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This brief note deals with a method for designing the hull of a TLP by a minimum criterion. The very complicated problem of finding the best size of a standard TLP hull with regards to its weight is carried out by adopting a simplified model, depending only on two design variables, which is optimized under the same constraints considered for the effective structure. Subsequently, the dimensions of the hull are found imposing the constancy of the total buoyancy, and using again a minimum weight criterion. The results agree rather well with the cases known.
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Vannucci, P. Simplified optimal design of a tension leg platform (TLP). Structural Optimization 12, 265–268 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01197367
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01197367