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Mooring Line - OCIMF Design Factor

Mooring-line design load limit per OCIMF MEG4 - 55 % of MBL for steel wire, 50 % for synthetics in normal conditions, 60 % in storm.

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Formula, assumptions, and limits

Lmax=fMBLL_{max} = f \cdot \text{MBL}
SymbolMeaningUnit
MBLMBLMinimum breaking loadkN
ffOCIMF design factor

Source: OCIMF MEG4

In short

Mooring-line design load limit per OCIMF MEG4 - 55 % of MBL for steel wire, 50 % for synthetics in normal conditions, 60 % in storm.

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