ANCHOR PERFORMANCE TESTS

Production Research Co. has conducted holding power tests with several types of anchors, weighing 5, 200, 800, 1000, and 3000 pounds, in a variety of mud and sand bottoms. One lightweight type anchor performed well in medium grained sand. A lightweight anchor with large tripping palms generally held well in sand or mud, but sometimes balled-up and lost holding power. A new streamlined anchor, the BOSS, generally outperformed the other anchors by digging in quickly, holding well, and avoiding ball-up.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • 4th Annual Offshore Technology Conference, held in Houston, Texas, May 1-3, 1972. Esso Production Research Company
• Corporate Authors:

  Offshore Technology Conference

  6200 North Central Expressway
  Dallas, TX  United States  45206
• Conference:
  • 4th Annual Offshore Technology Conference
  • Location: Houston TX
  • Date: 1972-5-1 to 1972-5-3
• Publication Date: 1972-5

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 267-276
• Serial:
  • Volume: 1

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Anchoring; Force
• Old TRIS Terms: Anchor forces; Anchor holding power; Breakout forces
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00050220
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: Paper 1537 Preprint
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 14 1973 12:00AM