Proceedings of the ... International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, Volume 9American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1990 - Arctic regions |
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... element for static analysis is presented based on the equations of an elastic catenary . The element includes an algorithm for adaptive discretization when fluid drag forces are present . Hence , a single element can be used to model ...
... element for static analysis is presented based on the equations of an elastic catenary . The element includes an algorithm for adaptive discretization when fluid drag forces are present . Hence , a single element can be used to model ...
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nonlinear structural analysis , and they can be easily added to a computer code's element library . Be- cause existing cable elements assume that the forces within an element are uniformly distributed , they can be inconvenient for ...
nonlinear structural analysis , and they can be easily added to a computer code's element library . Be- cause existing cable elements assume that the forces within an element are uniformly distributed , they can be inconvenient for ...
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... elements ' positions relative to a reference point enables the magnitude of the instantaneous phase steering for each element to be calculated . This paper describes the development of the rotating array based on the original work given ...
... elements ' positions relative to a reference point enables the magnitude of the instantaneous phase steering for each element to be calculated . This paper describes the development of the rotating array based on the original work given ...
Contents
COMPLIANT STRUCTURES | 313 |
Identification of NonLinear Effects in Predicting the Motion Response of Mobile Platforms | 337 |
RISERSMOORINGSCABLES | 345 |
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