Ultimate strength of gap K tubular joints with chord preloads

Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE

Volumn 1, Issue , 2001, Pages 637-650

  Pecknold, D A ^a   Park, J B ^a   Koppenhoefer, K C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b EDISON WELDING INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); COMPACTION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

CHORD PRELOADS; TUBULAR JOINTS;

PRODUCTION PLATFORMS;

EID: 0344687459     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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