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Indexed by: Journal Article

Date of Publication: 2017-11-17

Journal: SHIPS AND OFFSHORE STRUCTURES

Included Journals: Scopus、EI、SCIE

Volume: 12

Issue: 8

Page Number: 1145-1153

ISSN: 1744-5302

Key Words: Truncated; equivalence; mooring system; model test

Abstract: Physical model experiments of floating facilities in deep and ultra-deepwater with full-depth mooring system present obstacles because no wave basin is sufficiently large to perform model testing in reasonable scale. Truncation of full-depth mooring system is required for model test. Based on both statics and mooring-induced damping equivalence, truncated mooring lines are designed. A model test of a semi-submersible platform with full-depth and truncated mooring system is presented in this paper. In general, good agreements between the motion responses of semi-submersible platform with full-depth and truncated mooring system are found based on the model test results.