Preliminary assessment of the importance of platform-tendon coupling in a tension leg platform

Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 31601-1-31601-11

  Masciola, Marco ^a   Nahon, Meyer ^a   Driscoll, Frederick ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 84911426251     PISSN: 08927219     EISSN: 1528896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4023795     Document Type: Article

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