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Project Number 88
Date of Summary December 31, 1987
Subject Inspectibility of Tension Leg Platform Tendons
Performing Activity Offshore Technology Corporation
Principal Investigator Mr. John E. Halkyard
Contracting Agency Minerals Management Service
Estimated Completion Complete
Description This was a Joint Industry Project (JIP). Designs for Tension Leg Platform (TLP)Tendon elements were analyzed by a fracture mechanics approach making use of the critical flaw concept. Inspection methods for detection of structural flaws in the TLP tendons were identified. Ultrasonic detection (UT) will be examined in connection with general tendon design methods, and a model relating the UT inspection performance to the design method and period of inspection will be proposed.
Progress Complete
Reports
AA (192 pages, 6,267 KB) File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . Bossi, R. H., Halkyard, J. G., Isaacson, C. A., and Maki, B. F., Inspectibility of Tension Leg Platform Tendons, Final Report- Phase I, John E. Halkyard and Company, San Diego, California, May 4, 1985.
AB (409 pages, 13,893 KB) File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . Bossi, R., Davis, T., Halkyard, J., and Leggelo, B., Inspectibility of Tension Leg Platform Tendons, Phase II Final Report, Offshore Corporation, Final Report No. AOC-85-377, January, 1988.
 

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