DNV weighs in with anchor design tool
Norwegian classification society and risk management specialist Det Norske
Veritas (DNV) has launched specialised graphical software for the design of
fluke anchors, used to moor semi-submersible drilling rigs and other vessels.
DNV said its Digin visual design package was intended to help engineers
predict the behaviour of fluke anchors on different kinds of seabeds.
The company said the devastating effects of hurricanes Katrina and Rita in the
US Gulf of Mexico in 2005, when many drilling units and production units
dragged or broke free of their anchors, had intensified the focus on the
reliability of marine mooring systems.
In the highly developed North Sea, anchor drag is a particular risk on a
seabed “congested” with scores of pipelines and other subsea structures, DNV
said in a statement.
Digin is an enhanced version of a package DNV developed for internal use to
model the use of fluke anchors in clay. The software allows a database of
anchor designs to be tested under a variety of seabed and deployment
scenarios.
06 May 2008 06:17 GMT
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06 May 2008 06:17 GMT
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