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OE4651-Bottom Founded Structures Handbook - Volume I

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OE 4651
Volume I

Handbook of
Bottom Founded Offshore Structures

by
Prof dr. ir. J.H. Vugt
Table of global contents

HANDBOOK OF BOTTOM FOUNDED OFFSHORE STRUCTURES

GLOBAL CONTENTS
1 GENERAL INTRODUCTION

2 A CLASSIFICATION OF OFFSHORE STRUCTURES

3 MODELS AND MODELLING

4 THE OFFSHORE ENVIRONMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL LOADING

5 DESIGN

6 FIXED STEEL SPACE FRAME STRUCTURES QUASI-STATIC BEHAVIOUR

7 FIXED STEEL SPACE FRAME STRUCTURES MEMBER AND JOINT DESIGN CHECKS

8 FIXED STEEL SPACE FRAME STRUCTURES - FATIGUE

9 THE DYNAMICS OF STRUCTURES

10 RESPONSE ANALYSIS IN RANDOM SEAS / NOT AVAILABLE (YET)

11 FABRICATION, TRANSPORTATION AND INSTALLATION OF

STEEL SPACE FRAME STRUCTURES / NOT AVAILABLE (YET)

12 INSPECTION, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR / NOT AVAILABLE (YET)

13 DECOMMISSIONING

14 SELF-ELEVATING PLATFORMS OR JACK-UPS

15 COMPLIANT STRUCTURES
APPENDIX A NOTATIONS

Handbook of Bottom Founded Offshore Structures January 2002

HB(2002)-BFOS_Title+Notes+TOC.doc

Table of Detailed Contents

1 GENERAL INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................... 1-1

1.1 INTRODUCTORY REMARKS ................................................................................................................. 1-1
1.2 OFFSHORE TECHNOLOGY ................................................................................................................... 1-3
1.3 INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER ENGINEERING FIELDS............................................................................. 1-6
1.3.1 Civil engineering and naval architecture/shipbuilding ................................................................ 1-6
1.3.2 Mechanical engineering ............................................................................................................... 1-6
1.3.3 Petroleum engineering ................................................................................................................. 1-7
1.3.4 Relationships with other disciplines and engineering fields in general ....................................... 1-8
1.4 TYPICAL OFFSHORE CONTRIBUTIONS TO TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ........................................... 1-11
1.5 SPECIAL FEATURES OF OFFSHORE STRUCTURES ............................................................................... 1-13
1.5.1 The offshore environment ........................................................................................................... 1-13
1.5.2 Stages in the life cycle ................................................................................................................ 1-13
1.5.3 Safety .......................................................................................................................................... 1-16
1.6 REFERENCES .................................................................................................................................... 1-20
1.7 BIBLIOGRAPHY ................................................................................................................................ 1-21
2 A CLASSIFICATION OF OFFSHORE STRUCTURES..................................................................... 2-1
2.1 MAIN CLASSIFICATION ....................................................................................................................... 2-1
2.2 CLASSIFICATION OF SUPPORT STRUCTURES ....................................................................................... 2-3
2.3 THE WORLDWIDE POPULATION OF OFFSHORE STRUCTURES ............................................................. 2-13
3 MODELS AND MODELLING ............................................................................................................... 3-1
3.1 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................. 3-1
3.2 MODELLING ....................................................................................................................................... 3-4
3.3 MAIN MODEL CHARACTERISTICS ..................................................................................................... 3-11
3.4 REFERENCES .................................................................................................................................... 3-14
ANNEX A A GENERIC APPROACH TO THE SOLUTION OF A PROBLEM ............................................................ 3-15
ANNEX B A FEW WORDS ON MECHANICS.................................................................................................... 3-17
B.1 Definition and classification ...................................................................................................... 3-17
B.2 Mechanics of solids .................................................................................................................... 3-18
B.3 Mechanics of fluids .................................................................................................................... 3-20
B.4 Mechanics of Soils...................................................................................................................... 3-22
ANNEX C USE OF MODELS IN PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS............................................................................. 3-23
 Handbook of Bottom Founded Offshore Structures January 2002
HB(2002)-BFOS_Title+Notes+TOC.doc

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