Studlink and Studless Fatigue Curvesfor Mooring Lines - FIRST EDITION

Abstract

Neither API nor any of API’s employees, subcontractors, consultants, or other assignees represent that use of this publication would not infringe upon privately owned rights. Fatigue Life Comparisons Based on API’s 2SK Example... 4 Safety Factors Required for Line Probability of Failure of 10−4 and Fatigue Curves Based on 2.5 % Probability of Failure... It is of interest to consider the way in which fatigue curves are developed and used for chain mooring lines. A slope of −3.0 will be used for both studlink and studless fatigue curves and the intercept, log 10 (a), of fatigue curve for studless chain will be set as 0.5 less than that of the studlink fatigue curve, corresponding to a factor 3.16 on the number of cycles (N). Topics studlink;studlink fatigue curve;fatigue curve;studlink curve;curve.