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Evaluation of 1/100th Scale Mooring Systems for Wave Energy Converters

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This study evaluates the feasibility, accuracy, and limitations of using 1/100th scale physical mooring systems to represent full-scale mooring behavior for wave energy converters (WECs) during small-scale tank testing. The work focuses on an RM3-style point absorber deployed in conditions representative of the PacWave South test site and examines whether small-scale physical testing can reliably inform numerical modeling, design decisions, and future prototype development.

Testing occurred in the National Lab of the Rockies' 13,000 gal wave tank. The data channels captured were: Wave height, mooring line tension, 6DOF orientation and position of two WEC bodies. The tests conducted were: three wave cases, free decay, forced displacement, tank characterization, and mooring line spring constant characterization

For more information on the project and the dataset please see the "Dataset Description" resource below.

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Description of the attached data set as well as information about the conducted testing. Includes an introduction, test cases, and a data directory/file structure.

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Main dataset for the evaluation of 1/100th scale mooring systems for WEC. For more information on this dataset see the "Metadata" and "Data Description" resource.

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Testing log and channel lists referenced in the Dataset Description.

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TY  - DATA
AB  - This study evaluates the feasibility, accuracy, and limitations of using 1/100th scale physical mooring systems to represent full-scale mooring behavior for wave energy converters (WECs) during small-scale tank testing. The work focuses on an RM3-style point absorber deployed in conditions representative of the PacWave South test site and examines whether small-scale physical testing can reliably inform numerical modeling, design decisions, and future prototype development.

Testing occurred in the National Lab of the Rockies' 13,000 gal wave tank. The data channels captured were: Wave height, mooring line tension, 6DOF orientation and position of two WEC bodies. The tests conducted were: three wave cases, free decay, forced displacement, tank characterization, and mooring line spring constant characterization

For more information on the project and the dataset please see the "Dataset Description" resource below.
AU  - Candon, Charles
A2  - Chamot, Stephen
A3  - Hall, Matthew
A4  - Fao, Rebecca
A5  - Tran, Thanh Toan
DB  - Marine and Hydrokinetic Data Repository
DP  - Open EI | National Laboratory of the Rockies
DO  - 
KW  - Marine
KW  - WEC
KW  - Wave Tank
KW  - Mooring
KW  - RM3
KW  - Wave Energy
KW  - Scaled Testing
KW  - system
KW  - behavior
KW  - small-scale tank test
KW  - PacWave South
KW  - NLR
KW  - data
KW  - dataset
KW  - raw data
KW  - processed data
KW  - load cell
KW  - wave gauge
LA  - English
DA  - 2024/10/18
PY  - 2024
PB  - National Laboratory of the Rockies
T1  - Evaluation of 1/100th Scale Mooring Systems for Wave Energy Converters
UR  - https://mhkdr.openei.org/submissions/677
ER  -

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Candon, Charles, et al. Evaluation of 1/100th Scale Mooring Systems for Wave Energy Converters. National Laboratory of the Rockies, 18 October, 2024, Marine and Hydrokinetic Data Repository. https://mhkdr.openei.org/submissions/677.

Candon, C., Chamot, S., Hall, M., Fao, R., & Tran, T. (2024). Evaluation of 1/100th Scale Mooring Systems for Wave Energy Converters. [Data set]. Marine and Hydrokinetic Data Repository. National Laboratory of the Rockies. https://mhkdr.openei.org/submissions/677

Candon, Charles, Stephen Chamot, Matthew Hall, Rebecca Fao, and Thanh Toan Tran. Evaluation of 1/100th Scale Mooring Systems for Wave Energy Converters. National Laboratory of the Rockies, October, 18, 2024.  Distributed by Marine and Hydrokinetic Data Repository. https://mhkdr.openei.org/submissions/677

@misc{MHKDR_Dataset_677,
title = {Evaluation of 1/100th Scale Mooring Systems for Wave Energy Converters},
author = {Candon, Charles and Chamot, Stephen and Hall, Matthew and Fao, Rebecca and Tran, Thanh Toan},
abstractNote = {This study evaluates the feasibility, accuracy, and limitations of using 1/100th scale physical mooring systems to represent full-scale mooring behavior for wave energy converters (WECs) during small-scale tank testing. The work focuses on an RM3-style point absorber deployed in conditions representative of the PacWave South test site and examines whether small-scale physical testing can reliably inform numerical modeling, design decisions, and future prototype development.



Testing occurred in the National Lab of the Rockies' 13,000 gal wave tank. The data channels captured were: Wave height, mooring line tension, 6DOF orientation and position of two WEC bodies. The tests conducted were: three wave cases, free decay, forced displacement, tank characterization, and mooring line spring constant characterization



For more information on the project and the dataset please see the "Dataset Description" resource below.},
url = {https://mhkdr.openei.org/submissions/677},
year = {2024},
howpublished = {Marine and Hydrokinetic Data Repository, National Laboratory of the Rockies, https://mhkdr.openei.org/submissions/677},
note = {Accessed: 2026-05-02}
}

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