Hydraulic cylinders for offshore splash zone operation - A review of piston rod failure cases and alternative concepts

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

Volumn 6, Issue , 2009, Pages 1-14

  Von Der Ohe, Christian B ^a   Johnsen, Roy ^b   Espallargas, Nuria ^b  

^a National Oilwell Norway AS   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Coatings; Corrosion wear fatigue; Multi degradation; N line; Piston rods; Riser tensioning; Surface modification; Tribo corrosion

Indexed keywords

CORROSION-WEAR; CORROSION-WEAR- FATIGUE; PISTON ROD; RISER TENSIONING; SURFACE MODIFICATION; TRIBO-CORROSION;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; COILED TUBING; CORROSION; CORROSION FATIGUE; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DEGRADATION; HYDRAULIC EQUIPMENT; HYDRAULIC SERVOMECHANISMS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; HYDRAULICS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); OCEANOGRAPHY; OFFSHORE DRILLING; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; PACKING; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SPRAYED COATINGS; STRESSES; UNDERWATER DRILLING; WELL DRILLING;

OFFSHORE OIL WELLS;

EID: 77953095063     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/OMAE2009-79039     Document Type: Conference Paper

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