Can the MOORDYN compute a structure where the mooring line consists of several segments of different materials?

[haoshuning]

Hi,everyone.
I've recently been analyzing the mooring system of IEA 15MW, and I would like to ask if the moordyn module can divide the mooring line into several sections of cable of different materials for calculation? Because when i see the moordyn, I only see one place to enter the line type, just as the picture shows. If the moordyn can do it , how should I implement this? Or can other mooring modules of OPENFAST do it?
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANSWER!!!! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!

[jjonkman]

Dear @haoshuning,

Yes, you can model segmented mooring lines with different mooring line properties in each segment. You can specify multiple line types (with different TypeNames) to specify the different properties of each line type. See the online MoorDyn documentation for more information: https://moordyn.readthedocs.io/en/latest/inputs.html.

Best regards,