Synthetic Fibre Yarn Properties

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Case 1 : Case 2 : Case 3 : Case 4 : Case 5 : Case 6 : Case 7 : Case 8 : Case 9 : Case 10

Bow Lines

Fwd. Breast Lines

Auxiliary Lines

Aft Breast Lines

Stern Lines

Connection

1-A

2-A

3-C

4-C

5-C

6-H

7-H

8-H

9-J

10-J

Mooring Line

wire

wire

wire

wire

wire

wire

wire

wire

wire

wire

Tension, GN

21.8

18.2

27.9

27.2

29.5

24.1

23.6

30.4

23.8

23.2

% Strength

41%

34%

53%

51%

55%

46%

45%

58%

45%

44%

Vessel Shift: 0.24 m forward, 0.73 m out, 0.1 to port

Case 1 - Base Case, 14 Wire Mooring Lines (4 spring lines not shown)

 

Case 1 : Case 2 : Case 3 : Case 4 : Case 5 : Case 6 : Case 7 : Case 8 : Case 9 : Case 10

		Bow Lines		Fwd. Breast Lines			Auxiliary Lines				Aft Breast Lines			Stern Lines
Connection		1-A	2-A	3-C	4-C	5-C	11-D	12-D	19-G	20-G	6-H	7-H	8-H	9-J	10-J
Mooring Line		wire	wire	wire	wire	wire	wire	wire	wire	wire	wire	wire	wire	wire	wire
Tension, GN		11.9	8.6	19.8	18.4	19.6	23.8	23.0	19.8	18.6	18.6	13.7	16.4	20.7	19.6
% Strength		23%	16%	37%	35%	45%	43%	43%	37%	35%	27%	26%	31%	39%	37%
		Vessel Shift: 0.44 m forward, 0..40 m out , 0.1 to port
Case 2 - 14 Wire Mooring Lines with 4 Additional Wire Auxiliary Lines

 

Case 1 : Case 2 : Case 3 : Case 4 : Case 5 : Case 6 : Case 7 : Case 8 : Case 9 : Case 10

		Bow Lines		Fwd. Breast Lines			Auxiliary Lines				Aft Breast Lines			Stern Lines
Connection		1-A	2-A	3-C	4-C	5-C	11-D	12-D	19.G	20.G	6-H	7-H	8-H	9-J	10-J
Mooring Line		wire	wire	wire	wire	wire	Poly.	Poly.	Poly.	Poly	wire	wire	wire	wire	wire
Tension, GN		19.1	15.8	25.4	24.8	26.6	6.8	6.8	6.3	6.3	21.2	20.7	11.0	22.5	21.6
% Strength		36%	30%	48%	47%	50%	28%	28%	26%	26%	40%	39%	49%	42%	41%
		Vessel Shift: 0.30 m forward, 0.61 m out, 0.1 to port
Case 3 - 14 Wire Mooring Lines with 4 Polypropylene Auxiliary Lines

 

Case 1 : Case 2 : Case 3 : Case 4 : Case 5 : Case 6 : Case 7 : Case 8 : Case 9 : Case 10

		Bow Lines		Fwd. Breast Lines			Auxiliary Lines				Aft Breast Lines			Stern Lines
Connection		1-A	2-A	3-C	4-C	5-C	11-D	12-D	19-G	20-G	6-H	7-H	8-H	9-J	10-J
Mooring Line		wire	wire	wire	wire	wire	HM	HM	HM	HM	wire	wire	wire	wire	wire
Tension, GN		14.8	11.7	21.4	20.5	21.8	18.0	17.3	15.3	14.6	16.6	16.4	20.2	20.5	19.6
% Strength		28%	22%	41%	39%	41%	32%	31%	27%	26%	32%	31%	38%	39%	37%
		Vessel Shift: 0.34 m forward, 0.46 m out, 0.1 to port
Case 4 - 14 Wire Mooring Lines with 4 High-Modulus Fibre Auxiliary Lines

 

Case 1 : Case 2 : Case 3 : Case 4 : Case 5 : Case 6 : Case 7 : Case 8 : Case 9 : Case 10

		Bow Lines		Fwd. Breast Lines			Auxiliary Lines				Aft Breast Lines			Stern Lines
Connection		1-A	2-A	3-C	4-C	5-C	11-D	12-D	19-G	20-G	6-H	7-H	8-H	9-J	10-J
Mooring Line		HM	HM	HM	HM	HM	HM	HM	HM	HM	HM	HM	HM	HM	HM
Tension, GN		11.7	8.6	19.4	18.2	19.4	24.8	23.6	20.5	19.4	14.0	13.5	16.6	19.6	18.4
% Strength		21%	15%	34%	32%	34%	44%	42%	36%	34%	25%	24%	29%	35%	33%
		Vessel Shift: 0.67 m forward, 0.76 m out, 0.1 to port
Case 5 - 14 High-Modulus Fibre Lines with 4 High-Modulus Fibre Auxiliary Lines

 

Case 1 : Case 2 : Case 3 : Case 4 : Case 5 : Case 6 : Case 7 : Case 8 : Case 9 : Case 10

Bow Lines

Fwd. Breast Lines

Auxiliary Lines

Aft Breast Lines

Stern Lines

Connection

1-A

2-A

3-C

4-C

5-C

6-H

7-H

8-H

9-J

10-J

Mooring Line

HM

HM

HM

HM

HM

HM

HM

HM

HM

HM

Tension, GN

20.7

16.9

28.6

27.4

30.2

23.6

23.0

31.0

23.0

22.9

% Strength

37%

30%

50%

48%

53%

42%

41%

55%

42%

41%

Vessel Shift: 0.43 m forward, 1.21 m out, 0.1 to port

Case 6 - 14 High-Modulus Fibre Mooring Lines without Auxiliary Lines

 

Case 1 : Case 2 : Case 3 : Case 4 : Case 5 : Case 6 : Case 7 : Case 8 : Case 9 : Case 10

		Bow Lines		Fwd. Breast Lines			Auxiliary Lines				Aft Breast Lines			Stern Lines
Connection		1-A	2-A	3-C	4-C	5-C	11-D	12-D	19-G	20-G	6-H	7-H	8-H	9-J	10-J
Mooring Line		Nylon	Nylon	Nylon	Nylon	Nylon	Nylon	Nylon	Nylon	Nylon	Nylon	Nylon	Nylon	Nylon	Nylon
Tension, GN		12.4	10.6	16.0	15.8	17.1	23.0	22.3	20.9	20.2	14.2	14.0	17.6	14.8	14.4
% Strength		24%	20%	31%	30%	33%	44%	43%	40%	39%	27%	27%	34%	29%	27%
		Vessel Shift: 3.35 m forward, 5.98 m out, 0.3 to port
Case 7 - 14 Nylon Mooring Lines with 4 Nylon Auxiliary Lines

 

Case 1 : Case 2 : Case 3 : Case 4 : Case 5 : Case 6 : Case 7 : Case 8 : Case 9 : Case 10

		Bow Lines		Fwd. Breast Lines			Auxiliary Lines				Aft Breast Lines			Stern Lines
Connection		1-A	2-A	3-C	4-C	5-C	11-D	12-D	19-G	20-G	6-H	7-H	8-H	9-J	10-J
Mooring Line		Poly.	Poly.	Poly.	Poly.	Poly.	Poly.	Poly.	Poly.	Poly.	Poly.	Poly.	Poly.	Poly.	Poly.
Tension, GN		12.4	10.6	16.4	15.8	17.3	22.7	22.0	20.7	20.0	14.4	14.2	17.6	15.5	14.8
% Strength		52%	44%	68%	66%	72%	94%	92%	86%	83%	60%	58%	73%	64%	62%
		Vessel Shift: 2.5 m forward, 4.54 m out, 0.3 to port
Case 8 - 14 Polypropylene Mooring Lines with 4 Polypropylene Auxiliary Lines

 

Case 1 : Case 2 : Case 3 : Case 4 : Case 5 : Case 6 : Case 7 : Case 8 : Case 9 : Case 10

Bow Lines

Fwd. Breast Lines

Auxiliary Lines

Aft Breast Lines

Stern Lines

Connection

1-A

2-A

3-C

4-C

5-C

6-H

7-H

8-H

9-J

10-J

Mooring Line

wire

wire

wire

wire

wire

wire

wire

wire

wire

wire

Tension, GN

24.8

25.2

20.0

19.6

20.9

20.9

20.7

25.9

25.0

23.4

% Strength

47%

47%

38%

37%

40%

40%

39%

49%

47%

44%

Vessel Shift: 0.21 m forward, 0.52 m out, 0.0 to port

Case 9 - 14 Wire Mooring Lines with Bow and Stern Lines Repositioned

 

Case 1 : Case 2 : Case 3 : Case 4 : Case 5 : Case 6 : Case 7 : Case 8 : Case 9 : Case 10

Bow Lines

Fwd. Breast Lines

Auxiliary Lines

Aft Breast Lines

Stern Lines

Connection

1-A

2-A

3-C

4-C

5-C

6-H

7-H

8-H

9-J

10-J

Mooring Line

wire

wire

wire

wire

wire

wire

wire

wire

wire

wire

Tension, GN

21.6

19.6

25.0

24.8

26.8

23.4

23.2

28.8

22.5

21.6

% Strength

41%

37%

47%

47%

50%

44%

44%

54%

43%

41%

Vessel Shift: 0.18 m forward, 0.73 m out, 0.0to port

Case 10 - 14 Wire Mooring Lines with Bollards Moved Further Back

 

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