Advance of Research of Unbonded Flexible Risers

Abstract:

Unbonded flexible risers are widely used in offshore oil and gas production due to excellent mechanical performance, Research achievement and advance in recent ten years are reviewed, the existing problems and trend are proposed.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 470)
• Pages: 1015-1019
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.470.1015
• Online since: December 2013
• Authors: Xin Jie Zhang*, Zong Yu Chang
• Keywords: Failure, Global Analysis, Local Analysis, Trend, Unbonded Flexible Risers

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