Failure analysis of a Calm buoy anchor chain system

Conference · Tue May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1984 · Proc., Annu. Offshore Technol. Conf.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6371295

Shoup, G J; Mueller, R A

In 1982, Philippines-Cities Service experienced a wear failure of a cateneary anchor chain mooring used to moor a CALM type buoy. In order to explain the failure, Cities Service conducted a comprehensive failure analysis and model basin test of the failed system, and in addition, performed comparative wear tests on U3 and U4 chain. The results of the investigation indicate that interlink motion and resulting wear are an important design criteria for mooring lines.

• Research Organization: Cities Service Oil and Gas Corp.
• OSTI ID: 6371295
• Report Number(s): CONF-8405208-
• Journal Information: Proc., Annu. Offshore Technol. Conf.; (United States), Vol. 2; Conference: 16. annual offshore technology conference, Houston, TX, USA, 7 May 1984
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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DESIGN
SYSTEM FAILURE ANALYSIS
SYSTEMS ANALYSIS
TESTING
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