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Early-Stage Evaluation of the Consequences of Accidental Line Break in Shared Mooring Systems

Abstract

Floating wind is developing rapidly, and shared mooring systems are one possible solution to reduce costs by reducing the number of mooring lines and anchors per wind turbine. Most research on shared systems is focused on intact configurations, with limited focus on degraded states such as accidental line breaks. The interconnected nature of shared systems makes early assessment of accidental line break essential, and this work presents an efficient low‑fidelity method for early‑stage evaluation of the consequences of accidental line breaks in shared mooring systems. The method supports comparative assessment of different mooring systems, power‑cable layouts, and power production strategies in damaged states, based on static analyses and reliability analyses.

Category

Conference lecture

Language

English

Author(s)

Affiliation

  • SINTEF Ocean / Energi og transport
  • SINTEF Ocean / Skip og havkonstruksjoner
  • Norwegian University of Science and Technology
  • Equinor

Presented at

EERA DeepWind Conference 2026

Place

Trondheim

Date

14.01.2026 - 16.01.2026

Organizer

EERA

Date

14.01.2026

Year

2026

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