APPLICATION OF PROBABILITY TO THE DESIGN OF SINGLE-POINT MOORINGS

A procedure has been developed to analyze mooring forces and to aid the selection of design parameters for single-point mooring systems. The results of an example study indicate that a conventional SPM buoy could be used successfully to permanently moor a 52,000-dwt tanker in water 260 ft deep under moderate sea conditions. The procedure utilizes scaled-model data and environmental observations to derive force probability functions, which define the probability of exceeding any given force in the mooring system.

• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Petroleum Engineers

  6200 North Central Expressway
  Dallas, TX  United States  75206
• Authors:
  • Haring, R E
  • Beazley, R A
  • Kipp, K L
• Publication Date: 1970-9

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 219-228
• Serial:
  • Society of Petroleum Engineers Journal
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Society of Petroleum Engineers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Dynamic loads; Mooring; Offshore terminals; Petroleum; Petroleum terminals; Single point moorings
• Old TRIS Terms: Spm conventional
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00019349
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 25 1974 12:00AM