Developments in the study of wave forces and construction techniques in deep water by the offshore oil industry have increased the use of marine terminals at deep water locations. At thorough understanding of moored ship dynamics when subjected to waves, wind and current combined with the use of flexible mooring lines would help to design berthing terminals for exposed areas. In this paper, the three dimensional problem of wave interactions with a barge moored to a single point is dealt with, based on the finite element method. The effect of flexibility of a mooring line and the point of mooring on the response of the barge as well as the mooring line tension is investigated. The paper compares the numerical results with model tests carried out on a barge moored to a fixed support under regular and random waves in head sea. The effect of stiffness of the mooring line on the barge response for different mooring points is discussed, which would be useful for the designers. The effect of viscous damping is also considered. The analytical results are in good agreement with the experimental results in both regular and random waves.


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    Title :

    Dynamics of a moored barge under regular and random waves


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Ocean Engineering ; 24 , 5 ; 401-430


    Publication date :

    1997


    Size :

    30 Seiten, 20 Bilder, 1 Tabelle, 11 Quellen




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English






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