Research on Wear Damage of Anchor Chain under Different Load Modes

Abstract

In the marine environment, mooring anchor chains bear complex loads such as axial tension and out of plane bending. These loads cause wear and corrosion damage to the anchor chain, reducing its fatigue strength, and even leading to fatigue fracture. The inspection load applied to the anchor chain before leaving the factory will generate residual stress, which will affect the stress characteristics and fatigue life of the anchor chain during service. This article aims to obtain the residual stress generated by the test load on the anchor chain through numerical simulation, and explore the impact of the test load residual stress on the stress characteristics and wear performance of the anchor chain; Analyze the stress and contact characteristics of anchor chains under different bending angles and wear depths, and obtain the locations where fatigue damage is prone to occur in the later stage of anchor chain wear.