... of structural integrity under dynamic loading. offshore installations structural engineering load distribution fracture mechanics Due to the complexity of dynamics itself and the nature of fracture mechanics, the finding of methods for determining dynamic fracture mechanics response...

... for the steepest expected departure angle the pipe does not reach the end of the stinger. (If it does a region of high bending that is not guided by the stinger can develop beyond the end of the stinger.) pipelines oil technology curvature measurement plastic deformation load distribution 24...

... clear. flexible structures offshore installations load distribution deformation bending 12 August 2002 01 August 2003 18 05 2004 Contributed by the OOAE Division for publication in the JOURNAL OF OFFSHORE MECHANICS AND ARCTIC ENGINEERING . Manuscript received...

... installations safety plastic deformation load distribution 20 December 2002 20 November 2003 18 05 2004 Contributed by the OOAE Division for publication in the JOURNAL OF OFFSHORE MECHANICS AND ARCTIC ENGINEERING . Manuscript received December 20, 2002; final revision, November 20...

... deformation load distribution mechanical engineering As the need to develop deep-water reservoirs for the exploitation of hydrocarbons below the sea has been increasing, riser pipes are now required to operate in depths up to 2000 m. Catenary risers, which are effectively more flexible riser pipes...

... hydrodynamics load distribution reliability structural engineering storms marine systems failure (mechanical) buckling ocean waves bending mechanical engineering The study reported in this paper was prompted by the failure of the Campbell monopod platform on Australia’s North West Shelf (NWS...

... in the established areas, and novel platform configurations are used more frequently, recommendations based on current design practices may not provide optimal designs. oil technology marine systems design engineering cost-benefit analysis failure (mechanical) load distribution storms structural...

... wind ocean waves load distribution flexible structures marine systems modelling It is assumed that the total horizontal wave induced response of a TLP structure subjected to a random, short-crested seaway can be written as a sum of a linear and a quadratic response component. Specifically...

.... Riggs. 20 October 2000 02 July 2001 modelling wind load distribution flexible structures oil technology natural gas technology dynamic response design engineering ocean waves Wind is often treated as a time invariant environment, which has a mean value equal to its...

... received May 17, 2001. Guest Associate Editor: D. Sohdi. 25 January 2001 17 May 2001 sea ice ships impact testing load distribution INSROP (International Northern Sea Route Programme) Project I.1.7 addressed the issue of large-scale, ship hull-ice loading, which would...

... 14 April 2001 ships sea ice engineering load distribution Recent efforts to update regulations for ice-class ships have resulted in new methods for dimensioning ice-class propellers 1 2 3 . These methods have focussed on the more traditional propeller geometry and arrangements...

... . Manuscript received by the OMAE Division, February 11, 2000; revised manuscript received November 27, 2000. Associate Editor: S. Calisal. 11 February 2000 27 November 2000 naval engineering load distribution drag Irrespective of the location of the floating production system...

... crests 4 5 6 , results from laboratory testing 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 , and the associated analytical developments 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 . naval engineering storms ocean waves load...

... received October 26, 2000. Associate Editor: M. M. Bernitsas. 01 January 2000 26 October 2000 cable laying elasticity engineering load distribution This article presents a three-dimensional (3-D) static solution to an elastic cable under the action of concentrated...

... Division, March 5, 1998; revised manuscript received September 18, 1999. Associate Technical Editor: S. Calisal. 05 March 1998 18 September 1999 structural engineering hydrodynamics Green's function methods load distribution water waves ocean waves...