Vacuum Suction Pad Design and Real-Scale Performance Evaluation of an Automatic Mooring System for the Establishment of a Smart Port in South Korea

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...

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Main Authors: Jaehyeon Ahn, Yongjin Kim, Taehyun Lee, Jongjik Lee, Jungkeun Oh, Daewon Seo, Hwasup Jang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-10-01
Series:Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/11/10/1952