Performance of catenary mooring system

• Main Author: Abd. Samad, Faisal Ikram
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery; VM Naval architecture. Shipbuilding. Marine engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/10018/1/FaisalIkramAbdMFKM2009.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/10018/

The number of deep water moored offshore vessels is growing rapidly, and hydrocarbon fields in water depths down to 3000 m are now seriously considered for floating production development. The exploration drilling or offshore floating production units with superior mooring capacity thus become a hig...