Design for deepwater pipelines on steep slopes impacted by mass gravity and turbidity current flows

Proceedings of the Annual Offshore Technology Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2010, Pages 2116-2122

  Kumar, Amitabh ^a   McShane, Brian M ^a   McDonald, W Leith ^b  

^a WORLEYPARSONS   (United States)

^b BP Pipelines ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GRAVITATION; HAZARDS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OFFSHORE TECHNOLOGY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SLOPE STABILITY; SYSTEM STABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TURBIDITY; WATER PIPELINES;

3D FINITE ELEMENT MODEL; ACCIDENTAL LIMIT STATE; DEEPWATER PIPELINES; ENVIRONMENTAL LOADS; GLOBAL STABILITY; OIL-AND-GAS PIPELINES; TURBIDITY CURRENT; VERTICAL GRADIENTS;

PIPELINES;

EID: 79955793599     PISSN: 01603663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.4043/20794-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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