Low-cycle fatigue assessment of offshore mooring chains under service loading
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DOI: 10.1016/j.marstruc.2020.102892
Abstract: Abstract The integrity of mooring chains is essential to the safety of a range of offshore platforms. However, mooring line failures are occurring earlier than their design lives, with a high number of these failures… read more here.
Keywords: mooring chains; fatigue; cycle fatigue; low cycle ... See more keywords
An FEA-Based Methodology for Assessing the Residual Strength of Degraded Mooring Chains
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DOI: 10.17736/ijope.2018.oa21
Abstract: A typical offshore (e.g., floating production storage and offloading (FPSO)) mooring system may contain multiple components: chain stopper, fairlead or bending shoe, chain segments, wire rope, polyester rope, sockets, thimbles, anchors, and connectors or jewelry… read more here.
Keywords: strength; chain; methodology; mooring chains ... See more keywords