... installations process monitoring sea ice shapes (structures) life-cycle cost cost-effective design structural reliability optimal design offshore platform ice load In contrast to previous work, the authors observed the basic ice-cone interaction with simultaneous structure response...

...Gang Li; Dayong Zhang; Qianjin Yue In China, the oil and natural gas resources in Bohai Bay are mainly marginal oil fields, which freeze in the winter. It is necessary to build both ice-resistant and economical offshore platforms. However, risk is involved in the design, construction, utilization...