Effects of Mooring Line Failure on the Wave Frequency Responses of Truss Spar Platforms

• Main Authors: Kurian, V.J., Mohamed , M.A.W., Montasir,, O.A.A, Liew, M. S.
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: TC Hydraulic engineering. Ocean engineering; TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utp.edu.my/7987/1/2012-TPC-207Moham.pdf; http://eprints.utp.edu.my/7987/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas

Experimental and numerical studies on a typical truss spar with intact and damaged mooring line conditions are presented. Physical model motions in surge, heave and pitch in addition to the mooring line tensions were measured. A MATLAB code named TRSPAR was developed for the dynamic analysis of...