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      Names: Chandrasekaran, Srinivasan, author. | Nagavinothini, R., 1991– author.

      Title: Offshore compliant platforms : analysis, design, and experimental studies / Srinivasan Chandrasekaran, Department of Ocean Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Tamil Nadu, India, R. Nagavinothini, Department of Structures for Engineering and Architecture, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.

      Description: First edition. | Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2020. | Series: Wiley‐ASME Press Series | Includes bibliographical references and index.

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      Subjects: LCSH: Compliant platforms.

      Classification: LCC TC1700 .C44 2020 (print) | LCC TC1700 (ebook) | DDC 627/.98–dc23

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