Numerical analysis of fishtailing motion, buoy kissing and pullback force in a catenary anchor leg mooring (CALM) moored tanker system

• Main Authors: Ju X., Amaechi C.V., Dong B., Meng X., Li J.
• Other Authors: 56348761500
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 2024
• Subjects: Catenary anchor leg mooring; Fishtailing; Floating buoy; Hydrodynamic; Mooring; Offshore floating structure; Tanker; Buoys; Mooring cables; Numerical analysis; Offshore oil well production; Time domain analysis; Catenary anchor leg moorings; Fishtailing motion; Floating structures; Hawsers; Hydrodynamic systems; Mooring system; Offshore floating; environmental conditions; floating structure; hydrodynamics; mooring system; numerical method; offshore structure; Hydrodynamics

The catenary anchor leg mooring (CALM) sys tem is one of the most complex hydrodynamic systems in terms of hydrodynamic theory. This complexity comes from a large amount of interaction between the buoy, its mooring legs, hawsers, and the moored tanker. A dynamic simulation analysis of a CALM moored...