... of relevant techniques and line nonlinear characteristics, the dynamic response of catenary mooring line is modelled using the finite element method, which accounts the nonlinearities due to the fluid loading, geometry and bottom boundary condition. These nonlinearities are retained in the solution by using...

... are considered. It is shown that a stability analysis based on the approximate solution of the strongly nonlinear ocean system can serve as an efficient predictor for the nonlinear behavior, thus reducing numerical search efforts for global instability and chaotic response regions. INTRODUCTION...