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Tzu-Hsun Lin and Ray-Yeng Yang
Floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs) are one of the innovative solutions to achieve net-zero emissions. Given that Taiwan has abundant wind power resources in its western waters and wind farms are evaluated as potential sites, a strategic emphasis on ...
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Sara Sanz Sáenz, Gabriel Diaz-Hernandez, Lutz Schweter and Pieter Nordbeck
The size of container vessels is continuously growing, always exceeding expectations. Port authorities and terminals need to constantly adapt and face challenges related to maritime infrastructure, equipment, and operations, as these are the principal ar...
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Gong Xiang, Xianbo Xiang and Xiaochuan Yu
Compared with the traditional catenary or semi-taut mooring lines, the taut mooring system is more advantageous in many aspects, such as reduction of mooring line loads, erosion and fatigue damage during the powering productions of the floating wind turb...
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Ivan Catipovic, Neven Alujevic, Smiljko Rudan and Vedran Slapnicar
Synthetic fibre mooring lines are used as an alternative to traditional steel wire ropes due to their higher strength to weight ratio. Benefits are also found in relative ease of handling, and therefore the marine industry has largely accepted this type ...
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Tessa Gordelier, Phillip Rudolph Thies, Giovanni Rinaldi and Lars Johanning
Synthetic mooring lines are becoming a popular alternative to conventional chain mooring systems. For marine renewable energy devices, they have been considered as an enabling technology for this nascent sector, given their reduced costs and ease of depl...
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Magnus Thorsen Bach-Gansmo, Stian Kielland Garvik, Jonas Bjerg Thomsen and Morten Thøtt Andersen
The catenary mooring system is a well recognized station keeping method. However, there could be economical and environmental benefits of reducing the footprint. In the last decades, more focus has been given to synthetic mooring lines and different moor...
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Kim Nielsen and Jonas Bjerg Thomsen
The critical function of keeping a floating Wave Energy Converter in position is done by a mooring system. Several WECs have been lost due to failed moorings, indicating that extreme loads, reliability and durability are very important aspects. An unders...
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Jonas Bjerg Thomsen, Francesco Ferri and Jens Peter Kofoed
Mooring of floating wave energy converters is an important topic in renewable research since it highly influences the overall cost of the wave energy converter and thereby the cost of energy. In addition, several wave energy converter failures have been ...
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