Structural life assessment of oil and gas risers under vortex-induced vibration

Marine Structures

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 353-373

  Iranpour, Mohammad ^a   Taheri, Farid ^a   Vandiver, J Kim ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Barsom model; Fatigue; Hudson model; Paris model; Rainflow; Risers; Variable amplitude loading; Vortex induced vibration (VIV); Walker model

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE DETECTION; EXPERIMENTS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; LATTICE VIBRATIONS; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL); VORTEX FLOW; VORTEX SHEDDING;

BARSOM MODEL; FATIGUE; HUDSON MODEL; PARIS MODEL; RAINFLOW; RISERS; VARIABLE AMPLITUDE LOADING; VORTEX-INDUCED VIBRATION (VIV); WALKER MODEL;

FATIGUE DAMAGE;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DAMAGE MECHANICS; DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FATIGUE; GAS PIPELINE; OFFSHORE APPLICATION; OIL PIPELINE; RISER; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; VIBRATION; VORTEX;

EID: 53549101644     PISSN: 09518339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marstruc.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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