... climbing slope, and pipeline ascending to offshore platform. The Hangzhou Bay submarine pipeline is the most important subproject of the Yong-Hu-Ning network, and it is also the biggest long-distance pipeline for crude oil in China. Due to the dynamic nature of Hangzhou Bay, including high tides and high...

... are calculated for longitudinal stiffeners in midship cargo and ballast tanks of a crude oil tanker. It is found that the combination factors strongly depend on wave heading and period in the short-term sea states. It is also found that the combination factors are not sensitive to the selected probability...