... and sway directions in comparison to the intact system especially for the non-redundant mooring system. Furthermore, change in platform yaw angle and increased tension in the other intact mooring lines were observed. The findings from this study will be helpful in accidental limit state design...

... concerns of the offshore oil and gas industry: the significant number of events of mooring line failure that has been recently observed in actual operations in deep and ultra-deep water scenarios; field experience indicates that, in current spread-mooring systems, several weeks may pass until a failure...

... reasoning applies to the uncoupled simulations of Stage IV (dynamic line tensions) described in Sec. 3.2.2 . Here, it is interesting to recall the integrated methodology for the design of mooring systems and risers presented by Cruces-Girón et al. [ 28 ]. One of the intermediate design stages is comprised...