Reliability-based service life assessment of FPSO structures

Transactions - Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers

Volumn 112, Issue , 2005, Pages 314-342

  Moan, Torgeir ^a   Ayala Uraga, Efren ^a   Wang, Xiaozhi ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; DECISION MAKING; FRACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RELIABILITY; SERVICE LIFE;

FATIGUE CRACKING; FRACTURE MECHANICS MODELS; HULL STRUCTURES; PLATE THICKNESS;

HULLS (SHIP);

EID: 29144498240     PISSN: 00811661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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