Reliability analysis against progressive failure of TLP tethers in extreme tension

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 195-205

  Siddiqui, N A ^a   Ahmad, S ^b  

^a JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY THEORY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRESS;

FIRST ORDER RELIABILITY METHOD (FORM); TENSION LEG PLATFORMS (TLP);

PRODUCTION PLATFORMS;

EID: 0033706803     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0951-8320(00)00008-9     Document Type: Article

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