In this paper, the mooring dynamic loads and the motion responses of a large container ship in irregular waves with steady wind and current is investigated based on the commercial software AQWA. Comparisons between the time-history motion responses of a large container ship and the change of the mooring line tension in three different cases, non-mooring case, V-type mooring case and I-type moor...

The aim of this study was to validate different theoretical performance models using subscale wave tank tests. The device modeled is a heaving point absorber working against a submerged reaction plate. This type of device has been pursued by a number of commercial and is therefore relevant as a benchmark for future efforts on similar devices. A set of model tests were carried out at 1:33 scale ...