TY - JOUR N2 - Numerical simulation is an economical and effective method in the field of marine engineering. The dynamics of mooring cables has been analysed by a numerical simulation code that was created on a basis of a new element frame. This paper aims at verifying the accuracy of the numerical simulation code through comparisons with both the real experiments and a commercial simulation code. The real experiments are carried out with a catenary chain mooring in a water tank. The experimental results match the simulation results by the numerical simulation code well. Additionally, a virtual simulation of a large size chain mooring in ocean is carried out by both the numerical simulation code and a commercial simulation code. The simulation results by the numerical simulation code match those by the commercial simulation code well. Thus, the accuracy of the numerical simulation code for underwater chain mooring is verified by both the real experiments and commercial simulation code. L1 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/85124/PDF/ame-2016-0013.pdf L2 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/85124 PY - 2016 IS - No 2 EP - 244 DO - 10.1515/meceng-2016-0013 KW - underwater chain mooring KW - verification KW - real experiment KW - numerical simulation code A1 - Zhu, Xiangqian A1 - Yoo, Wansuk PB - Polish Academy of Sciences, Committee on Machine Building VL - vol. 63 DA - 2016.06.29 T1 - Verification of a numerical simulation code for underwater chain mooring SP - 231 UR - http://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/85124 T2 - Archive of Mechanical Engineering ER -