RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
- Development of a Buoyant Leg Structure (BLS)
for deepwater oil and gas production
- Research on shell and plate buckling, development
of revised buckling formulations and upgrade of API Bulletins
2U and 2V
- Overview and evaluation of damaged and undamaged
platforms in the path of Hurricane Andrew and development of
guidelines for initial assessment of a platform after an extreme
event
- Development of analysis and design documents
for orthotropically stiffened systems including theoretical basis,
documents and support software for cylindrical shell and flat
plate structures
- Development of a static/dynamic and linear/nonlinear
software package for the analysis and design of marine structures.