Abstract: Jacket‐type offshore structures could be deployed in increasingly deeper waters by optimizing their dynamic characteristics. Decreased wave drag area, platform mass and increased structural stiffness are the key characteristics. ...

Abstract: An exact general closed‐form approach to estimation of fatigue reliability of parallel systems, which represent a set of failure paths of structural systems, is presented. The parallel system considered here is completely ...

Abstract: A closed‐form, reliability‐based, procedure is developed to identify fatigue failure paths of offshore structures and assess the notional probability of system failure through these paths. The procedure utilizes the Miners ...

Abstract: A new equation for the calculation of axial load transfer in grouted pile‐to‐sleeve connections, either with or without shear keys, is proposed. The general form of the equation was obtained from an ultimate strength ...

Abstract: Fatigue of welded fixed offshore platforms is a primary design and operational concern. Environmental, fatigue data, and method uncertainties, as well as inspection and repair activities, are major parameters that influence ...