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    This document discusses mooring design of floating platforms. [1] It reviews hull types, line types, mooring arrangements, and anchor solutions. [2] It then covers mooring analysis using static and dynamic methods. [3] An example is given of a static analysis to determine minimum anchor line length based on properties of the catenary equation.

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    This document discusses mooring design of floating platforms. [1] It reviews hull types, line types, mooring arrangements, and anchor solutions. [2] It then covers mooring analysis using static and dynamic methods. [3] An example is given of a static analysis to determine minimum anchor line length based on properties of the catenary equation.

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    CIVL 4171

    Pipeline, Platform and


    Subsea Technology

    Mooring Design of Floating Platforms


    Mooring Design

    1. Mooring review
    • Hull type natural frequencies
    • Line types
    • Mooring arrangements
    • Anchor solutions
    2. Mooring analysis
    3. Static analysis example
    Mooring Review
    Hull type Vs. Wave period
    Mooring Review

    Single mooring line

    Floater

    Mooring chain
    (Catenary shape)

    Anchor here: Taut catenary


    Anchor here: Slack catenary (grounded portion)

    Anchor for drilling (temporary): Drag


    Anchors for production (permanent): Drag, Pile, Gravity,
    Suction Caisson
    Mooring Review

    Hybrid lines possible (production


    systems)

    Chain used in high


    wear regions

    Use of wire rope makes


    overall line lighter (reduces
    tensions at platform)
    Mooring Review

    Mooring line types

    D
    Steel chain

    Wire rope

    Fibre rope
    Mooring Review
    Mooring arrangements - SPM
    Mooring Review
    Mooring arrangements - SPM

    Spread mooring
    anchor line
    patterns used to
    hold floating
    offshore vessels
    on station
    Mooring Review

    Anchor options for production vessel


    Embedment anchors
    Floating System Analysis

    Main Methods of Analysis:

    1. Simplified Quasi-Static Methods as per


    API RP 2SK
    -Suitable for preliminary design

    2. Dynamic Analysis
    -Frequency Domain, Time Domain
    numerical solutions
    Design Criteria /
    Arrangement
    Primary Considerations:
    • Operations considerations 8 Leg Equispaced
    – Mooring / Riser interface = offset
    limitations (eg 10% - 20% water
    depth)
    – Directional Offsets
    – Number of Risers / Heading
    • Wire / Chain combinations depending
    upon mooring depth, loads etc… Mooring
    • Pretension affected by allowable
    offsets
    3 x 3 System

    Risers
    Design Cases

    Basic Load Cases


    – Intact (all lines intact)
    – Damaged (one line broken)
    – Transient (motions after 1 line breaks)

    ÎLoad cases have different Factors of Safety


    Line Tension

    • Catenary equation
    Th ⎛ ⎛ wx ⎞ ⎞
    z+h = ⎜ cosh ⎜ ⎟ − 1⎟
    w⎝ ⎝ Th ⎠ ⎠
    • Maximum tension

    Tmax = Th + wh
    • Suspended (Minimum) length
    Notation:
    T
    lmin = g 2 max − 1 T- line tension (N)
    wh
    h – water depth (m)
    w – line weight in water (N/m)
    Minimum anchor line length
    Added to the minimum line length l, is a safety length D (resting on the seabed),
    which depends on the type of line: D = 200-300m for wire rope lines & 50-
    100m for chain anchor lines. This extra length precludes any risk of application
    of vertical forces to the anchor and contributes to the holding power of the
    anchoring system by friction of the line on the seabed.
    Minimum anchor line length (cont’d)
    The minimum length of an anchor line may be obtained from a formula related
    to the properties of the catenary – with the assumption the mooring line can not
    stretch:
    Where:
    l = minimum length of anchor line
    h = hm + hc
    hc = height of fairlead above water line
    Or hm = water depth
    p = weight of submerged line per unit length
    FH = horizontal force at the line at the fairlead
    T = tension in the line at the fairlead
    Θ = angle made by the line with the horizontal at the fairlead level

    If the axial stiffness (EA) of the wire or rope were included the catenary equations would
    be slightly modified. Here EA ~ ∞.

    T = FH2 + FV2 FV = pl
    Rope

    (d = 50mm)
    Load-excursion relation

    (Axial stiffness not included, EA ~ ∞)

    FH ⎛ pl ⎞ F ⎛ pl ⎞ F F
    X − X0 = sinh −1 ⎜⎜ ⎟⎟ − H0 sinh −1 ⎜⎜ 0 ⎟⎟ − h 2 H + 1 + h 2 H0 + 1
    p ⎝ FH ⎠ p ⎝ FH0 ⎠ ph ph

    FH − FH 0 X-X0
    K= Horizontal Stiffness of response
    X − X0
    FH0 FH
    FH0 = Horizontal force at which line length = l0
    and horizontal coordinate = X0
    FH = Horizontal force at which line length = l
    and horizontal coordinate = X
    l l0

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