Full scale fatigue testing of side longitudinals in FPSOs

Proceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference

Volumn 4, Issue , 2001, Pages 67-72

  Lotsberg, I ^a   Askheim, D O ^a   Haavi, T ^a   Maddox, S J ^a  

^a DNV GL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Fatigue; FPSOs; Full scale testing; Ships; Side longitudinals

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; FATIGUE TESTING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL FRAMES;

SIDE LONGITUDNALS;

SHIPS;

EID: 0034741160     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (7)

1. Recommended hot spot analysis procedure for structural details of FPSOs and ships based on round-robin FE analyses
2. Background and status of the FPSO - Fatigue capacity JIP
3. Overview of the FPSO - Fatigue capacity JIP
4. Recommended hot-spot stress design S-N curves for fatigue assessment of FPSOs
5. Comparison of measurements and finite element analysis of side longitudinals