Mooring Line Damping Estimation for a Floating Wind Turbine

Table 3

Mooring line damping estimation under different excitation amplitude.

Nondimensional tension ()	Nondimensional damping; ()
	Horizontal motion; ()						Vertical motion; ()
	0.01	0.02	0.03	0.04	0.05	0.06	0.003	0.008	0.015	0.025	0.035	0.045
1.5	0.002	0.004	0.008	0.012	0.018	0.025	0.019	0.095	0.266	0.606	1.053	1.618
2.5	0.006	0.016	0.033	0.057	0.086	0.123	0.027	0.153	0.477	1.184	2.144	3.354
3.5	0.014	0.044	0.092	0.158	0.246	0.358	0.035	0.204	0.648	1.632	2.970	4.659
4.5	0.025	0.084	0.177	0.311	0.492	0.736	0.043	0.249	0.796	2.010	3.662	5.729
5.5	0.039	0.135	0.299	0.546	0.905	1.396	0.050	0.296	0.951	2.415	4.434	6.978
6.5	0.057	0.211	0.484	0.891	1.398	1.935	0.062	0.374	1.213	3.109	5.682	8.742
7.5	0.078	0.296	0.656	1.111	1.594	2.080	0.078	0.475	1.553	3.962	7.005	10.221
8.5	0.098	0.360	0.745	1.180	1.629	2.086	0.095	0.588	1.910	4.733	7.998	11.041
9.5	0.111	0.392	0.767	1.177	1.606	2.046	0.112	0.695	2.220	5.285	8.549	11.311
10.5	0.117	0.396	0.752	1.145	1.561	1.992	0.125	0.779	2.435	5.570	8.706	11.228
11.5	0.115	0.382	0.721	1.102	1.510	1.935	0.135	0.832	2.546	5.628	8.587	10.957
12.5	0.108	0.359	0.684	1.054	1.457	1.879	0.139	0.853	2.560	5.520	8.306	10.575