..., and maintenance of offshore platforms as uncertain events may occur within the life-cycle of a platform. In this paper, the optimum design model of the expected life-cycle cost for ice-resistant platforms based on the cost-effectiveness criterion is proposed. Multiple performance demands of the structure...

...Michael M. Bernitsas, Ph.D.; Kamaldev Raghavan; Y. Ben-Simon; E. M. H. Garcia Any device aiming to harness the abundant clean and renewable energy from ocean and other water resources must have high energy density, be unobtrusive, have low maintenance, be robust, meet life cycle cost targets...