Experimental research on the static bifurcation characteristic and dynamic bifurcation characteristic of a single point mooring (SPM) ship model subjected to tidal current was presented.The equilibrium points of mooring and their stability of motion in the sense of Liapunov were investigated by means of experiments.Static bifurcation characteristic and Hopf bifurcation characteristic were investigated while current velocities and mooring line lengths were defined as the bifurcation control parameters.Local ...