A parametric design study for a semi/SCR system in Northern North Sea

Ocean Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 17-18, 2008, Pages 1686-1699

  Xia, Jie ^a   Das, Purnendu K ^a   Karunakaran, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b SUBSEA 7   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fatigue analysis; Parametric study; Riflex; Steel catenary riser; Weight optimized design

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; DESIGN; MARINE RISERS; METAL ANALYSIS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; SEMISUBMERSIBLES; STEEL; SUBMERSIBLES;

FATIGUE ANALYSIS; PARAMETRIC STUDY; RIFLEX; STEEL CATENARY RISER; WEIGHT-OPTIMIZED DESIGN;

OFFSHORE OIL FIELDS;

DEEP WATER; DESIGN; FATIGUE; FPSO; OFFSHORE ENGINEERING; RISER; SEMISUBMERSIBLE PLATFORM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

SUGARCANE RAMU STUNT DISEASE PHYTOPLASMA;

EID: 57049189648     PISSN: 00298018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2008.09.007     Document Type: Article

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