Mooring tail base design certificate

This form demonstrates that the product has been manufactured, tested and documented following the guidelines in
appendix B of the Mooring Equipment Guidelines, Fourth Edition. The base design performance indicators should be reviewed
with reference to Guidance on performance indicator interpretation table below.
Certification does not indicate approval or certification by OCIMF.

General information

Issue date: Expiry date:

Line manufacturer: Independent inspection agency:
Line design designation: Material type and grade:
Line construction: Jacketed? Yes No
Design range: Rotating? Yes No

Base design performance indicators

Performance Indicators Smallest Diameter Largest Diameter
Diameter Design: Measured: Design: Measured:
Tail Design Break Force (TDBF)
Tail Linear Density (TLD)
Load Bearing Linear Density (LBLD)
Tail Tenacity (TT)
Splice type
Maximum Line Tenacity (MLT)
Dynamic Stiffness Sheltered (Ksh): Tension-tension CTF 50%:
(Ksh, Kex) Exposed (Kex): endurance (CTF) CTF 20%:
% TDBF: 10 % TDBF: 20 % TDBF: 30 % TDBF: 40 % TDBF: 50
Average Immediate Strain* (e)

Name and address of manufacturing facility:

Independent inspector: Completion date:

Address of independent inspector:

Base design sample testing information

Name and address of test facility:

Independent inspector: Completion date:

Address of independent inspector:

Base design sample and product documentation reviewed

Independent inspector: Date of review:

Prototype manufacturing report: Manufacturer’s discard and inspection criteria:
Prototype ITP: Splicing instructions:
Prototype test report: Procedures for testing and inspection of retired mooring tails:
Design specification: Determination of performance indicators:

Equivalent documents from other type approval programmes (list)

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Guidance on performance indicator interpretation for mooring tails

Name Indicator Unit of Description Guidance to the Line Selector

Measurement
Tail Design TDBF t The tensile force that Tested NSBF values are normally greater
Break Force can be sustained by a than the TDBF and the TDBF is normally
kN
product sample without between 125% and 130% of the ship
New Straight NSBF
lb rupture when tested design MBL. A greater TDBF or NSBF
Break Force
with terminations and in for a given diameter or LBLD does not
laboratory conditions. necessarily indicate a superior product.
TDBF is a rating assigned by For tail designs of the same material
the manufacturer, NSBF is and size, NSBF should be compared
the result of an individual using both TT and TDBF but need not
test. be identical. The force at which a tail
breaks in service may be lower than the
TDBF, due to the influence of geometry
(D/d), temperature, loading rates and
amplitudes and internal and external
wear over time.
Tail Linear TLD kg/m The linear mass of the tail A higher LBLD results in reduced material
Density (TLD) or the load bearing stress for a fixed TDBF. Linear Density
lb/ft
structure (LBLD) measured includes the mass of any coatings applied
Load Bearing LBLD
at reference tension. directly to the load bearing structure as
Linear Density
well as the linear mass of the material
itself. LBLD is only comparable when
the load bearing material is of the same
type. For jacketed lines, TLD is greater
than LBLD and includes material mass
of jackets which is non-load bearing. A
higher LBLD may also cause the tail to
become stiffer.
Tail Tenacity TT t/kg/m Load bearing material TT represents material stress at the
stress at break. TDBF. For a given line size and material
lb/lb/ft
type, a line of lower TT offers increased
resistance to the majority of fatigue
and wear modes. TT of lines of different
materials should not be compared. The
maximum tenacity is defined as the
tenacity of the smallest size in the design
range. 

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 Name Indicator Unit of Description Guidance to the Line Selector
Measurement
Sheltered Ksh x TDBF The resistance of the tail Ksh and Kex indicate the effective stiffness
Stiffness to elongation when cycled of a tail in motion driven environments.
Exposed Kex in the stated load ranges, The stated values correspond to the
Stiffness around the stated mean tested mean loads and load ranges
load and at the stated only. The effective stiffness of a tail is
frequency. influenced by mean load, load range
and load rate as well as tail length,
construction and fabrication. Grommet
tails have two times the stiffness of a
single leg tail of the same diameter.
The effect of reduced stiffness is to
decrease peak loads induced by motion
driven environments. However, reduced
stiffness may also cause greater ship
offsets for force based environmental
loads (e.g. wind/current loads). It is
recommended that values of tail stiffness
are used in mooring analysis which
correspond with known environmental
conditions. Both Ksh/Kex and immediate
strain (e) values should be closely
matched when tails are replaced.
Tension-tension CTF Cycles to failure The number of cycles that A higher CTF indicates a higher resistance
Endurance – would cause a tail to fail to tension-tension fatigue. The CTF
Cycles to Failure when cycled continuously values should be used for comparative
between reference tension and selection purposes. Laboratory
and the stated loads tests do not fully reflect the compound
(%TDBF) in new (eye and nature of tension-tension fatigue, or
eye) configuration and the risks to reliability posed by other
when tested in laboratory hazards (e.g. mechanical damage). The
conditions. interpolation or extrapolation of tail CTF
values to determine a discard point is not
recommended.
Average e % elongation The percentage elongation Elongation is affected by material
Immediate at stated % of of the mooring line when content, material type, tail structure and
Strain TDBF exposed to a stated fabrication. Grommet tails will elongate
percentage of TDBF. approximately 50% less than an eye and
eye tail of the same size when exposed
to the same load. Both immediate strain
and static/dynamic stiffness should be
incorporated into mooring analysis and
closely matched when tails are replaced.

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