Abstract:The service factors influencing the endurance of steel wire rope moorings for offshore structures are discussed. A tensiontension fatigue SoN curve for six strand ropes is presented. consideration of cumulative damage resulting from a typical TBP spectrum shows tensile fatigue as a non-critical upper bound on endurance. However, combined bending-tension fatigue at fairlead arrangements is considered to represent the most severe fatigue loading. This mechanism is discussed in relation to existing knowledge of w… Show more
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