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DP Station-Keeping Footprint

DP-operated vessel's station-keeping circle radius under environmental load, per IMCA M103 footprint test.

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Formula, assumptions, and limits

R=gmax(0,FdemandFthrust)R = g \cdot \max(0, F_\text{demand} - F_\text{thrust})
SymbolMeaningUnit
FdemandF_\text{demand}Total environmental forcekN
FthrustF_\text{thrust}Available side thrustkN
ggEmpirical footprint gainm/kN

Source: IMCA M103 - DP footprint tests; IMCA M140 - DP capability

In short

DP-operated vessel's station-keeping circle radius under environmental load, per IMCA M103 footprint test.

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