Hi Matt,
thank you very much for your quick and comprehensive reply.
I just have some follow-up questions, mainly to make shure I get all things right.
You are mentioning that “if your discretization is fine enough, using the segment tension outputs along a line should usually be adequate for capturing the line tensions.”
Does that mean, that if the discretization is fine enough the damping force (output with flag “c”) is very small and thus could be neglected and that’s the reason why the segment tension output is an adequate output for capturing the line tensions?
That said, am I right that using the sum of the segment tension output (flag “t”) plus the damping force (output with flag “c”) would be an even more accurate measure of the line tension?
Additionally, how could one determine whether the discretization is fine enough or not? Could I draw the relation, that if the damping force (flag “c”) is almost zero, the discretization should be fine enough?
Additionally, you wrote “However, the net force output at a connection will include the vector sum from all attached lines, so it only gives a measure of tension in the case of fairlead or anchor connections where just a single line is attached.”
I guess with net force here you mean the output of Con#Ten, right? I wonder a bit, as this description sounds very similar to the description of what one theoretically could get with Con#fX, Con#fY, Con#fZ (as you have explained to me at: [url]Available output channels from MoorDyn module - #5 by Paul.Schunemann])? So, what’s the difference between Con#Ten and Con#fX/Y/Z?
Thanks again and sorry for bothering you with all these questions.
Best,
Paul