Proceedings of the ... International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, Volume 10American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1991 - Arctic regions |
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... tension leg platforms have conventionally been designed to have high pre - tension so as not to go slack in extreme sea conditions . The high tether pre - tension is found to be a significant restriction to the payload increase over ...
... tension leg platforms have conventionally been designed to have high pre - tension so as not to go slack in extreme sea conditions . The high tether pre - tension is found to be a significant restriction to the payload increase over ...
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... tension ( tension above yield ) is much greater than that due to minimum tension ( tension loss ) when wave impact loads are included . This result suggests the possibility of tether tension reductions . Brekke and Gardner [ 1 ] ...
... tension ( tension above yield ) is much greater than that due to minimum tension ( tension loss ) when wave impact loads are included . This result suggests the possibility of tether tension reductions . Brekke and Gardner [ 1 ] ...
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... tension as shown in Fig.11 in the same case . For the sake of making the charts we take the maximum value of time varying tension such as shown in Fig.11 . The results presented in Fig.12 Fig . 15 , show the relation of influence of ...
... tension as shown in Fig.11 in the same case . For the sake of making the charts we take the maximum value of time varying tension such as shown in Fig.11 . The results presented in Fig.12 Fig . 15 , show the relation of influence of ...
Contents
CASE HISTORIES OFFSHORE STRUCTURES | 331 |
OFFSHORE TECHNOLOGY PART | 337 |
OFFSHORE STRUCTURE CONCEPTS | 361 |
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acceleration accelerometers added mass amplitude axial beam behaviour bending stiffness cable calculated Campos Basin catenary coefficient compliant tower components curvature curves cylinder damping ratio deck deformation developed diameter displacement drag drag coefficient dynamic analysis dynamic response effect Ekofisk elastic Engineering equation finite element finite element method flexible pipe fluid force free-fall lifeboat frequency domain hydrodynamic hydrodynamic damping impact in-span installation jack jacket joint launch length lift force linear load Mathieu Mathieu equation measured Mechanics meters method mode mode shape motion natural frequency nodal nodes nonlinear obtained Offshore Structures OMAE operation oscillation parameters phase pile platform pressure rotation seabed semi-rigid shear shown in Figure skin friction soil solution SPUS static analysis stiffness matrix submarine subsea support point tension tether torque transverse values vector velocity vertical vessel vibration Volume I-B water depth