Wave load and structural analysis for a jack-up platform in freak waves

Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 1-9

  El Moctar, Ould ^a   Schellin, Thomas E ^a   Jahnke, Thomas ^a   Peric, Milovan ^b  

^a DNV GL   (Norway)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

CFD technique; Deformations; FEM modeling; Freak waves; Jack up platform; Stresses; Wave loads

Indexed keywords

CFD TECHNIQUE; FEM MODELING; FREAK WAVE; JACK-UP PLATFORM; STRESSES WAVES;

DEFORMATION; DRILLING PLATFORMS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUID DYNAMICS; MODEL STRUCTURES; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

BREAKING WAVE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HYDRODYNAMICS; JACK UP PLATFORM; LOADING; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; NONLINEAR WAVE; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STRESS FIELD; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 77955248041     PISSN: 08927219     EISSN: 1528896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2948952     Document Type: Article

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