On the Design of Mooring Lines for Deep Water Applications.

摘要

This paper generalized the catenary equations for inextensible mooring lines, by examining them in a dimensionless form, which allows the generation of certain design curves applicable to a broad class of naval offshore operations. As an example, candidate mooring lines for an offshore platform are considered in water depths ranging from 1000 - 4000 feet with the maximum tension prescribed at the 5% excursion from station. The candidate mooring lines consist of single component (all wire rope, all chain) as well as multiple component (wire rope/chain) combinations.