Douglas Arnold's compact Sleipner A page explains how a 1991 offshore-platform failure traced back to a finite-element analysis error that underestimated critical shear stresses by 47 percent.
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By Switchboard Tech Services · Originally published 2026-06-17
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By Switchboard Tech Services · Originally published 2026-06-17
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