A Summary of the SEACON Mooring Validation Experiment

Abstract

This report presents full scale data collected in a comprehensive mooring test of a 2,300-edt construction barge, moored with wire rope in 50 feet of water. Wind, current, and wave excitations and all mooring system responses were measured. Measurements included static, slowly varying, and dynamic responses in slack and taut four-point moorings. Additional tests were conducted to determine single-point mooring behavior and vessel loads due to steady wind and current only. The results are summarized in the form of autospectra, probability density functions, frequency response functions, and associated uncertainty levels. Keywords: Current loads; cable structures; vessel moorings; vessel response; cable dynamics; hydrodynamics; offshore construction platform.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA183425

Entities

People

  • Paul A. Palo
  • Steve Karnoski
  • Therese Mcallister

Organizations

  • Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil Engineering
  • Computational Science
  • Construction
  • Construction Equipment
  • Engineers
  • Environment
  • Environmental Protection
  • Frequency Domain
  • Frequency Response
  • Information Science
  • Instrumentation
  • Measurement
  • Observation
  • Orientation (Direction)
  • Probability
  • Research Facilities
  • Wave Propagation

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Oceanography.
  • Structural Dynamics.