SINGLE POINT MOORING NEEDS TWO WAY DESIGN SUPPORT

When the maximum design force in a structural restraint is anticipated to be very large, a good engineering principle is to re-examine the design to see if the restraint can be avoided. An example of this is in offshore tanker moorings in an exposed situation, where a conventional four-point system may result in excessive forces in the mooring hawser. What is essential, is that the simplicity of the SPM concept does not lull designers into believing that a rigorous mathematical analysis and model testing programme are not required. Sufficiently comprehensive analytical techniques must be developed to describe the motions of the coupled tanker-buoy system. Only then can the techniques of mathematical analysis and physical model testing be used as complementary aspects of design used to validate each step.

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• Authors:
  • Machen, C
• Publication Date: 1976-3

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 164-167
• Serial:
  • ENGINEERING
  • Volume: 216
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: GILLARD WELCH LIMITED
  • ISSN: 0013-7782

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Offshore moorings; Offshore terminals; Petroleum; Petroleum terminals; Single point moorings
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00131936
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Design Council
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 14 1976 12:00AM