A new method for system fatigue reliability analysis of offshore steel jacket

Advances in Structural Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 185-193

  Wang, Yuanqing ^a   Shi, Yongjiu ^a   Wang, Chunguang ^a   Li, Shaofu ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Failure path; Fast searching method; Offshore structure; System fatigue reliability

Indexed keywords

FAILURE PATH; FAST SEARCHING METHOD; SYSTEM FATIGUE RELIABILITY;

FAILURE ANALYSIS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; STEEL STRUCTURES;

OFFSHORE STRUCTURES;

EID: 33646748673     PISSN: 13694332     EISSN: 13694332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/136943306776986985     Document Type: Article

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