Stability Analysis of Floating Dock Based on COMPASS iStability
In order to compare workload and accuracy between subsection modeling and holistic modeling of stability analy-sis,3D modeling and stability analysis were carried out for a real floating dock.For dock wall with no opening,5 subsections modeling and holistic modeling were built by using the command method;and for dock wall with 4 openings,7 subsections mod-eling and holistic modeling were built by body transition.It was shown that compared with subsection modeling,the holistic mod-eling saves about half of the workload,no matter what dock wall with or without openings;both modeling methods have the same stability analysis accuracy.The holistic modeling by command flow method is quick and efficient for stability analysis.