Total hydro loads sensor

The  Total loads  sensor can be added from the  Special sensors  button as shown in the figure below



The  Total loads  sensor provides the following fields:
Field Unit Description
Morison drag loads, magnitude kN Sum of the forces corresponding to the drag part of the Morison equation
Morison inertia loads (wave), magnitude kN Sum of the forces corresponding to the inertia part of the Morison equation due to the water particle acceleration in the wave
Morison inertia loads (movement), magnitude kN Sum of the forces corresponding to the inertia part of the Morison equation due to the motion of the structure
Heave plate drag loads, magnitude kN Sum of the forces corresponding to the drag part of the Morison equation on heave plates
Heave plate inertia loads, magnitude kN Sum of the forces corresponding to the inertia part of the Morison equation onheave plates
Heave plate Fourde-Krylov loads, positive up kN Sum of the Froude-Krylov forces on the heave plates. This option has to be enables in the  Analysis parameters
Buoyancy loads kN 3-component vector with the sum of the buoyancy forces on the structure
Buoyancy loads, magnitude kN magnitude of the buoyancy loads vector
Buoyancy springs kN 3-component vector with the sum of the buoyancy spring forces on the structure
Buoyancy springs, positive up kN magnitude of the buoyancy sprinfs vector
Total buoyancy kN sum of the buoyancy and the buoyancy springs
Seabed stiffness loads, magnitude kN loads due to the stiffness of the seabed (see the Mooring system  part for more info)
Seabed friction loads, magnitude kN loads due to the friction of the seabed (see the Mooring system  part for more info)
Gravity + buoyancy kN sum of the buoyancy loads and the loads due to gravity
G+ buoy.+ seabed stiffness kN sum of the loads due to gravity, the buoyancy and the loads due to the stiffness of the seabed

Note: by default, only the hydrodynamic forces acting perpendiculary to the element axis are calculated with the Morison equation on regular elements. To obtain loads in the axial direction as well, the element must include Heave plate drag and inertia coefficients  (see the Cross sections  keyword in the  Keywords  section)