A comparison of analytically predicted platform damage to actual platform damage during Hurricane Andrew

Proceedings of the Annual Offshore Technology Conference

Volumn 1994-May, Issue , 1994, Pages 41-53

  Puskar, F J ^a   Aggarwal, R K ^a   Cornell, C A ^b   Moses, Fred ^c   Petrauskas, Charles ^d  

^a PMB Engineering Inc ^*  (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; HURRICANES; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES;

BAYESIAN; CALIBRATION PROCESS; FIELD PERFORMANCE; GULF OF MEXICO; JOINT INDUSTRY PROJECTS; TASK GROUPS; ULTIMATE CAPACITY; WAVE FORCE;

OFFSHORE TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84896939190     PISSN: 01603663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.4043/7473-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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