Office/Division Program
TAP
Project Number
389
Category
Research Initiation Date (Award Date)
Research Performing Activity
Stress Engineering Services
Research Principal Investigator
Ray Ayres
Research Contracting Agency
Description
The primary objective of this project was to characterize key types of polyester rope damage that might affect the performance of a deepwater taut line mooring system. Since recent experiences have shown that these polyester mooring lines are susceptible to damage during installation, it is important to identify how this damage is created when installing these polyester mooring lines.
Latest progress update
This effort will tie in to Project 369 on damage criteria for polyester ropes. Stress will be testing some mid-scale rope samples and will correlate these results with the ongoing OTRC rope effort. Recent data developed from these tests were sent to OTRC to assist in that effort.