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Hydrostatic Mooring System

Description: This report is a summary of the following topics of the first quarter of 2000: (1) Han Padron Associates (HPA) provided conceptual structural design of the mooring buoy; and (2) they completed partial review of the HPA design and designed the sealing elements.
Date: April 25, 2000
Creator: Jens Korsgaard
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The Hydrostatic Mooring System. Quarterly Report for the Period April-June 2000

Description: The following topics are summarized for the 2nd quarter of 2000: (1) We amended the structural design of the buoy, moving the horizontal bulkhead from the bottom to the top of the buoy. (2) We designed the main bearing using Hilman Rollers. We discarded a parallel design using Lubron slide bearings due to concerns about keeping dirt out of the sliding surfaces. (3) We performed a preliminary failure tree risk analysis for the system as required by ABS. (4) We made various drawings of the system… more
Date: July 15, 2000
Creator: Jens Korsgaard
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