NorMoor Phase I, II, III

NORMOOR PHASE I, II, III NORMOOR JIP – ON SAFE MOORING LINE DESIGN – PHASE I Main Objective: To establish the reliability of the designs of mooring lines, from a probabilistic point of view regarding the environmental, numerical and strength conditions of the components and to calculate the reliability level implicit in existing standards for…

Innovative Mooring Systems

INNOVATIVE MOORING SYSTEMS INNOVATIVE MOORING SYSTEMS. IMS JIP Main Objective: Development of mooring systems for floating wind turbines, which allows a reduction in costs in the energy generated through a reduction in the load of the moorings. Main Participants: Statoil, Aibel, Rolls-Royce, Olav Olsen, IFE, OTS, Servi-Group and Vicinay Marine Innovación. Execution Period: 2016-2018.

Fatigue Performance of Mooring Chains in Seawater

FATIGUE PERFORMANCE OF MOORING CHAINS IN SEAWATER FATIGUE PERFORMANCE OF MOORING CHAINS IN SEAWATER Main Objective: Provide full-scale fatigue endurance data for high grade chain of large diameter in seawater. Main Participants: TWI Ltd, ABS, BP Exploration and Production, Statoil ASA, Shell, Ramnas Bruk and Vicinay Marine Innovación. Execution Period: 2011-2017.

Fatigue of Corroded Chains

FATIGUE OF CORRODED CHAINS FATIGUE OF CORRODED CHAINS. FoCCs JIP Main Objective: To extend the industry effort to derive a methodology for assessing the remaining strength and fatigue life of corroded chain links. To issue some guidance for performing reliable FEA of chain links to assess remaining fatigue endurance. To provide a more rational basis…

Mooring Against Corrosion

MOORING AGAINST CORROSION INTEGRITY MANAGEMENT OF MOORING SYSTEMS AGAINST CORROSION. MAC JIP Main Objective: To characterize microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) and to assess protection systems that can mitigate the action of this type of corrosion on mooring chains. Main Participants: Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Total, Sofec, ASAC, SBM, Battelle, Bluewater, Petrobras, BP, Anadarko, Statoil, ABS, Marathon Oil,…

Arctic Mooring

ARCTIC MOORING DESIGN AND OPERATION PRACTICE FOR ARCTIC MOORING SYSTEMS. ARCTIC MOORING JIP Main Objective: To investigate the behavior of our chains and accessories in arctic conditions: Establish the variation of failure strength and fracture as a function of grade and temperature. Collaborate in the definition of an “arctic grade”. Main Participants: Kwan Engineering, Statoil,…

Chain Finite Element Analysis of Residual Strength

CHAIN FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF RESIDUAL STRENGTH CHAIN FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF RESIDUAL STRENGTH. CHAIN FEARS JIP Main Objective: To derive a proven methodology to assess the remaining strength and fatigue life of damaged chain links. To issue guidance for performing reliable FEA of chain links to assess remaining strength and remaining fatigue endurance. To…

Seawater Corrosion of Ropes and Chains

SEAWATER CORROSION OF ROPES AND CHAINS SEAWATER CORROSION OF ROPES AND CHAINS. SCORCH JIP Main Objective: To provide guidance on the specification of chains and wire ropes to maximize their design service life for specific site conditions, especially in tropical waters. Design analytical tools, underpinned by field and test data, to estimate the design service…

Mooring Component Assessment Phase II

MOORING COMPONENT ASSESSMENT PHASE II MOORING COMPONENT ASSESSMENT PHASE II. MCA II JIP Main Objective: To extend the Engineering Critical Assessment (ECA) methodologies for applications in mooring chain components. To develop additional fracture toughness data for 34CrMoNi steel through controlled sampling/testing from spare components to populate the JIP database and Kmat estimation procedure. To perform…

Mooring Component Assessment Phase I

MOORING COMPONENT ASSESSMENT PHASE I MOORING COMPONENT ASSESSMENT PHASE I. MCA I JIP Main Objective: To develop an effective Engineering Critical Assessment (ECA) procedure for structural integrity assessment of mooring connectors. Main Participants: Total, BV, PD Technologies, Exxon, Petrobras, ConocoPhillips, ABS, DNV, LeBeon Manufacturing, SBM, CETIM and Vicinay Cadenas. Execution Period: 2008-2014.