Closed-form expressions for determining the fatigue damage of structures due to ocean waves

Proceedings of the Annual Offshore Technology Conference

Volumn 1976-May, Issue , 1976, Pages 861-872

  Nolte, Kenneth G ^a   Hansford, John E ^a  

^a BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEAN CURRENTS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OFFSHORE TECHNOLOGY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; WATER WAVES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WATER WAVES - SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ALLOWABLE STRESS; CLOSED-FORM EXPRESSION; DAMAGE OF STRUCTURES; FATIGUE CURVES; GULF OF MEXICO; MATHEMATICAL EXPRESSIONS; NUMBER OF CYCLES TO FAILURE; STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; FATIGUE LIFE;

FATIGUE DAMAGE; MARINE PLATFORMS;

EID: 79952439424     PISSN: 01603663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.4043/2606-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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