Fatigue characteristic analysis of deepwater steel catenary risers at the touchdown point

China Ocean Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 291-304

  Fu, Jun Jie ^a,b   Yang, He Zhen ^a  

^a Shanghai Jiao Tong University   (China)

^b Ningbo Maritime Safety Administration of China   (China)

Author keywords

Dynamic response; Fatigue analysis; Nonlinear spring; Steel catenary riser; Touchdown point

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT EXCITATION; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; COMPLEX NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; COUPLED INTERACTION; DEEPWATER; DYNAMIC FEATURES; FATIGUE ANALYSIS; FATIGUE ASSESSMENTS; FATIGUE CHARACTERISTICS; FATIGUE LIFE; GEOMETRIC PARAMETER; KEY LOCATION; MASS METHOD; NONLINEAR SPRINGS; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; P-Y CURVES; PRINCIPAL FACTORS; RISER INTERACTION; RISER MATERIALS; SEA FLOOR; STEEL CATENARY RISER; STEEL CATENARY RISERS; TOUCH-DOWN ZONES; TOUCHDOWN POINTS; VESSEL MOTIONS;

DYNAMIC RESPONSE; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; MAGNETIC DISK STORAGE; MARINE RISERS; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SOILS; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS;

METAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 77955838705     PISSN: 08905487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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