Life-cycle reliability characteristics of minimum structures

Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 129-138

  Bea, R G ^a   Brandtzaeg, A ^b   Craig, M J K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN ENGINEERING; LIFE CYCLE; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SERVICE LIFE; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

LIFE-CYCLE ANALYSIS; MINIMUM STRUCTURES;

OFFSHORE STRUCTURES;

LIFE ASSESSMENT; OFFSHORE PLATFORM; RELIABILITY;

LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; OFFSHORE STRUCTURE; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 0032148011     PISSN: 08927219     EISSN: 1528896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2829533     Document Type: Article

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