Overview of Megafloat: Concept, design criteria, analysis, and design

Marine Structures

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 111-132

  Suzuki, Hideyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Analysis; Concept; Criteria; Design; Fabrication; Megafloat; Rule; VLFS

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; OCEAN ENGINEERING; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

DESIGN CRITERIA; MEGAFLOAT; VERY LARGE FLOATING STRUCTURE (VLFS);

OCEAN STRUCTURES;

FLOATING STRUCTURE; OFFSHORE APPLICATION;

FLOATING STRUCTURE; OFFSHORE ENGINEERING;

EID: 29444459900     PISSN: 09518339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marstruc.2005.07.006     Document Type: Article

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