Anumericalsimulationandanexperimentalstudyonvortex-inducedmotion(VIM)ofanewtypeofdeepdraftmulti-columnsfloatingdrillingproduction,storageandoffloading(FDPSO)arepresentedinthispaper.Themaindimension,thespecialvariablecross-sectioncolumnandthecabinarrangementoftheoctagonalpontoonareintroducedbasedontheresult.Thenumericalsimulationisadaptedtostudytheeffectsofcurrentincidenceanglesandreducedvelocitiesonthisplatform'sswaymotionresponse.The300mwaterdepthequivalenttruncatedmooringsystemisadoptedforthemodeltests.Themodeltestsarecarriedouttocheckthereliabilityofnumericalsimulation.Theresultsconsistofsurge,swayandyawmotions,aswellasmotiontrajectories.Themaximumswayamplitudesfordifferenttypesofoffshoreplatformisalsostudied.Themainresultsshowthatthepeakfrequenciesofswaymotionunderdifferentcurrentincidenceanglesandreducedvelocitiesvaryaroundthenaturalfrequency.TheanalysisresultofflowfieldindicatesthatthechangeofdistributionofvortexinverticalpresentssignificantinfluencesontheVIMofplatform.ThetrendofswayamplituderatiocurveofthisnewtypeFDPSOdiffersfromtheothertypesofplatform.Under45°currentincidenceangle,theswayamplitudeofthisnewtypeofFDPSOismuchsmallerthanthoseofothertypesofoffshoreplatformat4.4≤Vr≤8.9.Thetypical'8'shapetrajectorydoesnotappearintheplatform'smotiontrajectories.
