Fatigue design of oil tankers: a design approach
The oil tankers that operate on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Service (TAPS) route have exhibited a large number of structural fatigue cracks. These cracks can be attributed to the increase in use of high strength steel in tanker construction and to the harsh operating environment in the Gulf of Alaska....
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Virginia Tech
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/29379 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10262005-101005/ |