Structural integrity assessment of offshore tubular joints based on reliability analysis

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 609-619

  Rajasankar, J ^a   Iyer, N R ^a   Appa Rao, T V S R ^a  

^a CSIR STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Inspection planning; Linear elastic fracture mechanics; Offshore tubular joints; Reliability analysis; Reliability updating; Structural integrity assessment

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

RELIABILITY UPDATING;

JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 0038249116     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-1123(03)00021-5     Document Type: Article

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