Abstract: The spar platform is receiving considerable attention from the offshore petroleum industry, especially following the successful introduction of the first production spar in the Gulf of Mexico by ...

Abstract: A commonly used process for manufacturing large-diameter tubes for offshore pipeline, riser and tension-leg platform tether applications involves the cold forming of long plates. The plates are ...

Abstract: This paper summarizes an experimental investigation of cantilever pile dynamics in response to wave excitation under vortex-shedding “lock-in” conditions. The study was carried out in regular waves ...

Abstract: Modeling and forecasting of the sway of a moored vessel subjected to random waves were studied recently using quadratic digital filtering techniques. Moreover, it was observed that the future ...