Experimental investigation on a single point buoy mooring system

Experimental studies on a single point taut moored buoy cable system is carried out in a 2 m-wide regular wave flume for different wave heights and wave periods. Surge and heave accelerations of the buoy are measured using accelerometers kept inside the buoy in the respective directions. Two ring gauges, one at the top and another at the bottom, are used to determine the top and bottom tensions in the cable. The results are processed to plot the variation of acceleration and tension for various wave steepnesses and relative water depths which find applications in the study of the behaviour of mooring systems. © 1991.