Reliability-based screening of offshore platforms

Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 139-148

  Bea, R G ^a   Mortazavi, M M ^a  

^a 109 McLaughlin Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; RELIABILITY; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

RELIABILITY-BASED SCREENING METHOD; SECOND-ORDER RELIABILITY METHODS (SORM); SECOND-ORDER SECOND-MOMENT (FOSM) FORMULATION;

PRODUCTION PLATFORMS;

OFFSHORE PLATFORM; RELIABILITY;

OFFSHORE STRUCTURE; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032147998     PISSN: 08927219     EISSN: 1528896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2829534     Document Type: Article

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