Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Fatigue Degradation Mechanism and Failure Modes
- 2 Fatigue Testing and Assessment of Test Data
- 3 Fatigue Design Approaches
- 4 S-N Curves
- 5 Stresses in Plated Structures
- 6 Stress Concentration Factors for Tubular and Shell Structures Subjected to Axial Loads
- 7 Stresses at Welds in Pipelines, Risers, and Storage Tanks
- 8 Stress Concentration Factor for Joints
- 9 Finite Element Analysis
- 10 Fatigue Assessment Based on Stress Range Distributions
- 11 Fabrication
- 12 Probability of Fatigue Failure
- 13 Design of Bolted and Threaded Connections
- 14 Fatigue Analysis of Jacket Structures
- 15 Fatigue Analysis of Floating Platforms
- 16 Fracture Mechanics for Fatigue Crack Growth Analysis and Assessment of Fracture
- 17 Fatigue of Grouted Connections
- 18 Planning of In-Service Inspection for Fatigue Cracks
- APPENDIX A Examples of FatigueAnalysis
- APPENDIX B Stress Intensity Factors
- References
- Index
15 - Fatigue Analysis of Floating Platforms
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 March 2016
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Fatigue Degradation Mechanism and Failure Modes
- 2 Fatigue Testing and Assessment of Test Data
- 3 Fatigue Design Approaches
- 4 S-N Curves
- 5 Stresses in Plated Structures
- 6 Stress Concentration Factors for Tubular and Shell Structures Subjected to Axial Loads
- 7 Stresses at Welds in Pipelines, Risers, and Storage Tanks
- 8 Stress Concentration Factor for Joints
- 9 Finite Element Analysis
- 10 Fatigue Assessment Based on Stress Range Distributions
- 11 Fabrication
- 12 Probability of Fatigue Failure
- 13 Design of Bolted and Threaded Connections
- 14 Fatigue Analysis of Jacket Structures
- 15 Fatigue Analysis of Floating Platforms
- 16 Fracture Mechanics for Fatigue Crack Growth Analysis and Assessment of Fracture
- 17 Fatigue of Grouted Connections
- 18 Planning of In-Service Inspection for Fatigue Cracks
- APPENDIX A Examples of FatigueAnalysis
- APPENDIX B Stress Intensity Factors
- References
- Index
Summary
General
DNVGL has issued a number of guidelines for fatigue assessment of floating platforms. These documents include information that is related to:
• modeling environmental loading and response;
• modeling principles for analysis models of FPSO (floating production, storage, and offloading vessels);
• hydrodynamic analysis methodology;
• fatigue analysis methodology;
• documentation and verification of analysis methodology.
Semi-Submersibles
Guidelines for fatigue design of semi-submersibles are presented in DNV-OS-C103 (2014).
Guidelines on fatigue analysis for planning in-service inspection for fatigue cracks of semi-submersibles can be found in appendix B of DNVGL-RP-0001 (2015).
Floating Production Vessels (FPSOs)
Guidelines on how to perform a global and local fatigue analysis of a typical FPSO, with both turret-moored and fixed spreader-moored arrangements, can be found in DNV-RP-C206 (2012).
Guidelines on fatigue analysis of FPSOs for planning in-service inspection for fatigue cracks can be found in appendix C of DNVGL-RP-0001 (2015). The referred documents can be downloaded from the DNV GL web page for free. This is one reason for making this section short.
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- Fatigue Design of Marine Structures , pp. 407Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2016