... to a grout connection, which is utilized for the offshore installation of this support structure. The inside of the pile guide and the outside of the reinforced concrete is meshed with contact elements (CONTA173/174 and TARGE170). The initial contact conditions are adjusted such that the contact forces...

.... An example is presented in which the methodology is implemented in matlab in order to simulate the time-histories of a floating tower with a RNA. 16 06 2010 23 05 2011 10 02 2012 10 02 2012 design engineering hydrodynamics offshore installations rotors wind turbines...

... reasonably accurate estimates of the fatigue damage rate over the entire riser length. condition monitoring fatigue offshore installations sensor placement structural engineering vibrations vortices 02 01 2011 13 09 2011 02 02 2012 02 02 2012 2012 American Society...

... decision support systems fast Fourier transforms hydrodynamics inverse transforms marine engineering offshore installations ships structural engineering computing 27 07 2009 30 03 2011 02 02 2012 02 02 2012 2012 American Society of Mechanical Engineers ...

... to refine the design, taking all the nonlinear parameters into account. 17 08 2010 12 09 2011 02 02 2012 02 02 2012 design engineering elasticity fatigue finite element analysis frequency-domain analysis offshore installations poles and towers structural engineering wind...

... engineering numerical analysis offshore installations pipelines seawater soil 21 08 2010 31 03 2011 06 12 2011 06 12 2011 During the laying process, the length of laid pipeline changes continuously, and different lengths result in different stress and strain states...

... 06 12 2011 design engineering fatigue finite element analysis impact (mechanical) offshore installations poles and towers structural engineering torsion wind turbines offshore wind turbines lattice towers bottom-fixed metal foam three-legged four-legged ultimate limit...

... convection linear machines machine insulation machine windings offshore installations power convertors stators substations temperature measurement wave power generation 2012 American Society of Mechanical Engineers ...

... waves and ice features. compressive strength failure (mechanical) hydrostatics offshore installations 20 11 2009 15 06 2011 02 12 2011 02 12 2011 The open water model test revealed that the pitch response in irregular waves consists of both low and high frequency...

... a role in this characteristic behavior. vortext-induced motion (VIM) monocolumn platform spar platform model test damping design engineering offshore installations vortices water waves 01 04 2010 06 12 2010 13 10 2011 13 10 2011 2012 American Society...

.... This paper was presented at the 28th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, Honolulu, HI, May 31–June 5, Paper No. OMAE2009-79378. vortex-induced motion (VIM) monocolumn platform model test two degrees-of-freedom (2DOF) design engineering offshore installations...

... diameters with the same ice thickness). At the same time, the unit failure force will be reduced. 18 06 2009 20 11 2010 12 04 2011 12 04 2011 glaciology offshore installations process monitoring sea ice shapes (structures) life-cycle cost cost-effective design...

... 04 2011 elasticity failure analysis fatigue offshore installations probability structural engineering wind wind turbines survivability floating wind turbine stochastic dynamic response spar platform extreme structural response Wind has been used for generating power...

... . The water height in the tank is approximately 300 mm (see Fig. 2 ). 29 03 2009 30 06 2010 08 04 2011 08 04 2011 design engineering fatigue magnetorheology offshore installations shock absorbers structural engineering vibration control Equations 22 , 23 , 24 , 25...

... 04 2011 01 04 2011 environmental factors offshore installations probability reliability theory statistical analysis structural engineering metocean data joint probability model long-term analysis Nataf transformation circular statistical analysis Nowadays...

... transforms extrapolation offshore installations splines (mathematics) time series water waves Numerical analysis and synthesis of time series representing the steady state response of compliant structures such as large spar platforms has been the object of considerable attention recently. A spar...

... (structures) design engineering gas industry numerical analysis offshore installations petroleum industry safety storage structural engineering supports floating production storage offshore systems (FPSOs) hull girder ultimate strength Smith’s method idealized structural unit method (ISUM...

... results are reported, including ones pertaining to the dependence of the Spar system motion on the degree of opening of the bottom plates. 02 04 2009 16 02 2010 06 12 2010 06 12 2010 damping differential equations natural gas technology offshore installations time-frequency...

... clay flanges foundations offshore installations centrifuge model tests embedded suction anchors horizontal pullout capacity loading point flanges The embedded suction anchor (ESA) is a type of permanent offshore foundation that is installed by a suction pile. The cross-sectional...

... 01 02 2010 04 11 2010 04 11 2010 crack detection explosions lakes offshore installations shells (structures) shock waves surface cracks underwater explosion dynamic response shock damage unfilled cylindrical shell sand-filled cylindrical shell Accurately...