Non-linear dynamic analysis of offshore jack-up units

Computers and Structures

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 171-180

  Williams, M S ^a   Thompson, R S G ^a   Houlsby, G T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beam column theory; Jack up units; Non linear dynamic analysis; Soil plasticity; Spudcan foundations; Wave loading

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTEGRATION; JACK-UP RIGS; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PLASTICITY; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

BEAM-COLUMN THEORY; SPUDCAN FOUNDATIONS;

OFFSHORE STRUCTURES;

EID: 0032187772     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7949(98)00119-9     Document Type: Article

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