ABSTRACT
This study intends to analyze the lower support of the mooring of a floating dock “Kumba Ndoffen Juuf” built at 1979, with a lifting capacity of 28000 t which is operating on the west coast of Africa in Dakar, Senegal – Dakarnave Shipyard. The floating dock is operated for ship repair since late 90’s and ship repair activity is very intensive by performing several docking and undockings per month. This intensity of activity and at the same time the advance age of the floating dock is resulting in some local damages. The study intends to understand the behaviour of the structure, considering the static forces, calculated by the builder, mentioned in the structural mooring arrangement. Finite elements software is used to simulate several static load conditions and others structural solutions are developed and simulated. Hydrodynamic effects were not considered in this study as well as cyclic forces of other nature.
