Abstract
This paper describes an inspection and maintenance planning methodology that incorporates advanced reliability analysis with fracture mechanics based on limit state function including reliability updating after inspection or repair and considers the life reduction of tubular joints submitted to fatigue so that is possIble to monitor the condition of the joints during its working life. Furthermore an application for a fixed marine platform installed in the Mexican sector of the Gulf of Mexico is presented. This application was …
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The Eighth International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference |
| Publisher | International Society of Offshore & Polar Engineers |
| Publication date | 1998 |
| Publication status | Published - 1998 |
| Externally published | Yes |