supported and sponsored jointly by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grand Nos.51009092 and 50909061);Doctoral Foundation of the Ministry of Education of China(Grand No.20090073120013);the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China(863Program,Grand No.2008AA092301-1)
The dynamic calculations of slender marine risers, such as Finite Element Method (FEM) or Modal Expansion Solution Method (MESM), are mainly for the slender structures with their both ends hinged to the surface an...