THE POLYESTER ROPE TAUT LEG MOORING CONCEPT: A FEASIBLE MEANS FOR REDUCING DEEPWATER MOORING COST AND IMPROVING STATION KEEPING PERFORMANCE

The polyester rope taut leg mooring system offers a unique opportunity to reduce deepwater mooring system costs, while simultaneously improving station keeping performance. These gains are over catenary or taut leg systems designed using all steel components. This paper focuses on concept feasibility and implementation. Feasibility is addressed from a systems basis including fibre and rope selection, definition of mechanical properties, mooring system integration, and effects of long-term usage. Implementation is believed practical based on current technology and in-place manufacturing capability. Available cyclic tension test results for polyester rope suggest a comparable fatigue performance to wire rope.

  • Supplemental Notes:
    • OTC 95, 27th Annual Offshore Technology Conf; 1-4 May 1995; Houston, Tx, USA. Procs. Vol 2, p 141 [11 p, 20 ref, 2 tab, 6 fig]
  • Authors:
    • Winkler, M M
    • McKenna, H A
  • Publication Date: 1995

Language

  • English

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00727571
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: British Maritime Technology
  • Files: TRIS
  • Created Date: Nov 1 1996 12:00AM