model can be set in the Hydrodynamic force coefficient tab in the cross sectional properties. For details of the load models please see Hydrodynamic load models.

For details, see Thin-walled Pipe cross section - input reference.