Abstract: Energy balance methods commonly in use for the design of pipe whip restraints are based on the solution for the motion of a rigid-plastic pipe before impact against the restraint, with the ...

Abstract: A simplified approach is described for determining the extent of plastic buckling of the tank wall near the base (elephant’s foot bulging) for ground-supported unanchored liquid storage tanks ...

Abstract: Steel tanks for liquid storage often consist of a cylindrical shell attached to a steel bottom plate which rests on the ground. In many cases neither the bottom plate nor the cylindrical shell are fixed to the ground. When ...

Abstract: For economic reasons S-Lay is often preferred to J-Lay. However in very deep water S-Lay requires a high curvature of the stinger to achieve the required close-to-vertical departure angle (or ...