The Ocean Test Structure is a large scale engineering experiment designed to evaluate present wave force calculation procedures for fixed, space frame structures. This highly instrumented 6.1x12.2x36.6 m platform was installed in 20 m water depth in the Gulf of Mexico in November, 1976. Storm wave data, representing typical platform design conditions in reduced scale, were collected during two winter seasons and one hurricane season. The structure and its many sensors were calibrated during construction and checked after installation offshore. Data obtained include local wave forces on clean and barnacle-covered sensors, local wave kinematics, total base shear and overturning moment on the structure, forces on a simulated group of well conductors, and impact forces on a member above mean water level. (Jensen)
Operation of an ocean test structure
Durchfuehrung von Untersuchungen an einem Testbauwerk fuer die Meerestechnik
European offshore petroleum conf. and exhibition, Earls Court ; 1 , Oct ; 167-176
1978
10 Seiten, 16 Bilder, 3 Tabellen, 8 Quellen
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Englisch
Boarding and disembarking operation mode for large ocean structure
Europäisches Patentamt | 2015
|Underwater operation mechanical arm for ocean platform
Europäisches Patentamt | 2024
|