Development of an underwater riser inspection robot

Industrial Robot

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 402-411

  Santos, Melquisedec F ^a   Brito, Maurício O ^a   Neves, Cassiano ^a   Menegaldo, Luciano L ^b  

^a Subsin Engineering   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Inspection; Non destructive testing; Oil industry; Petroleum riser; Robots; Underwater robotics; Underwater technology

Indexed keywords

DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNIT; NON DESTRUCTIVE TESTING; OIL INDUSTRIES; OIL PRODUCTION PLATFORMS; UNDERWATER ROBOTICS; UNDERWATER TECHNOLOGY; VORTEX INDUCED VIBRATION;

DAMAGE DETECTION; INSPECTION; MOORING CABLES; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; OIL SPILLS; PRODUCTION PLATFORMS; ROBOTICS; SENSORS; STRESSES; UNITS OF MEASUREMENT;

ROBOTS;

EID: 84879036135     PISSN: 0143991X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01439911311320895     Document Type: Article

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