Title :
DeepStar taut leg mooring polyester test program
Author :
Devlin, Paul ; Flory, John ; Homer, Steve
Author_Institution :
Texaco Inc., Houston, TX, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents preliminary results of the DeepStar polyester taut leg mooring (TLM) project. The 3100 ft (945 m) deep single-leg TLM contained short and long sections of three different polyester rope designs. It was installed in the Gulf of Mexico in 1996 and retrieved 27 months later, after exposure to two hurricanes. The retrieved polyester rope sections were then examined, tested, and analyzed in order to assess any indications of degradation
Keywords :
geophysical equipment; marine systems; materials; mechanical properties; naval engineering; oceanographic equipment; polymer fibres; ships; wear; DeepStar; degradation; geophysical equipment; hurricane; mechanical cable; mechanical property; mooring; naval engineering; ocean; polyester; polymer fibre; rope; rope design; taut leg; test program; wear; Costs; Creep; Fatigue; Leg; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber testing; Petroleum; Production; Steel; System testing;
Conference_Titel :
OCEANS '99 MTS/IEEE. Riding the Crest into the 21st Century
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5628-4
DOI :
10.1109/OCEANS.1999.804782
