Study on Mooring Design and Calculation Method of Ocean Farm Based on Time-Domain Potential Flow Theory

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By:Baoji Zhang, Yuhang Sun

DOI: https://doi.org/10.30564/jms.v2i3.2018

Abstract:

In order to calculate the mooring force of a new semi-submerged Ocean Farm quickly and accurately, based on the unsteady time-domain potential flow theory and combined the catenary model, the control equation of mooring cable is established, and the mooring force of the platform under the wave spectrum is calculated. First of all, based on the actual situation of the ocean environment and platform, the mooring design of the platform is carried out, and the failure analysis and sensitivity analysis of the single anchor chain by the time domain coupling method are adopted: including different water depth, cycle, pretension size, anchor chain layout direction and wind speed, etc. The analysis results confirm the reliability of anchoring method. Based on this, the mooring point location of the platform is determined, the force of each anchor chain in the anchoring process is calculated, and the mooring force and the number of mooring cables are obtained for each cable that satisfies the specification, the results of this paper can provide theoretical calculation methods for mooring setting and mooring force calculation of similar offshore platforms.

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