MECHANICS OF CABLE MOORING SYSTEMS

This study is an attempt to systematically investigate the behavior of selected cable parameters in relation to deep water mooring applications under three dimensional, steady-state loading conditions. The solution procedure incorporates a finite element representation of the cables and the "method of imaginary reactions" for the calculation of the equilibrium configurations, and is coupled with the phase-plane-technique for solving the equations of motion governing the dynamic response. The current regimes are assumed to be uniform and horizontal over the full depth of the cables; and hydrodynamic forces are included in the external forces acting on each cable segment. The results are presented in the form of non-dimensional design curves which permit determination of cable configurations and support reactions for various combinations of cable properties and hydrodynamic loading. (Author)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • For copies write in care of Harry E. Whitmore, Associate Director, TEES.
• Corporate Authors:

  Texas A&M University, College Station

  Texas Engineering Experiment Station
  College Station, TX  United States  77843
• Authors:
  • Nuckolls, C E
  • Dominguez, R F
• Publication Date: 1973-10

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 21

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cables; Dynamics; Mooring; Moorings; Offshore moorings
• Old TRIS Terms: Cable dynamics
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00054070
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Maritime Research Center, Galveston
• Report/Paper Numbers: #73-4 Tech Bull
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 7 1974 12:00AM