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:
FieldUnitDescription
Morison drag loads, magnitudekNSum of the forces corresponding to the drag part of the Morison equation
Morison inertia loads (wave), magnitudekNSum 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), magnitudekNSum of the forces corresponding to the inertia part of the Morison equation due to the motion of the structure
Heave plate drag loads, magnitudekNSum of the forces corresponding to the drag part of the Morison equation on heave plates
Heave plate inertia loads, magnitudekNSum of the forces corresponding to the inertia part of the Morison equation onheave plates
Heave plate Fourde-Krylov loads, positive upkNSum of the Froude-Krylov forces on the heave plates. This option has to be enables in the Analysis parameters
Buoyancy loadskN3-component vector with the sum of the buoyancy forces on the structure
Buoyancy loads, magnitudekNmagnitude of the buoyancy loads vector
Buoyancy springskN3-component vector with the sum of the buoyancy spring forces on the structure
Buoyancy springs, positive upkNmagnitude of the buoyancy sprinfs vector
Total buoyancykNsum of the buoyancy and the buoyancy springs
Seabed stiffness loads, magnitudekNloads due to the stiffness of the seabed (see the Mooring system part for more info)
Seabed friction loads, magnitudekNloads due to the friction of the seabed (see the Mooring system part for more info)
Gravity + buoyancykNsum of the buoyancy loads and the loads due to gravity
G+ buoy.+ seabed stiffnesskNsum 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)