Experimental study of embedding motion and holding power of drag embedment type anchor on hard and soft seafloor

Abstract

As larger ships and floating offshore structures are, and rougher the marine environment becomes nowadays, a drag embedment type anchor of more stable performance and higher holding power is requested. This paper describes an experimental study of the drag embedding motion and the resultant holding force of three types of drag embedment type anchor model (HALL, AC-14, SEC POOL-N, scale 1/10).

Keywords

• Drag embedment type anchor (DEA)
• Embedding motion
• Holding power
• Embedment depth
• Fluke
• Failure wedge
• Soil heave