Catenary Mooring Line Shape Tool (Version 1)

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node factor hor - x Colfactor2 vert - y

Catenary mooring line shape plot tool 0 0 0.0 0 0


1 0.1 17.1 0.0002947212 0.999426522
2 0.2 34.1 0.0011789055 3.9977755385
3 0.3 51.2 0.0026526141 8.9952554208
4 0.4 68.3 0.0047159496 15.992213519
5 0.5 85.4 0.0073690555 24.989136257
6 0.6 102.4 0.0106121161 35.986649272
7 0.7 119.5 0.014445357 48.985517582
8 0.8 136.6 0.0188690452 63.986645805
9 0.9 153.6 0.0238834885 80.991078409
10 1 170.7 0.0294890363 100.00

Catenary Mooring Line Shape Tool

Input parameters
waterdepth plus the distance between sealevel and the fairlead d 100.00 [m]

force applied to the mooring line at the fairlead F 500.0 [t]

normalized thread diameter D 0.60 [m]

submerged density of the line material (steel in air = 7,8 ) ρ 6.8 [t/m^3]

Results
horizontal distance between the fairlead and the
touchdown point of the mooring line on the seabed X 170.71 [m]

weight of the suspended chain V 394.1 [t]

cross sectional area of the thread A 0.28 [m^2]

unit weight of the mooring line in water w 1.92 [t/m]

normalized horizontal tension component T_0 320.0 [t]

length of the suspended mooring line S 204.97 [m]

catenary shape parameter b 0.05894 [-]

Figure

Catenary Mooring Line Shape


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