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This study aims to systematically study the fatigue crack propagation characteristics of the mooring system for afloating production storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) through the fracture mechanics-based approach. Theremaining fatigue life of the mooring lines is predicted by a self-integrated program through the simulation of thecrack growth behavior. Additionally, parametric studies are performed to investigate the influence of initialcrack status (location/size/shape) on mooring crack propagation characteristics. Results illustrate that theremaining fatigue life at the uppermost position of mooring lines at the wave-ward side is similar, which isapproximately 178 years longer than that of mooring lines at the wave-back side. Fatigue issues are the severestin the crown region, where the critical fatigue life is about 49% of that in the bend region and 19.9% of that inthe straight region. With the increase of the initial crack size and aspect ratio, the remaining fatigue life experiencesa remarkable decrease with amplitudes up to 47.8% and 30.1% respectively. The integrated evaluationprogram is a promising tool for the damage tolerance design of mooring system due to the excellent capability inpredicting the remaining fatigue life and charactering the crack growth behavior.
Author(s): He W, Gao S, Hu Z, Xie D, Zhang Z, Wang C
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Ocean Engineering
Year: 2022
Volume: 265
Print publication date: 01/12/2022
Online publication date: 21/09/2022
Acceptance date: 03/09/2022
Date deposited: 23/09/2022
ISSN (print): 0029-8018
ISSN (electronic): 1873-5258
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2022.112501
DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2022.112501
ePrints DOI: 10.57711/xg3e-ds47
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