Vessel specific files

Vessel motion:

This file contains 6 items for the six degrees of freedom for each vessel, as a function of time.

This output file can always be included.

Figure 1.15        Ship motions in 6 degrees of freedom.
Displacements (surge, sway, heave). Rotations (roll, pitch, yaw)

Mooring force on vessel:

This file contains 6 items (3 force items, 3 direction items) representing the force from mooring system on the vessel for each time step.

This output file can only be included if mooring lines, fenders or chains are defined (see Sections 1.5.1, 1.6.1 and 1.7.1, respectively).

External forces:

For every external forcing applied (wind, current and 2^nd order drift forces) this file will contain 6 items (3 force items, 3 direction items), thus represent­ing the force from each external forcing on the vessel for each time step.

This output file can only be included if a current or wind or drift forces are included.

Surface elevation:

This file contains the surface elevation at the vessels midpoint for each time step.

This output file can only be included if a wave field is specified.

Diffraction force:

This file contains 6 items (3 force items, 3 direction items) representing the diffraction force on the vessel for each time step.

This output file can only be included if a wave field is specified.

Chain forces:

This file will contain as many items as there are chains declared. The file dis­plays the chain force evolution for each time step.

This output can only be include if chains are defined (see Section 1.5.1).