More promising concepts are the rigid and flexible booms
discussed in the second part of the subchapter. The rigid
steel boom and flexible polymer boom concepts are both
modeled using the computer program Orcaflex, as can be
seen in Chapter 3.5. The program is considered to be the
world’s leading package for dynamic analysis of marine
offshore systems. The final concept and its properties
will be covered in Chapter 3.6.
In order to confirm the essential properties of a boom (its
plastic capture and transportation abilities), a generic
boom cross-section will be used in the next two chapters.