ABSTRACT

The concept of Modular Floating Structures (MFS) presents a unique alternative to increase the available land resources in the adjacent marine environment of coastal cities. It offers a sustainable technological adaptation that can help mitigate overdevelopment and urban growth limitations. This study examines the comfort range of a suburban offshore MFS module, by using a novel methodology that reconciles residential comfort criteria with seakeeping. The investigation is performed by characterising the hydrodynamic structural response and analysing its compatibility for offshore dwellings. It is demonstrated that the MFS module complies to marine regulations, including seakeeping and comfort, but when evaluating its hydrodynamic response to the accepted accelerations in residential buildings, it reaches performance limits at a certain sea state. This may influence the choice of environment, based on the allowable significant wave height, or call for better hydrodynamic performance using multi-body configuration.

摘要

模块化浮动结构（MFS）的概念提出了一种独特的替代方案，可以增加沿海城市邻近海洋环境中的可用土地资源。它提供了可持续的技术改造，可以帮助减轻过度开发和城市增长的局限性。这项研究使用一种新颖的方法来研究郊区海上MFS模块的舒适度范围，该方法将住宅舒适度标准与海上维护相协调。通过表征流体动力结构响应并分析其与海上住宅的兼容性来进行研究。事实证明，MFS模块符合包括海上航行和舒适性在内的海洋法规，但是在评估其对住宅建筑中公认加速度的流体动力响应时，它在特定海况下达到了性能极限。