... Section VIII Div 2. Finally, some of the implications on fracture mechanics based remaining life assessment for tubular joints are discussed in light of the results obtained in this investigation. Traction-based structural stress definition with respect to chord wall in a tubular joint: ( a ) 2D...

... installations pipes remaining life assessment stress-strain relations tensile strength time-domain analysis The structure of unbonded flexible risers gives a nonlinear and hysteretic response when subjected to bending, making it much more complex to model such pipes than it is to model steel...

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... – 426 . 16 05 2006 18 03 2007 vibrations ships fatigue beams (structures) water waves remaining life assessment Current design rules applicable for conventional ships are developed to ensure that the hull girder of ships can withstand the critical loads during the life...

... pipelines has been studied by Xu et al. ( 15 ) with the objective of developing a design methodology for the determination of the free span lengths. 12 07 2005 03 10 2005 fatigue remaining life assessment pipelines Galerkin method offshore installations vibrations structural...

... 21 01 2005 23 09 2005 fatigue testing welds offshore installations structural engineering remaining life assessment bending This paper focuses on determination of the fatigue strength of the load-carrying fillet welds. Fatigue design of fillet welds is, in most codes...

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..., January 2003. Associate Editor: A. Naess. 09 January 2002 01 January 2003 01 10 2003 corrosion fatigue modelling remaining life assessment structural engineering environmental factors ocean waves offshore installations The model must be probabilistic in order...

... remaining life assessment steel ocean waves offshore installations Reliability assessment for existing structures is a matter of increasing importance both for offshore and land-based structural systems and for shipping. Since such structures tend to deteriorate with time, the reliability...