... and concrete are not transmitted. In this case the local behavior is different from the global behavior. This mechanical phenomenon can only be modeled by a contact finite element formulation. The same argumentation applies to a grout connection, which is utilized for the offshore installation of this support...

.... 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. design engineering hydrodynamics offshore installations rotors wind turbines Environmental, esthetic, and political pressures continue to push...

... 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 ...

... engineering elasticity fatigue finite element analysis frequency-domain analysis offshore installations poles and towers structural engineering wind turbines offshore wind turbines lattice towers bottom-fixed foundation fatigue analysis frequency domain method NREL 5 MW Offshore...

... stresses marine engineering numerical analysis offshore installations pipelines seawater soil 21 08 2010 31 03 2011 06 12 2011 06 12 2011 During the pipeline laying process, the pipeline will slide from the stinger down to the water under axial tension and self weight...

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... offshore installations power convertors stators substations temperature measurement wave power generation The large potential in extracting power from ocean waves has attracted a number of researchers and technology developers around the world. A recent review indicated that there are about...

... open water and ice conditions. compressive strength failure (mechanical) hydrostatics offshore installations The recent focus on Arctic oil and gas development has resulted in a need for new structures capable of operating under harsh Arctic conditions, including wind, waves, low...

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... to high V r n ≅ 12 values. This V r n ≅ 12 value had not been obtained in NMRI-2007 tests. 11 12 2009 10 12 2010 12 10 2011 12 10 2011 design engineering offshore installations petroleum industry vortices vortex-induced motion (VIM...

... design of new structures, and friction is decreased by other techniques. For the successful operation of single leg structures, the 60 up-down cone is now widely accepted as the optimal design configuration. 18 06 2009 20 11 2010 12 04 2011 12 04 2011 glaciology offshore...

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... Marina Mercante, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Chui , C. K. , 1992 , An Introduction to Wavelets , Academic , San Diego, CA . 10 07 2008 17 05 2010 31 03 2011 31 03 2011 discrete wavelet transforms extrapolation offshore installations splines (mathematics...

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... the moonpool and the Spar heave dynamics. 02 04 2009 16 02 2010 06 12 2010 06 12 2010 damping differential equations natural gas technology offshore installations time-frequency analysis The increasing need for energy resources and the progressive depletion...

.... 0006-8012 , 24 , pp. 197 – 246 . Dubroba , G. A. , 1963 , Interaction of Soil and Structures , Lzd. Rechnoy Transport , Moscow . anchors clay flanges foundations offshore installations centrifuge model tests embedded suction anchors horizontal pullout capacity...

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