Environmental Load Factors and System Strength Evaluation of Offshore Jacket Platforms

• Main Author: Nizamani, Zafarullah (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Ocean Engineering & Oceanography, 4
• Subjects: Engineering.; Buildings > Design and construction.; Building.; Construction.; Engineering, Architectural.; Building construction.; Offshore Engineering.; Building Construction.

This book presents a study for the determination of environmental load factors for Jacket Platforms in Malaysia and a methodology to determine the life extension of aging platforms. The simplified methods described here could be used for determining not only structural reliability but also safety fa...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• History of code development
• History of offshore oil production
• Jacket platform design in Malaysia
• Uncertainty
• Load Uncertainty
• Structural reliability
• Joint reliability
• Environmental load factor.