Tension-torsion fatigue behaviour of wire ropes in offshore moorings

Ocean Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 9-10, 2009, Pages 650-660

  Ridge, I M L ^a  

^a M Lemoel SBM Inc   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fibre rope; Mooring; Tension torsion fatigue; Torsional interaction; Wire rope

Indexed keywords

DEEP MINES; FIBRE ROPE; OFFSHORE APPLICATIONS; OFFSHORE MOORINGS; RESEARCH PROGRAMME; STRAIN ANALYSIS; TENSION-TORSION FATIGUE; TORSION FATIGUE; TORSIONAL FATIGUE; TORSIONAL INTERACTION;

MINING; MOORING; TORSIONAL STRESS; WIRE;

WIRE ROPE;

FATIGUE; MOORING SYSTEM; OFFSHORE STRUCTURE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TENSION; TORSION;

EID: 67349100492     PISSN: 00298018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2009.03.006     Document Type: Article

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