- Author
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Brown and Root Development, Inc.
- Title
- State-of-the-Art Report on Guyed Tower Platforms.
- Coporate
- Brown and Root Development, Inc., Houston, TX
- Sponsor
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
- Report
-
NBS GCR 830443
1983
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
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offshore structures; guy wires; structural design; dynamic loads; static loads; hydrodynamics
- Identifiers
- compliant structures
- Abstract
- This state-of-the-art report reviews general concepts, design considerations, the modeling of dynamic and fatigue behavior, methods of analysis, and problems of fabrication and installation, pertaining to offshore guyed tower platforms. In addition, a list of references is provided, complemented by a bibliography on dynamic problems in platform design.