TY - GEN
T1 - DEVELOPMENT OF A TEST MACHINE AND WEAR TEST TO REPRODUCE THE WEAR CAUSED BY THE MOORING CHAIN CONNECTION OF FLOATING WIND TURBINES SLIDING IN WATER DUE TO THE MOVEMENT OF THE FLOATING BODY
AU - Gotoh, Koji
AU - Murakami, Koji
AU - Utsunomiya, Tomoaki
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - In order to ensure the safety of floating offshore wind turbines, it is essential to establish a method for assessing the amount of wear on the mooring chain. This allows maintenance costs to be considered at the planning stage of the installation. In this study, an experimental system was constructed to reproduce the wear behavior of a mooring chain with dimensions similar to those of the in-service machine, when it is completely submerged in water. The wear behavior was investigated under several tension conditions, and it was confirmed that the wear behavior in a fully submerged environment was different from that in air or in liquid drops. In addition, a discussion on the mechanism of the wear progression stages of mooring chains was presented.
AB - In order to ensure the safety of floating offshore wind turbines, it is essential to establish a method for assessing the amount of wear on the mooring chain. This allows maintenance costs to be considered at the planning stage of the installation. In this study, an experimental system was constructed to reproduce the wear behavior of a mooring chain with dimensions similar to those of the in-service machine, when it is completely submerged in water. The wear behavior was investigated under several tension conditions, and it was confirmed that the wear behavior in a fully submerged environment was different from that in air or in liquid drops. In addition, a discussion on the mechanism of the wear progression stages of mooring chains was presented.
KW - Wear behavior of mooring chain
KW - Wear test machine
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U2 - 10.1115/OMAE2024-124126
DO - 10.1115/OMAE2024-124126
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85209926223
T3 - Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE
BT - Materials Technology; Subsea Technology
PB - American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
T2 - ASME 2024 43rd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, OMAE 2024
Y2 - 9 June 2024 through 14 June 2024
ER -