At-Sea Measurements of the Dynamic Response of a Single-Point Mooring during an Anchor-Last Deployment.

Abstract

The design, construction and installation of large oceanic cable structures is a complex, expensive undertaking. In order to reduce the engineering uncertainties in the design of these structures, this laboratory is engaged in a major program to develop techniques for the static and dynamic analysis of oceanic cable structures. An extensive series of experiments in both laboratory and prototype sizes has been conducted to provide data for comparison to calculate results from numerical models of cable structures. This report presents the results of an at-sea measurement of the dynamic response of a 2,500-ft long single point mooring during an anchor-last deployment. The experiment reported herein was a part of the Mooring Dynamics Experiment (MDE).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA058329

Entities

People

  • D. B. Dillon
  • D. J. Meggitt

Organizations

  • Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Buoyancy
  • Civil Engineering
  • Data Reduction
  • Dynamic Response
  • Engineering
  • Frequency
  • Hydrophones
  • Instrumentation
  • Measurement
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Repetition Rate
  • Sea Water
  • Seabed
  • Stations
  • Strain Gages
  • Trajectories
  • Transducers

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers