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Project Number 262
Date of Summary November 01, 1999
Subject Analytical and Experimental Investigations of the Behavior of Tubular Frames, Phase III
Performing Activity Billington Osbourne-Moss Engineering, Ltd.
Principal Investigator Dr. Helen Bolt
Contracting Agency Minerals Management Service
Estimated Completion Complete
Description This was a Joint Industry Project (JIP). The goal was to develop and provide guidance and information on the determination of reserve and residual strengths, redundancy, and progressive collapse mechanisms of three-dimensional tubular frames. This included the detailed design, fabrication, instrumentation, and ultimate load testing of a 3-D frame representative of offshore jacket structures.
Progress The project has been completed. A copy of the final report has been distributed to the participants.

Reports
AA (361 pages) File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . Joint Industry Tubular Frames Project Phase III, Draft Final Reports, 3D Test Set Up, etc., Bomel Limited, Berkshire, 1999.
AB (368 pages) File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . Joint Industry Tubular Frame Project Phase III, Draft Final Reports, Loadcase 1 Test Report, etc., Bomel Limited, Berkshire, 1999.

 

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