Mooring

Cables and anchors that hold a device in place.

A device’s mooring system typically consists of the cables and anchors used to hold the device in place, either floating along the surface or submerged within the water column. The function and type of mooring system is typically determined by a number of factors, including cost, site characteristics, and expected load. There are many similarities in the materials used in and the structural design of mooring systems used in the oil and gas, floating offshore wind energy, and marine renewable energy industries. Mooring chains or synthetic ropes may be anchored to the seafloor using suction anchors, driven piles, or gravity foundations.

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Marine Energy Documents Related to Mooring

Tethys Engineering is a knowledge hub that contains documents and resources about the technical aspects of marine energy development. The table below contains all of the documents in the Tethys Engineering Knowledge Base associated with Mooring.

Total: 424

Title Author Date Type of Content Technology Collection Method Engineering
Evaluating Mooring Line Test Procedures through the Application of a Round Robin Test Approach Khalid, F., Davies, P., Halswell, P. Journal Article Modeling Materials, Mooring
Experimental and numerical investigation of a taut-moored wave energy converter: a validation of simulated mooring line forces Yang, S., Ringsberg, J., Johnson, E. Journal Article Wave Lab Data, Modeling, Scale Device Mooring
Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda for Ocean Energy Villate, J., Ruiz-Minguela, P., Berque, J. Report Current, Tidal, Wave, Salinity Gradient, OTEC Field Data, Modeling Control, Grid Integration, Mooring, Power Take Off, Structural
Hydrodynamic Performance of a Pitching Float Wave Energy Converter Ma, Y., Ai, S., Yang, L. Journal Article Wave Modeling Hydrodynamics, Mooring, Performance
Time-domain simulation of a slack-moored floating oscillating water column and validation with physical model tests Gomes, R., Henriques, J., Gato, L. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Lab Data, Modeling, Scale Device Hydrodynamics, Mooring, Performance, Structural
Efficiency and Survivability of a Floating Oscillating Water Column Wave Energy Converter Moored to the Seabed: An Overview of the EsflOWC MaRINET2 Database Kisacik, D., Statigaki, V., Wu, M. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Lab Data Mooring
Experimental investigation of multiple Oscillating Water Column Wave Energy Converters integrated in a floating breakwater: Energy extraction performance Howe, D., Nader, J., Macfarlane, G. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Lab Data, Modeling, Scale Device Hydrodynamics, Mooring, Performance, Power Take Off
Numerical modelling on the performance of a rolling-type wave energy converter with mooring system Jiang, Y., Peng, Y., Zhao, P. Conference Paper Wave Lab Data, Modeling, Scale Device Mooring, Performance
On the dynamics of an array of spar-buoy oscillating water column devices with inter-body mooring connections Oikonomou, C., Gomes, R., Gato, L. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Array Effects, Hydrodynamics, Mooring
Mooring forces in a floating point-absorbing WEC system – a comparison between full-scale measurements and numerical simulations Ringsberg, J., Yang, S., Lang, X. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling, Test Center, Full Scale Mooring, Performance
Experimental Investigation of the Mooring System of a Wave Energy Converter in Operating and Extreme Wave Conditions Sirigu, S., Bonfanti, M., Begovic, E. Journal Article Wave Lab Data, Modeling, Scale Device Mooring
Uncertainty Quantification in Mooring Cable Dynamics Using Polynomial Chaos Expansions Paredes, G., Eskilsson, C., Engsig-Karup, A. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Hydrodynamics, Mooring
On the Development of an Offshore Version of the CECO Wave Energy Converter Giannini, G., Rosa-Santos, P., Ramos, V. Journal Article Wave Mooring, Performance
Indirect load measurements for large floating horizontal-axis tidal current turbines Li, Y., Li, W., Liu, H. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine Field Data, Modeling, Scale Device Mooring, Performance
Investigating Polymer Fibre Optics for Condition Monitoring of Synthetic Mooring Lines Gordelier, T., Rudolph Thies, P., Rinaldi, G. Journal Article Current, Wave Lab Data, Modeling Mooring
Model of Bio-Colonisation on Mooring Lines: Updating Strategy Based on a Static Qualifying Sea State for Floating Wind Turbines Decurey, B., Schoefs, F., Barille, A. Journal Article Current, Wave Modeling Mooring
Reducing mooring and cable costs through assessment of corrosion, wear, fatigue, and VIV in turbulent tidal flows – Final Report Baron, A., Turner, A., Steinke, D. Report Current, Tidal Field Data, Modeling, Scale Device Materials, Mooring
Performance evaluation of a submerged tidal energy device with a single mooring line Guo, B., Wang, D., Zhou, J. Journal Article Current, Tidal Modeling, Full Scale, Scale Device Mooring, Performance
The Effect of Mooring Line Parameters in Inducing Parametric Resonance on the Spar-Buoy Oscillating Water Column Wave Energy Converter Giorgi, G., Gomes, R., Bracco, G. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Hydrodynamics, Mooring
Wave energy dissipation of a submerged horizontal flexible porous membrane under oblique wave interaction Guo, Y., Mohapatra, S., Guedes Soares, C. Journal Article Wave Modeling Mooring, Structural
Experimental investigation on short-term fatigue damage of slack and hybrid mooring for wave energy converters Xu, S., Soares, C. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Mooring
A Physical and Numerical Study of an Interconnected Wave Energy Array Howey, B. Thesis Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Mooring, Performance
The effect of rope termination on the performance of polyester mooring ropes for marine applications Saidpour, H., Li, L., Vaseghi, R. Journal Article Materials, Mooring
Design of Mooring Solutions and Array Systems for Point Absorbing Wave Energy Devices—Methodology and Application Ringsberg, J., Jansson, H., Orgard, M. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Array Effects, Mooring
Methodology for creating nonaxisymmetric WECs to screen mooring designs using a Morison Equation approach Bull, D., Jacob, P. Conference Paper Wave, Oscillating Water Column Field Data Hydrodynamics, Mooring, Power Take Off, Structural
Field test study and quasi-static analysis of global characteristics and survivability of a wave energy converter test platform mooring system Lou, J., Yim, S., Baker, J. Journal Article Wave Field Data Mooring
New MoonWEC concept and its device optimization Miquel, A., Archetti, R. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Hydrodynamics, Mooring, Performance, Power Take Off
Power capture gains for the WaveSub submerged WEC using active control Hillis, A., Whitlam, C., Brask, A. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Mooring, Power Take Off, Structural
Review of mooring design for floating wave energy converters Xu, S., Wang, S., Guedes S. Journal Article Wave Modeling Materials, Mooring, Performance
Predicting the Dynamic Characteristics of a Fully Submerged Wave Energy Converter Subjected to a Power Take-Off Failure using a High-Fidelity Computational Fluid Dynamics Model Tran, T., Krueger, A, Gunawan, B. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Mooring, Power Take Off
3-D environmental extreme value models for the tension in a mooring line of a semi-submersible Raillard, N., Prevosto, M., Pineau, H. Journal Article Modeling Mooring, Substructure
Modeling of wave energy converters by GPUSPH and Project Chrono Wei, Z., Edge, B., Dalrymple, R. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Wave Surge Converter Modeling Acoustics, Hydrodynamics, Mooring, Performance, Power Take Off
Test Study on Hydrodynamic Characteristics of Floating Tidal Current Power Stations Li, G., Wang, W., Xie, Y. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Modeling Hydrodynamics, Mooring
Resource assessment parameterization impact on wave energy converter power production and mooring loads Robertson, B., Bailey, H., Buckham, B. Journal Article Wave Modeling Mooring, Performance
A hybrid Rayleigh and Weibull distribution model for the short-term motion response prediction of moored floating structures Song, X., Wang, S., Hu, Z. Journal Article Modeling Hydrodynamics, Mooring, Substructure
An investigation on internal damping behavior of fiber rope Lian, Y., Liu, H., Yim, S. Journal Article Lab Data, Modeling Mooring
Numerical design study of multipoint mooring systems for the floating wave energy converter in deep water with a sloping bottom Huang, S., Sheng, S., Gerthoffert, A. Journal Article Wave Modeling Mooring
Experimental study of a moored floating oscillating water column wave-energy converter and of a moored cubic box Wu, M., Stratigaki, V., Troch, P. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Lab Data, Scale Device Hydrodynamics, Mooring, Performance, Power Take Off
CFD design-load analysis of a two-body wave energy converter Coe, R., Rosenberg, B., Quon, E. Journal Article Wave Modeling Hydrodynamics, Mooring, Power Take Off
The 6-float wave energy converter M4: Ocean basin tests giving capture width, response and energy yield for several sites Moreno, E., Stansby, P. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Mooring, Power Take Off
Lessons Learned – Marine Operations in The Minas Passage Clarkson, J. Report Current, Tidal Test Center Mooring
Taut Mooring Rope CBOS Testing Lehmann, M., Kojimoto, N. Report Wave, Pressure Differential Lab Data Materials, Mooring
Performance of Two Types of Mooring Systems in the Heave Motion of a Two-body Floating Wave Energy Converter Berenjkoob, M., Ghiasi, M., Soares, C. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Hydrodynamics, Mooring, Performance
Hydrodynamic Analysis of a Semi-submersible Wind-Tidal Combined Power Generation Device Ma, Y., Hu, C., Zhou, B. Journal Article Current, Tidal Modeling Hybrid Devices, Hydrodynamics, Mooring, Performance, Structural
Experimental modelling of a multi-use floating platform for wave and wind energy harvesting Sarmiento, J., Iturrioz, A., Ayllón, V. Journal Article Modeling Hybrid Devices, Hydrodynamics, Mooring
KNSwing—On the Mooring Loads of a Ship-Like Wave Energy Converter Nielsen, K., Thomsen, J. Journal Article Wave, Attenuator Modeling, Scale Device Mooring, Performance
Transverse motion instability of a submerged moored buoy Orszaghova, J., Wolgamot , H. , Draper, S. Journal Article Wave Modeling Mooring, Performance
MoorDyn V2: New Capabilities in Mooring System Components and Load Cases Hall, M. Conference Paper Modeling Hydrodynamics, Mooring, Substructure
Comparison of Seabed Friction Formulations in a Lumped-Mass Mooring Model Devries, K., Hall, M. Conference Paper Modeling Hydrodynamics, Mooring, Substructure
Effects of Mooring Compliancy on the Mooring Forces, Power Production, and Dynamics of a Floating Wave Activated Body Energy Converter Martinelli, L., Zanuttigh, B. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Lab Data, Modeling Mooring
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