Reliability of articulated tower joint against random base shear

Structural Engineering and Mechanics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-48

  Islam, Nazrul ^a   Ahmad, Suhail ^b  

^a JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Articulated; Compliant; Fatigue; Off shore; Random sea; Reliability; SPM

Indexed keywords

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; RANDOM PROCESSES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHEAR STRESS; TOWERS;

FRACTURE RELIABILITY ASSESSMENT; SEA BED; TOWER JOINTS;

JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 34548301938     PISSN: 12254568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12989/sem.2007.27.1.033     Document Type: Article

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