Experimental and numerical study of coupled dynamic response of a mini tension leg platform

Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 318-330

  Joseph, Anitha ^a   Idichandy, V G ^a   Bhattacharyya, S K ^a,b,c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MOTION ESTIMATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; NATURAL RESOURCES EXPLORATION; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PRODUCTION PLATFORMS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

HULL-TETHER COUPLING; MORISON-TYPE WAVE LOADING; OFFSHORE PLATFORMS; TENSION LEG PLATFORMS (TLP);

PETROLEUM PROSPECTING;

OFFSHORE PLATFORM;

EID: 17244368996     PISSN: 08927219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1833358     Document Type: Article

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