Stress concentration in tubular joints

Proceedings of the Annual Offshore Technology Conference

Volumn 1975-May, Issue , 1975, Pages 593-603

  Kuang, J G ^a   Potvin, A B ^a   Leick, R D ^a  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FIXED PLATFORMS; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION;

FATIGUE CRACKING; FATIGUE PROBLEMS; HOSTILE ENVIRONMENTS; NORTH SEA; REINFORCED JOINTS; SEMIEMPIRICAL EQUATION; T JOINTS; TUBULAR JOINTS;

STRESS CONCENTRATION;

EID: 85059133225     PISSN: 01603663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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