Developments in structural system reliability assessments of fixed steel offshore platforms

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 189-199

  Onoufriou, T ^a   Forbes, V J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCTION PLATFORMS; RELIABILITY; STEEL STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

SYSTEM RELIABILITY;

OFFSHORE STRUCTURES;

EID: 0035254148     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0951-8320(00)00095-8     Document Type: Article

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