Small-Scale Testing of Damaged Synthetic Fiber Mooring Ropes

Proceedings of the Annual Offshore Technology Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 2717-2729

  Williams, Jerry G ^a   Miyase, Akira ^a   Li, Donghui ^a   Wang, S S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OIL WELL DRILLING; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; POLYESTERS; ROPE; SYNTHETIC FIBERS; TENSILE TESTING;

MOORING ROPES;

MOORING;

EID: 1642562764     PISSN: 01603663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.4043/14308-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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