COMPLIANT TOWERS: STRUCTURES THAT BENEFIT FROM DYNAMICS

Designs of recent compliant towers take advantage of platform dynamics to minimize the storm loadings on the platforms and minimize the moments in the structures.

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• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

  1801 Alexander Bell Drive
  Reston, VA  United States  20191-4400
• Authors:
  • Light, L
  • Chen, C-Y
• Conference:
  • 1999 New Orleans Structures Congress
  • Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Date: 1999-4-18 to 1999-4-21
• Publication Date: 1999

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 850-853

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Marine engineering; Offshore drilling platforms; Offshore structures; Towers
• Uncontrolled Terms: Compliant towers
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Marine Transportation; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00778353
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0784404216
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 11 1999 12:00AM