..., 2018; published online June 28, 2018. Assoc. Editor: Marcelo R. Martins. 14 10 2017 03 05 2018 Floating Ocean space utilization Wave mechanics Ship motions Risers Cable dynamics Moorings Wave effects Moored production systems The same principle applies...

... structures Structural mechanics Moored production systems Foundation Ships in ice By harvesting more wind energy in far offshore environment, the deep-sea floating type offshore wind turbines have great potential to generate more power. However, excessive vibration in the offshore environmental...

... fluid dynamics Floating Hydrodynamics Ocean energy technology Wave mechanics Wave effects Moored production systems Due to the rapid increase in demand for oil and gas resources, offshore oil and gas industry is continuously expanded to deeper seas. As a key facility in the deep-water oil...

... statistics Wave mechanics Wave effects Moored production systems The economical exploration of seas, mainly oil and natural gas in offshore fields, has motivated advanced studies and research about oceanic systems and environmental forces acting on them. In order to reduce operating costs...

...: Lizhong Wang. 09 01 2017 23 08 2017 Computational mechanics Floating Geotechnology Risers Structural mechanics Sub-sea technology Foundation engineering Moorings Cable dynamics Design Moored production systems Foundation The move of offshore oil and gas development...

... Design of offshore structures Floating Moored production systems Normally, floating, production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) projects starts with exploration and feasibility studies for reservoirs. If the investigation results are deemed as valid, an owner (generally an oil company...

... Design Moored production systems Seafloor shallow soil in deepwater is generally composed of silts, clays, sands, and their mixture, with poor strength in general. Typically, the shear strength of the seabed surficial sediments lies in the range of 0–5 kPa [ 1 ]. To increase drilling efficiency...

.... Further, a not properly designed bottom ring may considerably deform in severe weather conditions and damage the net. Design of offshore structures Floating Fluid-structure interaction Hydrodynamics Ocean space utilization Wave mechanics Wave effects Moored production systems 02 06...

... be illustrated in Fig. 1 and summarized as follows: Computational mechanics Design of offshore structures Floating Moored production systems Design 18 04 2016 16 03 2017 Contributed by the Ocean, Offshore, and Arctic Engineering Division of ASME for publication in the J OURNAL...

... of offshore structures Floating Hydrodynamics Ship motions Risers Cable dynamics Moorings Moored production systems Stability assessment is the most important issue for vessels' safety and is a legal requirement for the operation of floating vessels, including offshore units. According...

...-structure interaction Hydrodynamics Ship motions Risers Cable dynamics Moorings Moored production systems The dynamics of any rigid body are governed by the Newton's second law of motion. For a ship or an offshore platform involving multi-DOFs, the application of Newton's law results...

... 21 08 2016 Coastal engineering Design of offshore structures Floating Offshore safety Ship motions Risers Cable dynamics Moorings Moored production systems Offshore reliability Here, g is the gravitational acceleration of 9.8 N/kg, m 0 is the anchor...

..., 2016; final manuscript received August 28, 2016; published online October 20, 2016. Assoc. Editor: Xi-Ying Zhang. 21 04 2016 28 08 2016 Design of offshore structures Dynamics of structures Floating Hydrodynamics Ship motions Risers Cable dynamics Moorings Moored production...

... May 21, 2015; final manuscript received September 15, 2016; published online October 20, 2016. Assoc. Editor: Robert Seah. 21 05 2015 15 09 2016 Floating Risers Moorings Cable dynamics Moored production systems Hydrocarbon exploration has now moved into deeper...

..., and bottom chain excluding other mooring components. Design of offshore structures Dynamics of structures Floating Risers Ship motions Risers Cable dynamics Moorings Moored production systems The mooring design of offshore platforms requires relatively significant amount of design...

... February 13, 2016; published online April 8, 2016. Assoc. Editor: Charles E. Smith. 01 08 2015 13 02 2016 Computational fluid dynamics Dynamics of structures Floating Moored production systems Moon pool (also named center well) of a spar platform is located in the center...

... 18 08 2015 Fatigue Floating Offshore materials Risers Moorings Cable dynamics Fracture reliability Control Moored production systems Material performance Material applications With offshore oil and gas explorations increasingly extending to deep and ultra-deep waters...

... RAOs of roll motion at each filling ratio: comparison between simulation and experiment Computational fluid dynamics Design of offshore structures Dynamics of structures Floating Hydrodynamics Offshore safety Ship motions Risers Cable dynamics Moorings Moored production systems...

... Moorings Cable dynamics Moored production systems The dynamic coupling analysis between floating platform and mooring/risers is one of the challenging topics in development of oil and gas exploration in deepwater area. In this paper, the dynamic coupled analysis model for a turret-moored floating...