Abstract
A ship’s automatic mooring system relies on vacuum suction pads with rubber seals to withstand external loads, such as mooring forces. This paper focused on the design requirements and performance testing of vacuum suction pads to develop a high-performance automatic mooring system and evaluated the performance of vacuum suction pads through real-scale testing. The mooring capacity of the target ship, the training ship HANBADA, was estimated based on the port and fishing port design standards of the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries. Under the most extreme ocean conditions (beafort 6), the estimated longitudinal (surge) and lateral (sway) mooring forces acting on HANBADA were 17.7 and 248 kN, respectively. In the real-scale performance test, stable suction was achieved under both dry and water spraying conditions, with the suction force ranging from 180 to 200 kN, under sway conditions. The vacuum ratio remained satisfactory, indicating stable suction. However, under surge conditions, the vacuum ratio decreased slightly to 0.99. Furthermore, the rubber seals returned to their initial shape after load removal, demonstrating their effectiveness in the automatic mooring system. This study provides valuable insights into the design requirements and performance testing of vacuum suction pads, establishing their suitability for developing high-performance automatic mooring systems.
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