Analysis and Design of Columns in Offshore Structures subjected to Supply Vessel Beam Collisions

During this Master Thesis, leg-segments of jacket platforms subjected to supply vessel impacts have been considered. Finite element analyses (FEA) have been conducted using the explicit solver LS DYNA. The FEA results have been discussed and compared against simplified calculation methods and basic...

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Main Author: Qvale, Kjetil Hatlestad
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Institutt for marin teknikk 2012
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-18658