RING-STIFFENED CYLINDERS UNDER AXIAL AND EXTERNAL PRESSURE LOADING.

Keywords: RING, AXIAL, LOADS, CYLINDRICAL, OFFSHORE, DEFLECTION, PROGRAMS, UNLOADING, TENSION, BENDING, PRESENT, PRACTICE, TESTS, TUBULAR, PREDICTION, MODES, IMPERFECTIONS, LENGTH, STIFFENED, EXTERNAL, BEHAVIOUR, GEOMETRY, OIL, ELASTOPLASTIC, CURVES, CHARACTERISTICS, LEGS, GENERATION, FLOATING, DESIGN, OBSERVATIONS, ELEMENTS, ULTIMATE, EFFECT, WAVES, POST COLLAPSE, CYLINDERS, PRESSURE, SHELLS, STRUCTURES, PLATFORMS, FINITE DIFFERENCE, PEAK, FIXED, COMPRESSION, FUTURE, CODES, RECOMMENDATIONS, BUCKLING, COMPUTERS