- Author
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Morreale, T. A.
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Gergeley, P.
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Grigoriu, M.
- Title
- Wind-Tunnel Study of Wind Loading on a Compliant Offshore Platform.
- Coporate
- Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY
- Sponsor
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
Minerals Management Service, Reston, VA
- Report
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NBS GCR 84-465
March 1984
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
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offshore structures; platforms; wind tunnel models; wind direction; static tests; torsion; loads (forces); structural engineering
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wind tunnels
- Identifiers
- wind loads
- Abstract
- Two models, with scales of 1/250 and 1/500, of an offshore oil platform were tested in a wind tunnel to obtain static forces for various wind directions. Two peak wind velocities were used: 54 fps and 108 fps. The measured shears and moments along wind were generally in reasonably good agreement with previous results obtained in a different wind tunnel using larger models. The agreement for transverse forces and moments and for torsion was not as satisfactory.