Analysis Tools and Physics
of Ship Mooring Line Networks

A One-Day Seminar for Personnel Involved in
Pier-Side Mooring of Naval Vessels

Presenter:  Dr. D. C. Tolefson, Marine Consultant
(19 Years Conducting Mooring Line Analyses
 for Heavy Weather Conditions)

• The general picture.

• Physics and formulas for wind loads and water current forces.

• Tidal effects on moored ships.

• Mooring line properties.

• Bitts, cleats, bollards . . .

• The basic tension formula for a mooring line.

• Ship movements while moored alongside a pier.

• Hydrostatic restoring forces on a ship hull.

• The mathematical connection between ship movements and mooring line tension.

• The compact mathematics of a large network of mooring lines.

• Simple examples of a moored ship subjected to weather induced loads.

• Mooring computer programs available to the general public.

• Heavy Weather Spread Sheets.

• Discussion of the U.S. Navy Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) document UFC-4-159-03, 3 October 2005, DESIGN:MOORINGS

Please contact us to have this seminar at your location:
Dr. D. C. Tolefson
804-694-5805
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