简介：Tosolvethedimensionallimitationsofphysicalmodelsintests,anequivalentwaterdepthtruncateddesignforaclassicalSPARworkingin913mwaterwasinvestigated.Thewaterdepthwasreducedto736mandthento552m.Asthiswasdone,themooringlinelengths,EAvalue,andmasspermeterwereadjusted.Truncationrulesandformulasforparametersandtruncationfactorswereproposed.SPARstaticcharacteristicsweremadetobeconsistentwiththoseatfullwaterdepth.Thenfurthertime-domaincoupledanalysiswascarriedoutfortheSPARwhenthemooringsystemexperiencedwaves.Themooringlinesweresimulatedbyquasi-staticmethod.Globalresponsesandmooringlineforceswerefoundtoagreewellwithtestresultsforaprototypeatthatwaterdepth.Thetruncationmethodprovedtoberobustandreliable.