Research strength analysis, this mesh dofeaturing does not affect the overall hydrodynamic pressure pattern, Figure 4.9, Typical mosh sizing of maximum 2 motors usod in the hydrodynamic analysis Mesh size parameters depend on maximum wave frequency which is used in diffraction analysis, This limits the maximum wave frequency used in the system, as the total amount of elements is also limited in the software, Thus the model must be meshed based on the maximum allowed amount of elements and smaller mesh size, which will lead to the maximum wave frequency. Wave frequency is directly related to the maximum mesh size and there is an option to set the desired maximum frequency value instead of the mesh size. The smallest allowed element. size is dependent on the water depth [12]. 4.3.3, Wave parameters ‘There are various wave parameters in ANSYS AQWA that define the diffrac tion/radiation analysis, First of all, there are two kinds of analysis type namely: “hydrodynamic diffraction’ and “hydrodynamic response". The main difference is that the "hydrodynamic diffraction” analysis is performed in the frequency domain and “hydrodynamic response" uses a time domain approach. However, the mapping of hydrodynamic pressures is only possible using the frequency domain, analysis, since the "hydrodynamic diffraction” analysis was chosen [12] One of the parameters used in the "Hydrodynamic diffraction” is the wave direction, which also includes the forward speed parameter. There are various types of defining the direction. Forward speed can have either zero value or non-zero constant value in one single analysis system. There is no option in ANSYS AQWA to run the analysis with increasing forward speed. When a range of directions is selected, waves can be applied from -180 to +180 degrees on a specified interval (12) Another important wave parameter is the wave frequency. As already mentioned in Section 4.3.2 values of maximum and minimum wave frequencies depend on. the mesh size and water depth specified for the analysis, The maximum wave 42