ANALYSIS OF MOORING LINES

An approach for treating mooring line response problems is described. Relative to other methods, greater generality and computational efficiency is achieved. The technique is a form of instrumental linearization. The initial equilibrium configuration is obtained from explicit integrations of the system equations including only the most important load. The nonlinear differential equations are linearized through perturbations with small increments of loads. The line solution or transfer matrix formulation is used to establish the basic configuration for perturbation.

• Corporate Authors:

  Offshore Technology Conference (1971)

  Houston, TX  United States 
• Authors:
  • Chang, P Y
  • Pilkey, W D
• Conference:
  • Offshore Technology Conference (1971)
• Publication Date: 1971-4

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 845-854
• Serial:
  • Volume: 2

Subject/Index Terms

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

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00028621
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: Paper 1502
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 10 1972 12:00AM