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UFC 4-159-03 12 March 2020 UNIFIED FACILITIES CRITERIA (UFC) MOORINGS APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE; DISTRIBUTION UNLIMITED UFC 4-159-03 12 March 2020 UNIFIED FACILITIES CRITERIA (UFC) MOORINGS Any copyrighted material included in this UFC is identified at its point of use. Use of the copyrighted material apart from this UFC must have the permission of the copyright holder. Indicate the preparing activity beside the Service responsible for preparing the document. U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS NAVAL FACILITIES ENGINEERING COMMAND (Preparing Activity) AIR FORCE CIVIL ENGINEER CENTER Record of Changes (changes are indicated by \1\ ... /1/) Change No. Date Location This UFC supersedes UFC 4-159-03 with Change 2, dated 23 June 2016. UFC 4-159-03 12 March 2020 FOREWORD The Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) system is prescribed by MIL-STD 3007 and provides planning, design, construction, sustainment, restoration, and modernization criteria, and applies to the Military Departments, the Defense Agencies, and the DoD Field Activities in accordance with USD (AT&L) Memorandum dated 29 May 2002. UFC will be used for all DoD projects and work for other customers where appropriate. All construction outside of the United States is also governed by Status of Forces Agreements (SOFA), Host Nation Funded Construction Agreements (HNFCA), and in some instances, Bilateral Infrastructure Agreements (BIA.) Therefore, the acquisition team must ensure compliance with the most stringent of the UFC, the SOFA, the HNFCA, and the BIA, as applicable. UFC are living documents and will be periodically reviewed, updated, and made available to users as part of the Services’ responsibility for providing technical criteria for military construction. Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (HQUSACE), Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC), and Air Force Civil Engineer Center (AFCEC) are responsible for administration of the UFC system. Defense agencies should contact the preparing service for document interpretation and improvements. Technical content of UFC is the responsibility of the cognizant DoD working group. Recommended changes with supporting rationale may be sent to the respective DoD working group by submitting a Criteria Change Request (CCR) via the Internet site listed below. UFC are effective upon issuance and are distributed only in electronic media from the following source: • Whole Building Design Guide web site https://www.wbdg.org/ffc/dod. Refer to UFC 1-200-01, DoD Building Code, for implementation of new issuances on projects. AUTHORIZED BY: CHRISTINE T. ALTENDORF, PhD, R. DAVID CURFMAN, P.E. P.E., SES Chief Engineer Chief, Engineering and Construction Naval Facilities Engineering Command U.S. Army Corps of Engineers NANCY J. BALKUS, P.E., SES MICHAEL McANDREW Deputy Director of Civil Engineers Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense DCS/Logistics, Engineering & (Facilities Management) Force Protection (HAF/A4C) Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense HQ United States Air Force (Sustainment) UFC 4-159-03 12 March 2020 UNIFIED FACILITIES CRITERIA (UFC) REVISION SUMMARY SHEET Document: UFC 4-159-03, Moorings Superseding: UFC 4-159-03, Design: Moorings, 3 October 2005, with Change 2, dated 23 June 2016 Description: Provide guidance for the analysis and design mooring and berthing systems of ships and watercraft at waterfront facilities. Reasons for Document: • To supplement existing Government and commercial standards for design and construction of mooring facilities. Revisions made to update references and verify document refers to most current standards and references. Impact: • There are no cost impacts. Unification Issues: • There are no unification issues. UFC 4-159-03 12 March 2020 TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................... 1 1-1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE. .......................................................................... 1 1-2 APPLICABILITY. ....................................................................................... 1 1-3 GENERAL BUILDING REQUIREMENTS. ................................................ 1 1-4 CYBERSECURITY. ................................................................................... 1 1-5 GLOSSARY. .............................................................................................. 1 1-6 REFERENCES. ......................................................................................... 1 1-7 ORGANIZATIONAL ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES. ......................... 1 CHAPTER 2 MOORING SYSTEMS ............................................................................... 3 2-1 INTRODUCTION. ...................................................................................... 3 2-1.1 Purpose of Mooring. .............................................................................. 3 2-2 TYPES OF MOORING SYSTEMS. ........................................................... 3 2-2.1 Fixed Mooring Systems. ........................................................................ 3 2-2.2 Fleet Mooring Systems. ......................................................................... 7 CHAPTER 3 BASIC DESIGN PROCEDURE ............................................................... 15 3-1 DESIGN APPROACH. ............................................................................. 15 3-2 GENERAL DESIGN CRITERIA. .............................................................. 18 3-2.1 Mooring Service Types (MST). ............................................................ 19 3-2.2 Facility Design Criteria for Mooring Service Types. ............................. 20 3-2.3 Ship Hardware Design Criteria for Mooring Service Types. ................. 21 3-2.4 Strength. .............................................................................................. 21 3-2.5 Serviceability. ....................................................................................... 22 3-2.6 Design Methods. .................................................................................. 22 3-2.7 General Mooring Integrity. ................................................................... 22 3-2.8 Quasi-Static Safety Factors. ................................................................ 22 3-2.9 Allowable Ship Motions. ....................................................................... 23 3-3 DESIGN METHODS. ............................................................................... 27 3-3.1 Quasi-Static Design. ............................................................................ 27 3-3.2 Dynamic Mooring Analysis................................................................... 27 3-4 Risk. ........................................................................................................ 29 3-5 COORDINATE SYSTEMS. ...................................................................... 31 i UFC 4-159-03 12 March 2020 3-5.1 Ship Design/Construction Coordinates. ............................................... 31 3-5.2 Ship Hydrostatics/Hydrodynamics Coordinates. .................................. 31 3-5.3 Local Mooring Coordinate System. ...................................................... 31 3-5.4 Global Coordinate System. .................................................................. 31 3-5.5 Ship Conditions. ................................................................................... 31 3-6 VESSEL DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS. .................................................. 35 3-7 FACILITY DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS. ................................................ 36 3-8 ENVIRONMENTAL FORCING DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS. ............... 36 3-8.1 Winds. .................................................................................................. 36 3-8.2 Wind Gust Fronts. ................................................................................ 39 3-8.3 Storms. ................................................................................................ 44 3-8.4 Currents. .............................................................................................. 46 3-8.5 Water Levels. ....................................................................................... 46 3-8.6 Waves. ................................................................................................. 46 3-8.7 Water Depths. ...................................................................................... 47 3-8.8 Environmental Design Information. ...................................................... 47 3-9 OPERATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS. .................................................... 48 3-10 Inspection. .............................................................................................. 48 3-11 Maintenance. .......................................................................................... 49 3-12 General Mooring Guidelines. ................................................................ 50 CHAPTER 4 STATIC ENVIRONMENTAL FORCES AND MOMENTS ON VESSELS 53 4-1 Scope. ..................................................................................................... 53 4-2 Engineering Properties of Water and Air. ............................................ 53 4-3 Principal Coordinate Directions. .......................................................... 54 4-4 STATIC WIND FORCES/MOMENTS. ..................................................... 54 4-4.1 Static Transverse Wind Force. ............................................................. 54 4-4.2 Static Longitudinal Wind Force.