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| Harnois, V.; Weller, Sam D.; Johanning, L.; Thies, P. R.; Le Boulluec, Marc; Le Roux, Dominique; Soule, Veronique; Ohana, Jeremy. |
| The design of wave energy mooring systems is challenging: overdesign incurs a significant cost penalty, underdesign may lead to a premature failure and incorrect design could reduce the power production. Consequently, compliant mooring systems are being developed for wave energy applications. This paper presents tank test results for a scale model of the buoy and mooring used at the SouthWest Mooring Test Facility (SWMTF), an offshore facility developed to conduct long-term sea trials for wave energy device moorings. A compliant three leg catenary mooring system using Nylon ropes in the water column is investigated. Preliminary static, quasi-static, decay, regular and irregular wave tests were conducted on the 1:5 scale model, using the Ifremer basin in... |
| Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Wave energy converter; Tank tests; Numerical model; Highly dynamic mooring system; Fibre rope. |
| Ano: 2015 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00233/34375/35785.pdf |
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