Dynamic behavior of offshore spar platforms under regular sea waves

Ocean Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 487-516

  Agarwal, A K ^a   Jain, A K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Multi component catenary mooring; Offshore structural dynamics; Spar platform; Wave structure interaction

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); KINEMATICS; MOORING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; WATER WAVES;

SEA FLOOR;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

DYNAMIC BEHAVIOR; FLOATING PLATFORM; MOORING; SPAR PLATFORM; WAVE-STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

DYNAMIC RESPONSE; FLOATING OFFSHORE STRUCTURE; MOORING SYSTEM; OFFSHORE STRUCTURE; WAVE-STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

EID: 0036523116     PISSN: 00298018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-8018(02)00034-3     Document Type: Article

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