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Single Anchor Leg Mooring

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Catenary anchor leg mooring; Catenary mooring; Mooring system; Single point mooring; Taut mooring

Definition

The single anchor leg mooring (SALM) is a specific type of single point mooring (SPM) which is anchored by a tensioned leg to a base on the sea floor. A hose system and a fluid swivel concentric with the anchor leg permit cargo to flow between the moored tanker and an underwater pipeline, while the tanker swings around the mooring (Flory et al. 1972; Luo 2015) (Fig. 1).

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SALM (API RP 2SK)

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  1. College of Shipbuilding Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, China

    Liping Sun

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  1. Hadal Science and Technology Research Center, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China

    Weicheng Cui

  2. School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Civil Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University , Shanghai, China

    Shixiao Fu

  3. School of Marine Science and Technology, Newcastle University , Newcastle, UK

    Zhiqiang Hu

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    Liping Sun

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Sun, L. (2019). Single Anchor Leg Mooring. In: Cui, W., Fu, S., Hu, Z. (eds) Encyclopedia of Ocean Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6963-5_139-1

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