Wind loading on catenary vault structures

On quasi-catenary modules

We call a module M , quasi-catenary if for each pair of quasi-prime submodules K and L of M with K L all saturated chains of quasi-prime submodules of M from K to L have a common finite length. We show that any homomorphic image of a quasi-catenary module is quasi-catenary. We prove that if M   is a module with following properties: (i) Every quasi-prime submodule of M has finite quasi-height;...

Application of the WKB method to catenary-shaped slender structures

The purpose of this work is the derivation of closed form expressions for the linear vibration modes of catenary-shaped slender structures. The dynamic behaviour of the structure is described using the Euler–Bernoulli beam formulation with variable tension and angle terms. The desired expressions are obtained by treating the governing fourth-order partial differential equation of dynamic equili...

Incremental wind-wave analysis of the structural capacity of offshore wind turbine support structures under extreme loading

Offshore wind turbine (OWT) support structures are subjected to non-proportional environmental wind and wave load patterns with respect to increases in wave height and with respect to wind and wave combined loading. Traditional approaches to estimating the ultimate capacity of offshore support structures are not ideally suited to analysis of OWTs. In this paper, the concept of incremental wind-...

Rooftop Solar Arrays and Wind Loading

Dynamic Plastic Deformation of Deepwater Steel Catenary Risers Under Extreme Cyclic Compressive Loading

This paper (SPE 173892) was revised for publication from paper OTC 25335, first presented at the Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, 5–8 May 2014. Original manuscript received for review 20 June 2014. Revised manuscript received for review 27 October 2014. Paper peer approved 4 November 2014. Summary Steel catenary risers (SCRs) on a large-heave-motion vessel are susceptible to compression...