Fatigue reliability and life-cycle cost analysis of mooring chains

International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 135-140

  Lassen, T ^a   Syvertsen, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^b Advanced Production and Loading   (Norway)

Author keywords

Fatigue reliability; Floating loading systems; Life cycle costs; Mooring chains

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DYNAMIC LOADS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; PRODUCTION PLATFORMS; RELIABILITY; SERVICE LIFE; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

FATIGUE DESIGN FACTOR; FLOATING PRODUCTION AND LOADING SYSTEMS; LOGNORMAL MODELS; MOORING LINE FAILURE;

MOORING CABLES;

CHAINS; FATIGUE LIFE ANALYSIS; MOORING LINES; OFFSHORE PLATFORMS-FLOATING; RELIABILITY;

EID: 0031172453     PISSN: 10535381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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