Wave-induced fatigue damage of mooring chain under combined non-Gaussian low and wave frequency loads

Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Gao, Zhen ^a   Moan, Torgeir ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAUSSIAN TENSION; MOORING LINES; TENSION DISTRIBUTION;

FAILURE ANALYSIS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; LOADS (FORCES); MOTION ESTIMATION;

MOORING;

EID: 33751326296     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/OMAE2006-92389     Document Type: Conference Paper

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