Extreme mooring tensions due to snap loads on a floating offshore wind turbine system
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DOI: 10.1016/j.marstruc.2017.05.005
Abstract: Abstract Many floating offshore wind turbine (FOWT) concepts are light displacement platforms moored in shallow water and exposed to significant storms with high winds. Shock loads (also called snap loads) on the mooring lines can… read more here.
Keywords: wind; probability; floating offshore; snap loads ... See more keywords
An hp-adaptive discontinuous Galerkin method for modelling snap loads in mooring cables
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DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2017.08.041
Abstract: This paper focuses on modelling snap loads in mooring cables. Snap loads are a known problem for the established oil and gas industry, and they pose a major challenge to robust mooring design for the… read more here.
Keywords: discontinuous galerkin; modelling snap; snap loads; adaptive discontinuous ... See more keywords