Estimating extreme tendon response using environmental contours

Engineering Structures

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 601-607

  Niedzwecki, J M ^a   Van De Lindt, J W ^a   Yao, J T P ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contour inflation; Environmental contours; Experimental data; Structural reliability; TLP tendons

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

CONTOUR INFLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTOURS; EXTREME TENDON RESPONSE; FAILURE PROBABILITY; STRUCTURAL RELIABILITY;

PRODUCTION PLATFORMS;

EID: 0032120075     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-0296(97)00061-8     Document Type: Article

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