Abstract To account for nonlinear wave–structure interaction, mooring dynamics and the associated viscous flow effects, a coupled mooring–viscous solver was formerly developed validated (Jiang et al. in Mar Struct 72:783, 2020a, Validation of dynamic model with RANS solver). This paper presents an extension to solve interacting articulated multibody offshore system. The presently extended is ve...

The behavior of different mooring line materials has a significant influence on the system and, consequently, dynamic responses floating platform. Although there have been previous studies FPSOs and their systems, failure scenarios associated with received less attention, particularly for turret-moored taut moorings. Thus, this paper investigates in intact, single-line, double-line damaged cond...

The three-dimensional circulation on the continental shelf off northern California in the WEST (Wind Events and Shelf Transport) experiment region during summer 2001 is studied using the primitive equation Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS). The simulations are performed with realistic topography and initial stratification in a limited-area domain with a high-resolution grid. Forcing consist...

An overview is presented of high-resolution temperature (T) observations above underwater topography in the deep, stably stratified ocean. The Eulerian mooring technique is used to monitor T-variations with typically 100 sensors distributed over lines between 40 and 400 m long. The independent sensors sample at a rate of 1 Hz for up to one year with a precision better than 0.1 mK. Under conditi...

Moored current, temperature, and conductivity measurements are used to study the temporal variability of M2 internal tide generation above the Kaena Ridge, between the Hawaiian islands of Oahu and Kauai. The energy conversion from the barotropic to baroclinic tide measured near the ridge crest varies by a factor of 2 over the 6-month mooring deployment (0.5–1.1 W m). The energy flux measured ju...