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INTRODUCTION TO MODUL 2
The mobile offshore structures can be categorized as follows (fig. 1):
■ Jack-up platforms;
■ Semi-submersible platforms and Tension Leg
Platforms (TLP);
■ Submersible platforms;
■ Drilling ships;
■ Lay barges;
■ Semi-submersible lay barges;
■ Offshore terminals and storage units;
■ Buoys.
Figure 1 - Classification of mobile offshore structures
Furthermore, in many cases the separate investigation of
the group of the compliant structures in which the effects of their
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