(Continued from No. 7, pages 703-713) Chain is a commonly used component in offshore moorings where its ruggedness and corrosion resistance make it an attractive choice. Another attractive property is that a straight chain is inherently torque balanced. Having said this, if a chain is loaded in a twisted condition, or twisted when under load, it exhibits highly non-linear torsional behaviour. The consequences of this behaviour can cause handling difficulties or may compromise the integrity of the mooring system, and care must be taken to avoid problems for both the chain and any components to which it is connected. Even with knowledge of the potential problems, there will always be occasions where, despite the utmost care, twist is unavoidable. Thus it is important for the engineer to be able to determine the effects. A frictionless theory has been developed in Part 1 of the paper that may be used to predict the resultant torques and movement or ''lift'' in the links as non-dimensional functions of the angle of twist. The present part of the paper describes a series of experiments undertaken on both stud-less and stud-link chain to allow comparison of this theoretical model with experimental data. Results are presented for the torsional response and link lift for ''constant twist'' and ''constant load'' type tests on chains of three different link sizes.


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    Title :

    Torque in mooring chain. Part 2: experimental investigation


    Additional title:

    Das Torsionsmoment in Ankerketten. Teil 2: Experimentelle Untersuchung


    Contributors:
    Ridge, I.M.L. (author) / Hobbs, R.E. (author)


    Publication date :

    2005


    Size :

    14 Seiten, 17 Bilder, 1 Tabelle, 1 Quelle




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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