Nonlinear coupled dynamic response of offshore Spar platforms under regular sea waves

Ocean Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 517-551

  Agarwal, A K ^a   Jain, A K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Multicomponent catenary mooring with horizontal and vertical spring; Offshore structural dynamics; Spar platform; Wave structure interaction

Indexed keywords

DRILLING; KINEMATICS; MOORING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; WATER WAVES;

OCEAN DEPOSITS;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

DYNAMIC RESPONSE; FLOATING PLATFORM; NON-LINEAR DYNAMICS; SPAR PLATFORM; WAVE-STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

DYNAMIC RESPONSE; FLOATING STRUCTURE; NONLINEARITY; OFFSHORE STRUCTURE; WAVE-STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

EID: 0036523142     PISSN: 00298018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-8018(02)00024-0     Document Type: Article

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