Q: What are the properties of the water springs that MOSES automatically generates during an upending analysis.?
REV 5.08

A: I am assuming here that you are performing a structural analysis of a jacket upend. The water springs are computed on a node by node basis, and are an approximation of the waterplane area associated with each node. Specifically, the spring constant at a node is the total waterplane area divided by the total number of nodes under water. If you do not want the water springs, add your own restraint and the water springs will not be provided by the software.