Mooring System Numerical Modeling

For many years moorings have been designed using basic mass-drag-buoyancy calculations, spreadsheets, rules-of-thumb, black magic scripts, and a dose of ‘salty-sea-dog’ experience. With these methods, we can frequently estimate a line size to use or an approximate anchor weight. But sometimes despite our experience we still have questions.

This article supplied by BlueZone Group partner, DeepWater Buoyancy looks at increasing the precision of mooring analyses using numerical modelling software designed for ocean engineers.

DeepWater Buoyancy creates subsea buoyancy products for leading companies in the oceanographic, seismic, survey, military and offshore oil & gas markets.   Customers have relied on DeepWater products for over thirty years, from the ocean surface to depths exceeding six thousand meters.