Capacities of template-type platforms in the gulf of mexico during hurricane andrew

Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-7

  Bea, R G ^a   Loch, K J ^a   Young, P L ^a  

^a 109 McLaughlin Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEARING CAPACITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HURRICANES; LOADS (FORCES); STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; WATER WAVES; WIND;

GULF OF MEXICO; STOKES FIFTH ORDER WAVE THEORY; TEMPLATE TYPE PLATFORMS;

PRODUCTION PLATFORMS;

DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; HURRICANES; OFFSHORE PLATFORMS-STEEL JACKET;

EID: 0031079995     PISSN: 08927219     EISSN: 1528896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2829039     Document Type: Article

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