EP3137372B1 - Fluked burying devices - Google Patents

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EP3137372B1
EP3137372B1 EP15717953.2A EP15717953A EP3137372B1 EP 3137372 B1 EP3137372 B1 EP 3137372B1 EP 15717953 A EP15717953 A EP 15717953A EP 3137372 B1 EP3137372 B1 EP 3137372B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B21/00—Tying-up; Shifting, towing, or pushing equipment; Anchoring
    • B63B21/24—Anchors
    • B63B21/30—Anchors rigid when in use
    • B63B21/34—Anchors rigid when in use with two or more flukes
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B21/00—Tying-up; Shifting, towing, or pushing equipment; Anchoring
    • B63B21/20—Adaptations of chains, ropes, hawsers, or the like, or of parts thereof
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B21/00—Tying-up; Shifting, towing, or pushing equipment; Anchoring
    • B63B21/24—Anchors
    • B63B21/26—Anchors securing to bed
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B21/00—Tying-up; Shifting, towing, or pushing equipment; Anchoring
    • B63B21/24—Anchors
    • B63B21/26—Anchors securing to bed
    • B63B2021/262—Anchors securing to bed by drag embedment

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  • the present invention relates to cable-mounted fluked burying devices for increasing both the penetration and holding capacity of a drag embedment marine anchor and cable system.
  • fluked burying devices are disclosed in US Patent No. 3,685,479 which shows a first fluked burying device for mounting on a wire hawser and a second fluked burying device for mounting in a chain cable to form an integral link thereof.
  • the fluked burying devices interact with seabed soil to impress axial forces in the cable which increase holding capacity directly.
  • the devices also increase holding capacity indirectly by impressing transverse forces in the cable which counteract penetration resistance thereof to promote deeper penetration of the anchor with consequent increase in capacity.
  • Disadvantages of the first fluked burying device include slippage of clamping means attaching the device to the wire hawser and both handling and operational damage arising from localised bending of the wire hawser due to lack of articulation at both forward and aft ends of the device.
  • Disadvantages of the second fluked burying device include: a requirement for structural adaptation to carry high transmitted loads in the anchor cable which are considerably in excess of those contributed by the device; a requirement for costly connecting shackles to provide an adequate degree of articulation while carrying high transmitted loads; and a Classification Society requirement for the application of a high proof load to the device and to the shackles, on completion of manufacturing, equal to that required for the associated chain cable.
  • the last-mentioned Classification Society requirement applies to all devices which are integral with the chain and through which chain tension is transmitted.
  • a fluked burying device is defined by the features of claim 1.
  • said defined attitude comprises alternate links of said chain cable being maintained in a plane at right angles to said plane of symmetry.
  • said first contact points transfer axial load to corresponding points on a first link of said chain cable and said second contact points transfer transverse load to corresponding points on a second link of said chain cable.
  • said second contact points are positioned such as to constrain induction of bending stresses in said link of said chain cable during operation of said fluked burying device to be similar to that which occurs in a wildcat of a windlass for tensioning said chain cable.
  • said second contact points are positioned on said body member at two locations to bear on two of said links spaced apart such as to oppose turning moment induced in said fluked burying device during interaction with a seabed soil while penetrating therein with said chain cable taut.
  • said two positions of said second contact points are spaced apart by not less than 12 times bar diameter of said links and, preferably, not less than 20 times said bar diameter.
  • said second contact points are positioned such that said corresponding load transfer points on a link lying in a plane at right angles to said plane of symmetry are spaced from said plane of symmetry by a distance in the range of 0.8 to 1.0 times the nominal diameter of said link.
  • said second contact points are positioned such that said corresponding load transfer points on a link lying in a plane at right angles to said plane of symmetry are separated from a central point of a crown section, lying in said plane of symmetry, of said link by a distance in the range of 0.4 to 0.6 times the nominal diameter of said link measured in a direction parallel to said axis of said chain cable.
  • said attachment means comprises a pocket in said body member arranged of accommodate a link of said chain cable.
  • said pocket constrains said link of said chain cable to lie in a plane at right angles to said plane of symmetry.
  • said first contact points are located adjacent said fluke member whereby tensile loading impressed in said chain cable by said fluked burying device substantially bypasses the portion of said body member lying forward of said first contact points.
  • said elongate members are plate-like.
  • said pocket comprises an elongate slot perforating each of said plate-like elongate members to accommodate said link.
  • said elongate members are spaced apart by a distance between 1.06 and 1.1 times the nominal diameter of said link.
  • said body member has a width less than that of a link of said chain cable, measured transverse to said chain cable.
  • said elongate members each have a width less than a bar diameter of a link of said chain cable and, further preferably, less than 0.5 times said bar diameter, measured transverse to said chain cable.
  • said elongate members are splayed apart at an extremity such that a link of said chain cable emergent from said extremity can swing freely sideways from said plane of symmetry through an angle of up to 20°, with 12° further preferred.
  • said emergent link can swing in said plane of symmetry through an angle of up to 90° from said longitudinal axis.
  • said fluked burying device including said second contact points at two spaced locations also includes a roll stabilizer.
  • a fluked burying device terminating said chain cable includes a yaw stabilizer.
  • said fluked burying device is arranged such that a straight line containing a centre point of a forward crown section, lying in said plane of symmetry, of a link in a foremost pocket in said body member and a point of projection onto said plane of symmetry of a foremost point of said fluke member is inclined to said longitudinal axis at an angle in the range of 25° to 35°, with 30° further preferred.
  • a fluked burying device 1 is formed in two parts 2, 3 comprising a port half 2 and a starboard half 3 , arranged for opposed attachment to each other about and in parallel with chain cable 4.
  • Fluked burying device 1 is symmetrical about a plane of symmetry 5 ( Figs. 4 and 5 ) which contains axis 6 of chain cable 4 which extends internally within shank 7 thereof.
  • Plane of symmetry 5 is vertically orientated when fluked burying device 1 is buried in seabed soil 38 of seabed 39 ( Fig.8 ).
  • Port and starboard halves 2, 3 include shank 7 and fluke 8.
  • Shank 7 comprises forward shank 7A, extending forward of fluke 8, and aft shank 7B, extending aft of fluke 8.
  • Shank 7 and fluke 8 are formed respectively by plates 9 and 10 joined together at junction 11.
  • Plate 9 of shank 7 has three slots 12A, 12B, and 12C ( Figs. 1, 2 and 4 ) formed therein to function as pockets for accommodating links 17A, 17B, and 17C respectively of chain cable 4.
  • Links 16 are held in plane of symmetry 5 whereas links 17 are held at right angles thereto.
  • Slots 12A, 12B, and 12C are axially aligned in a plane 13 ( Fig. 4 ) disposed at right angles to plane of symmetry 5.
  • Longitudinal axis 14 of fluked burying device 1 is defined by the intersection of plane of symmetry 5 with plane 13 ( Figs. 3 and 4 ).
  • slots 12A, 12B, and 12C hold axis 6 substantially coincident with axis 14.
  • Port and starboard halves 2, 3 of fluked burying device 1 are assembled with plates 9 in parallel with plane of symmetry 5 and with corresponding slots 12A, 12B, and 12C registering with each other.
  • Halves 2 and 3 and are fastened together sideways about chain cable 4 by means of bolts 15 passing through plates 9 and spacers 15A which serve to maintain sufficient clearance for links 16 ( Fig. 5 ) of chain cable 4 lying in plane of symmetry 5 to avoid clamping of links 16 by plates 9.
  • spacers 15A space plates 9 apart by a distance in the range of 1.05 to 1.1 times the nominal diameter D ( Fig. 4 ) of chain cable 4.
  • Slots 12A, 12B, and 12C provide a loose fit about corresponding links 17A, 17B, and 17C to provide sufficient clearance in a direction parallel to axis 14 ( Fig. 4 ) to allow chain cable 4 to stretch under extreme loading without being restrained by slots 12A, 12B, and 12C.
  • Plate 9 has lower extension 9A and upper extension 9B, at junction 11, provided to support fluke 8.
  • Tapered plate ribs 18 are welded to plates 9 and 10 to increase the bending resistance of fluke 8.
  • Plate rib extensions 18A bearing against each other at plane of symmetry 5 take compressive loading between halves 2 and 3 of fluked burying device 1 ( Figs. 2 and 3 ).
  • Distance E ( Fig. 4 ) separating forward end 12D of slot 12C from aft end 12E of slot 12B is chosen to provide minimal clearance between forward end 12D and link 17C and minimal clearance between aft end 12E and link 17B.
  • Forward end 12D of slot 12C bearing on link 17C constitutes aft stop point 19A which prevents fluked burying device 1 from being pushed aft on chain cable 4 when fluke 8 is subjected to soil loading during forwards embedment of fluked burying device 1.
  • Aft end 12E of slot 12B bearing on link 17B constitutes forward stop point 19B to arrest fluked burying device 1 from being pushed forward on chain cable 4 when fluke 8 is subjected to soil loading during rearwards recovery of fluked burying device 1.
  • stop points 19A and 19B act together to locate fluked burying device 1 in a fixed position axially on chain cable 4 while the beforementioned allowance for stretching ensures that axial loading can be transferred only via stop points 19A or 19B irrespective of the magnitude of tension in chain cable 4.
  • Transverse reaction bearing forces between shank 7 and links 17A and 17C of taut chain cable 4 acting through bearing contact points A at the forward ends of slots 12A and bearing contact points B at the aft ends of slots 12C provide a resisting moment to counteract a moment arising from loading of fluke 8 which tends to rotate fluked burying device 1 in plane of symmetry 5 relative to forward and aft portions of axis 6 of chain cable 4 external to fluked burying device 1.
  • Bearing contact points A and B are separated by a moment arm distance L ( Fig. 4 ) approximately equal to 20 times the nominal bar diameter D ( Figs.
  • Plate 10 of fluke 8 is inclined to plate 9 of shank 7 at an angle ⁇ ( Fig. 5 ) in the range 90° to 115°, with 95° preferred.
  • Junction 11 between plate 10 of fluke 8 and plate 9 of shank 7 is inclined to axis 14 at angle ⁇ ( Fig. 4 ) which is in the range of 35° to 60°, with 50° preferred.
  • Leading edge 21 of fluke 8 is inclined to junction 11 at an angle ⁇ ( Fig. 1 ) in the range 45° to 75°, with 60° preferred.
  • a straight line 22 ( Fig.
  • junction 11 is approximately 17 times diameter D .
  • the length of trailing edge 27 of fluke 8 is approximately 13 times diameter D .
  • diameter D equals 50mm
  • the fluke area of fluked burying device 1 projected on a plane (not shown), containing junction 11 and at right angles to plane of symmetry 5 is approximately 0.9 square metre.
  • Forward extremity 28 of plates 9 of forward shank 7A and rearward extremity 29 of plates 9 of aft shank 7B each have a radius R ( Fig. 4 ) made equal to 1.5 times diameter D .
  • R Fig. 4
  • rearward emergent link 16B Figs.
  • link 17C which is restrained in slot 12C , but through only about 150° in plane of symmetry 5 due to chain cable 4 being restrained by making contact with fluke 8, while link 17E remains able to pivot simultaneously on link 16B through some 180° in a plane transverse to plane of symmetry 5 .
  • Transverse loading contact points A and B ( Figs. 3 and 3A ) between plates 9 of shank 7 and links 17A and 17C are located at positions which normally occur when such chain links are loaded in a wildcat (also known as a cable-lifter or gypsy) of a windlass. These load transfer points are known from Figure 14 in published paper number 3813 of the Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, May, 1980, by A. Berg and A.
  • Taraldsen of Det Norske Veritas , which indicates that a central point of a load transfer area on a link lies at a distance of approximately 0.9D from a transverse plane containing the central axis of the chain link and separated by a distance of approximately 0.5D from the centre of a crown section of the link measured in a direction parallel to the central axis of the link.
  • contact points A and B in shank 7 are arranged to be spaced by distance X ( Fig. 3A ) from plane of symmetry 5 and located such as to be separated from central point 23 of crown section 24 of link 17A or link 17C, respectively, by distance Y measured in a direction parallel to axis 6 of chain cable 4.
  • Distance X is in the range 0.8D to 1.0D and distance Y is in the range 0.4D to 0.6D so that links 17A and 17C are loaded as if in a wildcat.
  • Forward extremity 28 and rearward extremity 29 of plates 9 are splayed apart from lines A1 and B1 just aft and forward of points A and B respectively ( Figs. 4 and 5 ) through a bend angle ⁇ ( Fig.3 ) of 20° to allow links 16A and 16B to pivot through angle ⁇ out of plane of symmetry 5 before being arrested by the splayed extremities 28 and 29 .
  • This allows azimuthal veering of chain cable 4 to be accommodated without bending link 16A or link 16B . Since spacing 1.1D between plates 9 is less than width 1.5D of a wildcat groove, the above-noted spacing of bearing points A and B from plane of symmetry 5 is maintained despite extremities 28 and 29 being splayed apart.
  • the penetration resistance of chain cable 4 moving in direction P ( Figs. 6A and 8 ), inclined at angle ⁇ to axis 6 , in seabed soil 38 , is proportional to area AP of unit length of chain cable 4 viewed obliquely in direction P , where AP is gross area, neglecting internal apertures in chain cable 4 through which, in practice, soil is unable to flow.
  • the width W ( Fig. 6A ) of a unit length of rectangular strip footing of area equal to AP is the effective footing width of chain cable 4 moving in direction P .
  • W is a measure of the penetration resistance of chain cable 4 in seabed soil 38.
  • shank 7 is restricted to being not greater than width WL, which is equal to 3.35D for studless chain, so that shank 7 does not add to the penetration resistance of chain cable 4 at the critical stage of penetrating into a firm seabed surface 40 when ⁇ is small. Further, adoption of a lesser width for shank 7 in the range of 1.9D to 2.2D is preferred when ⁇ increases as high as 30°, which is known to occur when a series of several fluked burying devices 1 penetrate deeply to depth Z ( Fig. 8 ) below seabed surface 40.
  • Plates 9 and 10 are of thickness t9 ( Figs. 6 ) and t10 ( Fig. 5 ) respectively and may be of equal thickness for economy of fabrication. Thickness t9 of plates 9 is chosen to be less than diameter D so that width WS of shank 7 is less than 3.35D. Preferably, thickness t9 is chosen to be not more than 0.6D, and preferably less than 0.5D, to minimise the penetration resistance added by shank 7 to chain cable 4 at higher angles of inclination to axis 6 of the penetration direction P of chain cable 4.
  • terminal fluked burying device 1A is a modification of fluked burying device 1 better suited for use as a terminal device at the end of chain cable 4.
  • Shank 7 of terminal fluked burying device 1A is made hook-shaped in side view and lengthened to accommodate five links 17 of chain cable 4 in five slots 12.
  • Fluke 8 is enlarged and offset from plane 13 and axis 14 such that furthest aft point 30 of junction 11 lies on or below plane 13.
  • Shank 7 of fluked burying device 1A is splayed apart adjacent forward extremity 28A in the same manner as for fluked burying device 1.
  • links 16A and 17A are supported and loaded in the same manner as for fluked burying device 1.
  • Ultimate link 34 may also serve as a lug for attachment of a pendant line to facilitate installation.
  • Plates 9 of shank 7 are extended to tip 20 of fluke 8 by way of tapered stiffeners 36 and 37 to enable terminal fluked burying device 1A to withstand high concentrated loading applied at tip 20.
  • terminal fluked burying device 1A is, in essence, a marine drag embedment anchor constructed in two halves for assembly sideways onto chain cable 4 with chain cable 4 therein acting as a parallel load-bearing element and providing sufficient articulation to eliminate both a need for a conventional heavy and expensive shackle and the high penetration resistance penalty associated with such a shackle.
  • Fluked burying devices 1 and 1A may be fitted with roll stabilizers 42 and yaw stabilizers 43 respectively ( Figs. 9 and 10 ).
  • Roll stabilizers 42 ( Fig. 9 ) comprise rectangular plates 43 attached one at each side of fluked burying device 1 to edge 44 of fluke plate 10 at a position approximately midway along the length of edge 44 with edge 45 of plate 43 being aligned with edge 44 .
  • Plates 43 lie in plane 46 which is disposed at right angles to plane of symmetry 5 ( Figs. 3 and 5 ) and which is inclined at an angle ⁇ to axis 14 of fluked burying device 1 .
  • Plane 46 intersects plane of symmetry 5 in line 46A .
  • Angle ⁇ is subtended by line 46A and axis 14 and is in the range of 0° to 40°, with 20° preferred.
  • the area of plate 43 is in the range of 8 to 12 per cent of the area of each plate 10 with 10 per cent preferred. Soil incident on plate 43 produces a force parallel to plane of symmetry 5 which gives rise to a roll moment about axis 6 of chain cable 4. Any rolling action of fluked burying device 1 causes one of plates 43 to bury deeper in soil 38 than the other and so gives rise to a net imbalance in roll moments about axis 6 acting in opposition to the rolling action, thus providing a roll stabilizing effect.
  • Fluked burying device 1 need be stabilized only in roll since tension in chain cable 4 resists yaw misalignment, between axis 14 of fluked burying device 1 and those portions of axis 6 of chain cable 4 adjacent and external to fluked burying device 1, by giving rise to a large countervailing moment.
  • Yaw stabilizers 46 ( Fig. 10 ) comprise substantially triangular plates 47 attached one at each side of terminal fluked burying device 1A.
  • a forward apex 47A of triangular plate 47 is attached to edge 48 of fluke plate 10 at a position approximately midway along the length of edge 48.
  • Upper edge 49 of triangular plate 47 lies in plane 50 containing fluke plate 10 which is extended locally to support triangular plate 47 .
  • Triangular plate 47 is located in plane 51 which is inclined at angle ⁇ to plane of symmetry 5 ( Figs. 3 and 5 ) such that the intersection (not shown) between plane 51 and plane of symmetry 5 is at right angles to axis 14 of terminal fluked burying device 1A.
  • angle ⁇ Fig.
  • fluked burying devices 1 may be used in conjunction with terminal fluked burying device 1A ( Fig. 8 ) to enable the full load carrying capability of any size of chain cable to be exploited fully.
  • Each fluked burying device 1 effectively cancels adjacent penetration resistance of chain cable 4 in seabed soil 38 to allow terminal fluked burying device 1A to achieve penetration depth Z below seabed surface 40 sufficient for the load contributions of each device, in aggregate, to match the breaking load of chain cable 4.
  • seabeds 39 having penetrable soils 38 of limited vertical extent overlying impenetrable rock layer 41 ( Fig. 8A )
  • an extended series of fluked burying devices 1 may be deployed and installed against layer 41 , again with the load contributions from each device, in aggregate, being able to match the breaking load of chain cable 4.
  • Terminal fluked burial device 1A may also be used in place of fluked burying device 1 to exploit the advantage of having a fluke offset from axis 6 of chain cable 4.
  • a series of fluked burying devices 1A may, for example, be used on a hard sea bed surface 40 where offset flukes 8 are able to penetrate almost fully before underside 41 ( Fig. 7 ) of shank 7 bears on surface 40 of seabed 39 to resist or even arrest further embedment.
  • plates 9 of shank 7 may be provided with a different number of slots 12 than shown in the accompanying drawings.
  • additional elongated split spacers (not shown) between plates 9 may be provided along the periphery of shank 7 to enable external welding along the split line to be performed, after assembly of fluked burying device 1 onto chain cable 4, if so desired for long term service.
  • fluked burying devices 1 and 1A are each constructed in two halves for final assembly on chain cable 4, the number deployed and the spacing between devices can be selected to suit soil conditions and user preferences.
  • the devices are readily and cheaply transportable in gauge in standard shipping containers while disassembled.
  • Incorporating chain cable 4 within fluked burial devices 1 and 1A and the splaying of plates 9 of shank 7 to provide an adequate degree of articulation eliminates need for expensive shackles.
  • the use of chain cable 4 as a major load-bearing element within devices 1 and 1A allows a significant reduction in stresses to be achieved which results in reduced structural cost.
  • the ability to distribute loading along a length of chain cable 4 by using a multiplicity of fluked burying devices 1 in conjunction with a terminal fluked burying device 1A allows high holding capacity to be obtained from seabeds having shallow or deep sediment conditions in a manner and at a low cost hitherto unobtainable.

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