Reliability of floating structures: Extreme response and load factor design

Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 163-169

  Winterstein, Steven R ^a   Jha, Alok K ^b   Kumar, Satyendra ^c  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b BECHTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Trilogy Software Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; NUMERICAL METHODS; OCEAN CURRENTS; RELIABILITY; STRUCTURAL LOADS; SURFACE WATERS; WATER WAVES;

EXTREME LOAD; EXTREME OFFSETS; FLOATING STRUCTURES; LOAD EFFECTS; LOAD FACTOR DESIGN; NONLINEAR DIFFRACTION; RANDOM WAVE EXCITATION;

OFFSHORE STRUCTURES;

FLOATING PLATFORM; FLOATING STRUCTURE; LOAD DESIGN; RELIABILITY; WAVE LOAD;

EID: 0032882711     PISSN: 0733950X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-950X(1999)125:4(163)     Document Type: Article

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