... are often nonlinear elastic rocks. This study investigates how to optimize the mechanical parameters used in the hydraulic fracture design to best approximate the rock elastic properties under in-situ formation conditions, and show how to derive them from well logs. We performed uniaxial strain...

... suggested by DNVGL are compared to results attained by calculating the actual low-frequency motions due to waves and wind. Low-frequency wave-induced exciting moments calculated with Newman's approximation and the full QTF are compared to assess the approximation's validity for this problem. Finally a full...

... the largest contribution for semisubmersibles in storm sea states. The drift coefficients represent the diagonal of the difference frequency quadratic transfer function, and because Newman’s approximation is implied by the method, these drift coefficients will give rise to both mean and slowly varying forces...

... Abstract The prediction of slow drift motions for the design of a mooring system is usually made using the Newman approximation [1], based on the assumption of a very low resonance frequency of the system and small contribution of the second order wave fields. This hypothesis is commonly...

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... a good approximation to this ideal. Missing near offsets can usually be estimated by appropriate extrapolation of the recorded near offset traces (Ref. 9) and when the source spacing exceeds the receiver spacing, the missing sources can be estimated by interpolation. Unlike the 2D case, the application...

... associated with 3- D data. Our technique has been demonstrated on real 3-D data. Hourglass approximation While full wavefield reconstruction is capable of de-aliasing severely undersampled prestack seismic data, it can be expensive to use and, if only a stacked image is needed, an approximation, referred...

... in determining movable and residual hydrocarbons. In the past, the borehole electrical logs have been mostly interpreted using curve matching or approximate modeling techniques. This often resulted in underestimating the hydrocarbons in the subsurface and/or misled distinction between the water and oil bearing...

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... frequency components do not significantly interfere with each other because of vety different time scales. They are subsequently assessed separately in the framework of this approximation. The low frequency component is usually obtained by time domain simulations which solve at each time step a vectorial...

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...- venient linear combination (weighted sum) of the axial leg strains at that elevation. Calling the chosen linear combination s, the OTM/s ra- tio is therefore a constant for each mode. If the leg strains are well-approximated by the two- mode model, the OTM/s ratio for motion in ei- ther principal...

... with the response predicted from the proposed approximate method. The validity of the fInite element analysis was verifIed by comparison of the calculated and the experimental results. For the two large-diameter, fabricated specimens (PI and P2), the correlation was not as good as for the smaller, manufactured...

... the line tension a. the motion of the line within the envelope is approximately sinusoidal Due to this sinusoidal motion at the top end the line elements will move within a certain "envelope" as shown in Fig The vertical distance between the upper and lower boundary of the envelope is denoted by azo' Let...

... but using other simplifications of Eq.(3) gives For structures with significant dynamic responses, such as deepwater compliant offshore structures, the fluid-structure interaction effect must be included as in Eq.(2b). One approximation which retains some of the interaction effect but gives a linear...

... unit relative motion capsize approximation characteristic downfloodlng reduction generic unit criteria prediction assessment OTC 5802 Development of a New Stability Criteria for Mobile Offshore Drilling Units by S.G. Stiansen, Stanley G. Stiansen Inc., and V.S. Shin and G. Shark, American...

... for choosing this particular approximation, and it is therefore worth investigating other [ x ~an(l S(fn) l)* approximatione n=1to determine whether they can ease the computational task. It is shown below that by approximating the slowly varying drift x exp[ -2mi(fn-fo)t + On] force coefficients...

... are derived from "approximate theory" of continuous Orandom distributions in mathematical statistics. Their applicability is investigated through comparisons with the measured results. INTRODUCTION If the static restoring force by mooring lines is very small, a highly tuned resonance of motions...

... loading effects has recently been developed. Four similar fixed offshore platforms designed for water depths ranging between 400 ft (122 m) and 1000 ft (328 m) are used to illustrate the methodology. The importance of considering both the wave-structure interaction and a third order approximation...

... frequency approximations are valid for primary reflected waves: Within the laterally inhomogeneous medium the longitudinal wave is emitted from the source S (Figure 1), refracted and reflected at the velocity interfaces and is finally recorded at the receivers Rl' R2,.For the approximation to be considered...