A parametric study of the non-linear dynamic behaviour of an offshore jack-up unit

Engineering Structures

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 383-394

  Williams, Martin S ^a   Thompson, Richard S G ^a   Houlsby, Guy T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Jack up units; Non linear dynamic analysis; Spudcan footings; Wave loading

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC LOADS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; WATER WAVE EFFECTS;

SPUDCAN FOOTINGS;

JACK-UP RIGS;

DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; JACK UP PLATFORM; NON-LINEAR DYNAMICS; WAVE LOADING;

EID: 0033136908     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-0296(97)00222-8     Document Type: Article

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