Abstract: The tension leg platform (TLP) is a large, floating offshore platform for producing oil and gas in deep water. The TLP is moored to the ocean floor by vertical tethers. Loads in the tethers have several components that are ...

Abstract: Tension leg platforms (TLPs) are a class of compliant offshore structures that respond dynamically to ocean winds, waves, and currents. A TLP is tied to the ocean floor by tethers that, due to hull buoyancy, are in tension ...