Abstract: A number of alternative solution schemes for problems of dynamic structural analysis involving large displacements and plastic deformations are compared. The equations of motion, derived from the ...

Abstract: An efficient method for the analysis of the linear and nonlinear static and dynamic motions of offshore systems such as risers and single-leg mooring towers is presented. The technique is based ...

Abstract: Thick tube theory is incorporated into an existing analytical model for the three-dimensional analysis of bonded flexible pipe cross sections under offshore loading conditions. The original model ...

Abstract: A semi-analytical solution procedure for the derivation of first-order wave forces, added mass, and damping terms is presented for rectangular pontoons which may be floating, submerged, or resting ...

Abstract: A three-dimensional analytical model of the mechanical response of a bonded layered flexible pipeline section to a general set of loads and pressures is presented. Stiffness relations for ...

Abstract: This study describes the application of the techniques of stochastic modeling to random data obtained from the sea trials of the wave energy device Kaimei, and the interpretation of the results ...

Abstract: A method is developed for the three-dimensional nonlinear motions of marine risers, pipelines and offshore loading towers. The technique is based on the finite element method and the separation ...

Abstract: A method is developed for the static and dynamic analysis of flexible risers and pipelines in the offshore environment under conditions of arbitrarily large motions due to wave loading and ...