... Sea semi-submersibles, including the Veslefrikk B platform in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, the vessel which is the subject of the analysis and model tests presented in this paper. offshore installations oil drilling mechanical engineering design 29 March 2002 01...

... 2004 offshore installations fasteners sensitivity analysis hydrodynamics mechanical engineering Two alternative small-body hydrodynamic Morison type models of coupled fluid-structure interaction excitations–(A) a relative-velocity (RV) model that fully couples wave motion and dynamic...

... in the JOURNAL OF OFFSHORE MECHANICS AND ARCTIC ENGINEERING . Manuscript received March 12, 2002; final revision, August 7, 2003. Associate Editor: D. Valentine. 12 March 2002 07 August 2003 18 05 2004 wave power generation turbines offshore installations mechanical engineering...

..., New York, 1993. 09 July 2002 27 September 2003 18 05 2004 offshore installations fasteners hydrodynamics modelling mechanical engineering When examining the complex dynamic responses of these highly nonlinear systems, it is important to develop sophisticated...

... in the JOURNAL OF OFFSHORE MECHANICS AND ARCTIC ENGINEERING . Manuscript received April 2002; final revision, September 2002. Associate Editor: S. Chakrabarti. 01 April 2002 01 September 2002 01 10 2003 petroleum industry mechanical engineering ocean waves flexible structures...

... 07 2003 wind ocean waves mechanical engineering Myrhaug and Slaattelid 1 (hereafter referred to as MS) considered the effects of sea roughness and atmospheric stability on the sea surface wind stress over waves, which are in local equilibrium with the wind, by using...

... mechanical engineering statistical analysis wind ocean waves height measurement Most work on developing probabilistic models of short-term sea state characteristics has concentrated on wind waves in single wave systems, which are appropriately described by single peaked spectra. However...

... loads. finite element analysis flexible structures vibrations mechanical engineering The conventional finite element method starts with the derivation of element matrices. Based on the Euler-Bernoulli theory for flexural vibration of the perfectly elastic undamped beam, the formulation can...

... 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...

.... It is shown that the moment incrementing procedure produces more accurate bi-axial interaction curves in some instances. Results are obtained for two damage configurations of the HALIFAX class frigate. ships buckling failure (mechanical) bending strength mechanical engineering The term...

... Model of the S175 Container Ship,” China Ship Scientific Research Center report. Ueno, M., and Watanabe, I., 1987, “On Asymmetry of Vertical Bending Moment on Ships,” SNAJ, 162 . impact strength ships life testing hydrostatics nonlinear functions mechanical engineering A less...

..., Brazil, June 3–18, 2001, of THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS , and contributed by the OOAE Division for publication in the JOURNAL OF OFFSHORE MECHANICS AND ARCTIC ENGINEERING . Manuscript received July 2001; final revision, March 2002. Associate Editor: J. E. Indacochea. 01 July...

... 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...

... on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, Lisbon, Portugal, July 5–9, 1998, of THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS . Manuscript received by the OMAE Division, January 7, 1999; revised manuscript received July 28, 2000. Associate Technical Editor: D. Myrhaug. 05 July 1998 07 January...

... received by the OMAE Division, May 28, 1999; revised manuscript received May 22, 2000. Associate Technical Editor: J. E. Indacochea. 28 May 1999 22 May 2000 mechanical engineering mechanical testing finite element analysis bending strength Offshore Platforms Tubular Joints...

..., July 5–9, 1998, of THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS . Manuscript received by the OMAE Division, October 1998; revised manuscript received April 21, 2000. Associate Technical Editor: C. Guedes Soares. 05 July 1998 01 October 1998 21 April 2000 structural...

..., Portugal, July 5–9, 1998, of THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS . Manuscript received by the OMAE Division, October 1998; revised manuscript received April 21, 2000. Associate Technical Editor: C. Guedes Soares. 05 July 1998 01 October 1998 21 April 2000 structural...

...R. G. Bea mechanical engineering management environmental factors oil technology ocean waves water waves structural engineering quality control This issue contains a series of papers that were presented during a workshop and associated technical sessions held...