API 2P : 1987
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RECOMMENDED PRACTICE FOR THE ANALYSIS OF SPREAD MOORING SYSTEMS FOR FLOATING DRILLING UNITS
Hardcopy , PDF
19-02-2021
English
01-01-1987
Foreword
Policy
Section 1 - Basic considerations and data requirements
1.1 Basic considerations
1.2 Purpose of mooring analysis
1.3 Definitions
1.4 List of symbols
1.5 Environmental design criteria
1.6 Water depth
1.7 Soil condition
1.8 Mooring equipment
Section 2 - Mooring system
2.1 Mooring pattern
2.2 Type of mooring
Section 3 - Environmental forces and vessel motions
3.1 Basic considerations
3.2 Wind
3.3 Current
3.4 Steady drift force
3.5 Low frequency vessel motions
3.6 Wave frequency vessel motions
3.7 Oblique environment
Section 4 - Mooring design criteria
4.1 Offset
4.2 Maximum mooring line tension
4.3 Line length
4.4 Drag anchor holding power
4.5 Comments on mooring design criteria
Section 5 - Mooring analysis procedure
5.1 Basic considerations
5.2 Preliminary calculations
5.3 Mooring analysis procedure
Section 6 - Example analysis
6.1 Example definition
6.2 Mooring analysis for the maximum design condition
6.3 Mooring analysis for the maximum operating
condition
6.4 Summary and discussion of mooring analysis results
6.5 Comments on the analysis for quartering environment
Section 7 - Selected bibliography
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