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... installations oil technology design engineering structural engineering inspection maintenance engineering statistical analysis ecology Gulf of Guinea marine growth development predicting modeling engineering design When assessing the loading on offshore structures, main difficulties...

.... , 2000 , “ A Separation Principle for Dynamic Positioning of Ships: Theoretical and Experimental Results ,” IEEE Trans. Control Syst. Technol. 1063-6536 , TCST-8 ( 2 ), pp. 332 – 343 . 18 05 2005 04 01 2006 adaptive control offshore installations oil technology position...

... requirements of ultra-deepwater oil production even under unplanned and prolonged cool-down conditions. 23 09 2004 04 04 2005 pipelines electric heating heat conduction thermal analysis sandwich structures finite difference methods oil technology pipeline technology flow...

... Engineering Conference, pp. 631–634. Ward, E. G., Haring, R. E., and Devlin, P. V., 1999, “Deep Water Mooring and Riser Analysis for Depths to 10 000 Feet,” OTC 10808. numerical analysis wave propagation nonlinear functions oil technology engineering computing New concepts of platform...

... the various components are almost certain. 22 03 2004 02 12 2004 pipelines marine engineering oil technology risk management construction Complex deepwater developments for the offshore petroleum industry require planning and foresight that were not quite so crucially required...

... by the OOAE Division for publication in the JOURNAL OF OFFSHORE MECHANICS AND ARCTIC ENGINEERING . Manuscript received February 24, 2003; final revision, August 3, 2003. Associate Editor: M. Toyoda. 24 February 2003 03 August 2003 18 05 2004 pipelines oil technology curvature...

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... 2002. Associate Editor: M. Toyoda. 01 Aug 2001 01 May 2002 16 04 2003 modelling submarine cables pipe flow finite element analysis displacement control rotation oil technology supports seafloor phenomena flexible structures Even though submarine pipelines...

.... Contributed by the OOAE Division for publication in the JOURNAL OF OFFSHORE MECHANICS AND ARCTIC ENGINEERING . Manuscript received July 2001; final revision, April 2002. Associate Editor: R. Bea. 01 July 2001 01 April 2002 16 04 2003 pipe flow oil technology seafloor phenomena...

... of the bending machine and the cylinders contact each other. Table 6 summarizes the details of the boundary conditions in each step. 01 July 2001 16 04 2003 pipe flow oil technology bending buckling finite element analysis tensile testing strain measurement yield stress mechanical...

... Design Criteria LRFD Format structural engineering design engineering ships oceanographic equipment oil technology storage units 01 October 2001 01 March 2002 16 04 2003 Contributed by the OOAE Division for publication in the JOURNAL OF OFFSHORE MECHANICS AND ARCTIC...

... subject to fatigue and corrosion degradation are illustrated on an example considering RBI for the components of a tripod well-head platform. risk management inspection fatigue corrosion planning environmental degradation marine systems oil technology Reliability and risk-based...

..., April 2002. Associate Editor: A. Naess. oil technology marine systems design engineering cost-benefit analysis failure (mechanical) load distribution storms structural engineering Production facilities broadly fall into two classes in terms of the consequences of failure: manned...

...: A. Fernandes. 01 June 2001 01 June 2002 22 10 2002 ships stability design for testability hydrodynamics oil technology Single-point Mooring Turret FPSO Hydrodynamic Derivatives Maneuvering Model Stability The conversion of VLCC’s (Very Large Crude Carrier...

... engineering oil technology 01 11 2001 01 12 2001 11 04 2002 Contributed by the OMAE Division of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers for publication in the ASME JOURNAL OF OFFSHORE MECHANICS AND ARCTIC ENGINEERING . Manuscript...

.... Riggs. 20 October 2000 02 July 2001 modelling wind load distribution flexible structures oil technology natural gas technology dynamic response design engineering ocean waves Wind is often treated as a time invariant environment, which has a mean value equal to its...

... that enable engineers to go beyond these boundaries. Projects with unique SCR features and their implementation are compiled and presented. oil technology natural gas technology flexible structures ocean waves fatigue design engineering Random sea state wave fatigue is based on a series of one...

... structural engineering marine systems reliability design aids naval engineering oil technology Marine fouling of offshore platforms in the North Sea is a problem that has persisted for operators since platforms were first installed in the early 1960s. Contrary to the expectations of the time...

... safety of joints is obtained through use of proper design criteria as well as inspection to detect possible fatigue cracks and initiate repair, whenever necessary. inspection fatigue fatigue cracks fatigue testing crack detection oil technology Probabilistic parameters for analysis...