MODIFIED DESIGN RULES FOR FATIGUE PERFORMANCE OF OFFSHORE STRUCTURES

Author(s):  
J.G. Hicks
Author(s):  
Koji Gotoh ◽  
Shuichi Tsumura

Laser-arc hybrid welding is a high-quality welding technology and is expected to improve the productivity of manufacturing hull and offshore structures. Application of this technology allows the replacement of fillet-welded joints in structures with full-penetration welded joints. The fatigue performance and deformation caused by welding will be improved by this replacement. The present study experimentally investigates the fatigue performance and deformation due to welding. Two types of tee joints, which penetrate from one side and both sides, were applied. The investigations confirm the superiority of full-penetration tee joints fabricated by laser-arc hybrid welding over conventional fillet-welded joints.


TAPPI Journal ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (01) ◽  
pp. 31-37
Author(s):  
Bryan McCulloch ◽  
John Roper ◽  
Kaitlin Rosen

Barrier coatings are used in applications including food packaging, dry goods, and consumer products to prevent transport of different compounds either through or into paper and paperboard substrates. These coatings are useful in packaging to contain active ingredients, such as fragrances, or to protect contents from detrimental substances, such as oxygen, water, grease, or other chemicals of concern. They also are used to prevent visual changes or mechanical degradation that might occur if the paper becomes saturated. The performance and underlying mechanism depends on the barrier coating type and, in particular, on whether the barrier coating is designed to prevent diffusive or capillary transport. Estimates on the basis of fundamental transport phenomena and data from a broad screening of different barrier materials can be used to understand the limits of various approaches to construct barrier coatings. These estimates also can be used to create basic design rules for general classes of barrier coatings.


1994 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 43-48
Author(s):  
Do Son

This paper describes the results of measurements and analysis of the parameters, characterizing technical state of offshore platforms in Vietnam Sea. Based on decreasing in time material characteristics because of corrosion and local destruction assessment on residual life time of platforms is given and variants for its repair are recommended. The results allowed to confirm advantage of proposed technical diagnostic method in comparison with others and have been used for oil and gas platform of Joint Venture "Vietsovpetro" in South Vietnam.


2008 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Thomas Page ◽  
Gisli Thorsteinsson

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