| Preface |
| The Author |
| Introduction to Offshore Structures / 1： |
| Introduction / 1.1： |
| History of Offshore Structures / 1.2： |
| Overview of Field Development / 1.3： |
| Field-Development Cost / 1.3.1： |
| Multicriteria Concept Selection / 1.3.2： |
| Feed Requirements / 1.4： |
| Types of Offshore Platforms / 1.5： |
| Different Types of Offshore Structures / 1.6： |
| Minimal Offshore Structure / 1.7： |
| Preview of This Book / 1.8： |
| Bibliography |
| Offshore Structure Loads and Strength / 2： |
| Gravity Loads / 2.1： |
| Dead Load / 2.2.1： |
| Live Load / 2.2.2： |
| Impact Load / 2.2.3： |
| Design for Serviceability Limit State / 2.2.4： |
| Helicopter Landing Loads / 2.2.5： |
| Crane Support Structures / 2.2.6： |
| Wind Load / 2.3： |
| Stair Design / 2.4： |
| Wind Loads / 2.4.1： |
| Offshore Loads / 2.5： |
| Wave Load / 2.5.1： |
| Current Force / 2.5.2： |
| Earthquake Load / 2.5.3： |
| Ice Loads / 2.5.4： |
| Other Loads / 2.5.5： |
| Design for Ultimate Limit State (ULS) / 2.6： |
| Load Factors / 2.6.1： |
| Extreme Environmental Situation for Fixed Offshore Platforms / 2.6.2： |
| Operating Environmental Situations-Fixed Platforms / 2.6.3： |
| Partial Action Factors for Platform Design / 2.6.4： |
| Collision Events / 2.7： |
| Vessel Collision / 2.7.1： |
| Fires and Explosions / 2.8： |
| Material Strength / 2.9： |
| Steel Groups / 2.9.1： |
| Steel Classes / 2.9.2： |
| References |
| Offshore Structure Platform Design / 3： |
| Preliminary Dimensions / 3.1： |
| Approximate Dimensions / 3.2.1： |
| Bracing System / 3.3： |
| Jacket Design / 3.4： |
| Structure Analysis / 3.5： |
| Global Structure Analysis / 3.5.1： |
| The Loads on Piles / 3.5.2： |
| Modeling Techniques / 3.5.3： |
| Dynamic Structure Analysis / 3.5.4： |
| In-place Analysis According to ISO 19902 / 3.5.5： |
| Cylinder Member Strength / 3.6： |
| Cylinder Member Strength Calculation According to ISO 19902 / 3.6.1： |
| Cylinder Member Strength Calculation / 3.6.2： |
| Tubular Joint Design / 3.7： |
| Simple Joint Calculation API RP2A (2007) / 3.7.1： |
| Joint Calculation According to API RP2A (2000) / 3.7.2： |
| Fatigue Analysis / 3.7.3： |
| Topside Design / 3.8： |
| Grating Design / 3.8.1： |
| Handrails, Walkways, Stairways and Ladders / 3.8.2： |
| Boat Landing Design / 3.9： |
| Boat Landing Calculation / 3.9.1： |
| Riser Guard Design / 3.9.2： |
| Boat Landing Design Using the Nonlinear Analysis Method / 3.9.3： |
| Boat Impact Methods / 3.9.4： |
| Tubular Member Denting Analysis / 3.9.5： |
| Riser Guard / 3.10： |
| On-Bottom Stability / 3.11： |
| Bridges / 3.12： |
| Crane Loads / 3.13： |
| Lift Installation Loads / 3.14： |
| Vortex-Induced Vibrations / 3.15： |
| Helideck Design / 3.16： |
| Structure Analysis and Design Quality Control / 3.17： |
| Geotechnical Data and Pile Design / 4： |
| Investigation Procedure / 4.1： |
| Performing an Offshore Investigation / 4.2.1： |
| Drilling Equipment and Method / 4.2.2： |
| Wire-Line Sampling Technique / 4.2.3： |
| Offshore Soil Investigation Problems / 4.2.4： |
| Soil Tests / 4.3： |
| In-Situ Testing / 4.4： |
| Cone Penetration Test (CPT) / 4.4.1： |
| Field Vane Test / 4.4.2： |
| Soil Properties / 4.5： |
| Strength / 4.5.1： |
| Soil Characterization / 4.5.2： |
| Pile Foundations / 4.6： |
| Pile Capacity for Axial Loads / 4.6.1： |
| Foundation Size / 4.6.2： |
| Axial Pile Performance / 4.6.3： |
| Pile Capacity Calculation Methods / 4.6.4： |
| Pile Capacity under Cyclic Loadings / 4.6.5： |
| Scour / 4.7： |
| Pile Wall Thickness / 4.8： |
| Design Pile Stresses / 4.8.1： |
| Stresses Due to Hammer Effect / 4.8.2： |
| Minimum Wall Thickness / 4.8.3： |
| Driving Shoe and Head / 4.8.4： |
| Pile Section Lengths / 4.8.5： |
| Pile Drivability Analysis / 4.9： |
| Evaluation of Soil Resistance to Driving (SRD) / 4.9.1： |
| Unit Shaft Resistance and Unit End Bearing for Uncemented Materials / 4.9.2： |
| Upper- and Lower-Bound SRD / 4.9.3： |
| Results of Wave Equation Analyses / 4.9.4： |
| Results of Drivability Calculations / 4.9.5： |
| Recommendations for Pile Installation / 4.9.6： |
| Soil Investigation Report / 4.10： |
| Fabrication and Installation / 5： |
| Construction Procedure / 5.1： |
| Engineering of Execution / 5.3： |
| Fabrication / 5.4： |
| Joint Fabrication / 5.4.1： |
| Fabrication Based on ISO / 5.4.2： |
| Jacket Assembly and Erection / 5.5： |
| Weight Control / 5.6： |
| Weight Calculation / 5.6.1： |
| Loads from Transportation, Launch and Lifting Operations / 5.7： |
| Lifting Procedure and Calculations / 5.8： |
| Lifting Calculations / 5.8.1： |
| Lifting Structural Calculations / 5.8.2： |
| Lift Point Design / 5.8.3： |
| Clearances / 5.8.4： |
| Lifting Calculation Report / 5.8.5： |
| Load-out Process / 5.9： |
| Transportation Process / 5.10： |
| Supply Boats / 5.10.1： |
| Anchor-handling Boats / 5.10.2： |
| Towboats / 5.10.3： |
| Towing / 5.10.4： |
| Drilling Vessels / 5.10.5： |
| Crew Boats / 5.10.6： |
| Barges / 5.10.7： |
| Crane Barges / 5.10.8： |
| Offshore Derrick Barges (Fully Revolving) / 5.10.9： |
| Jack-up Construction Barges / 5.10.10： |
| Transportation Loads / 5.11： |
| Launching and Upending Forces / 5.12： |
| Installation and Pile Handling / 5.13： |
| Corrosion Protection / 6： |
| Corrosion in Seawater / 6.1： |
| Corrosion of Steel in Seawater / 6.1.2： |
| Choice of System Type / 6.1.3： |
| Geometric Shape / 6.1.4： |
| Coatings and Corrosion Protection of Steel Structures / 6.2： |
| Corrosion Stresses Due to the Atmosphere, Water and Soil / 6.3： |
| Classification of Environments / 6.3.1： |
| Mechanical, Temperature and Combined Stresses / 6.3.2： |
| Cathodic Protection Design Considerations / 6.4： |
| Environmental Parameters / 6.4.1： |
| Design Criteria / 6.4.2： |
| Protective Potentials / 6.4.3： |
| Negative Impact of CP on the Structure Jacket / 6.4.4： |
| Galvanic Anode Materials Performance / 6.4.5： |
| CP Design Parameters / 6.4.6： |
| Design Calculation for CP System / 6.4.7： |
| Design Example / 6.5： |
| General Design Considerations / 6.6： |
| Anode Manufacture / 6.7： |
| Installation of Anodes / 6.8： |
| Allowable Tolerance for Anode Dimensions / 6.9： |
| Internal and External Inspection / 6.9.1： |
| Assessment of Existing Structures and Repairs / 7： |
| API RP2A: Historical Background / 7.1： |
| Environmental Loading Provisions / 7.2.1： |
| Regional Environmental Design Parameters / 7.2.2： |
| Member Resistance Calculation / 7.2.3： |
| Joint Strength Calculation / 7.2.4： |
| Fatigue / 7.2.5： |
| Pile Foundation Design / 7.2.6： |
| Den/HSE Guidance Notes for Fixed Offshore Design / 7.3： |
| Joint Strength Equations / 7.3.1： |
| Foundations / 7.3.3： |
| Definition of Design Condition / 7.3.5： |
| Currents / 7.3.6： |
| Wind / 7.3.7： |
| Waves / 7.3.8： |
| Deck Air Gap / 7.3.9： |
| Historical Review of Major North Sea Incidents / 7.3.10： |
| Historical Assessment of Environmental Loading Design Practice / 7.4： |
| Environmental Parameters for Structure Design / 7.4.1： |
| Fluid Loading Analysis / 7.4.2： |
| Development of API RP2A Member Resistance Equations / 7.5： |
| Allowable Stresses for Cylindrical Members / 7.6： |
| Axial Tension / 7.6.1： |
| Axial Compression / 7.6.2： |
| Bending / 7.6.3： |
| Shear / 7.6.4： |
| Hydrostatic Pressure / 7.6.5： |
| Combined Axial Tension and Bending / 7.6.6： |
| Combined Axial Compression and Bending / 7.6.7： |
| Combined Axial Tension and Hydrostatic Pressure / 7.6.8： |
| Combined Axial Compression and Hydrostatic Pressure / 7.6.9： |
| AISC Historical Background / 7.6.10： |
| Pile Design Historical Background / 7.6.11： |
| Effects of Changes in Tubular Member Design / 7.6.12： |
| Failure Due to Fire / 7.7： |
| Degree of Utilization / 7.7.1： |
| Tension Member Design by EC3 / 7.7.2： |
| Unrestrained Beams / 7.7.3： |
| Example: Strength Design for Steel Beams / 7.7.4： |
| Steel Column: Strength Design / 7.7.5： |
| Case Study: Deck Fire / 7.7.6： |
| Case Study: Platform Failure / 7.8： |
| Strength Reduction / 7.8.1： |
| Environmental Load Effect / 7.8.2： |
| Structure Assessment / 7.8.3： |
| Assessment of Platform / 7.9： |
| Nonlinear Structural Analysis in Ultimate Strength Design / 7.9.1： |
| Structural Modeling / 7.9.2： |
| Determining the Probability of Structural Failure / 7.9.3： |
| Offshore Structure Acceptance Criteria / 7.9.4： |
| Reliability Analysis / 7.9.5： |
| Software Requirement / 7.9.6： |
| Case Study: Platform Decommissioning / 7.10： |
| Scour Problem / 7.11： |
| Offshore Platform Repair / 7.12： |
| Deck Repair / 7.12.1： |
| Load Reduction / 7.12.2： |
| Jacket Repair / 7.12.3： |
| Dry Welding / 7.12.4： |
| Example: Platform Underwater Repair / 7.12.5： |
| Example: Platform "Shear Pups" Repair / 7.12.6： |
| Case Study: Underwater Repair for Platform Structure / 7.12.7： |
| Case Study: Platform Underwater Repair / 7.12.8： |
| Clamps / 7.12.9： |
| Example: Drilling Platform Stabilization after Hurricane Lili / 7.12.10： |
| Grouting / 7.12.11： |
| Composite Technology / 7.12.12： |
| Example: Using FRP / 7.12.13： |
| Case Study: Conductor Composite Repair / 7.12.14： |
| Fiberglass Access Decks / 7.12.15： |
| Fiberglass Mud Mats / 7.12.16： |
| Case Study: Repair of the Flare Jacket / 7.12.17： |
| Case Study: Repair of Bearing Support / 7.12.18： |
| Risk-Based inspection Technique / 8： |
| SIM Methodology / 8.1： |
| Qualitative Risk Assessment for Fleet Structures / 8.3： |
| Likelihood (Probability) Factors / 8.3.1： |
| Consequence Factors / 8.3.2： |
| Overall Risk Ranking / 8.3.3： |
| Underwater Inspection Plan / 8.4： |
| Underwater Inspection (According to API SIM 2005) / 8.4.1： |
| Baseline Underwater Inspection / 8.4.2： |
| Routine Underwater Inspection Scope of Work / 8.4.3： |
| Inspection Plan Based on ISO 9000 / 8.4.4： |
| Inspection and Repair Strategy / 8.4.5： |
| Flooded Member Inspection / 8.4.6： |
| Anode Retrofit Maintenance Program / 8.5： |
| Assessment Process / 8.6： |
| Collecting Data / 8.6.1： |
| Mitigation and Risk Reduction / 8.6.2： |
| Consequence Mitigation / 8.7.1： |
| Reduction of the Probability of Platform Failure / 8.7.2： |
| Occurrence of Member Failures with Time / 8.8： |
| Index |
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