Types of loads

API-RP2A or BS6235

Categories of loads
Permanent (dead) loads Operating (live) loads

Fabrication and installation loads

Environmental loads Accidental loads

Types of loads

PERMANENT (DEAD) LOADS

Weight of the structure in air, including the weight of grout and ballast, if necessary. Weights of equipment, attachments or associated structures which are permanently mounted on the platform. Hydrostatic forces on the various members below the waterline. These forces include buoyancy and hydrostatic pressures.

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OPERATING (LIVE) LOADS

Operating loads arise from the operations on the platform and include the weight of all non-permanent equipment or material, as well as forces generated during operation of equipment. More specifically, operating loads include the following:

The weight of all non-permanent equipment (e.g. drilling, production), facilities (e.g. living quarters, furniture, life support systems, heliport, etc), consumable supplies, liquids, etc. Forces generated during operations, e.g. drilling, vessel mooring, helicopter landing, crane operations, etc.

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FABRICATION AND INSTALLATION LOADS

These loads are temporary and arise during fabrication and installation of the platform or its components.

During fabrication, erection lifts of various structural components generate lifting forces, while in the installation phase forces are generated during platform loadout, transportation to the site, launching and upending, as well as during lifts related to installation.

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FABRICATION AND INSTALLATION LOADS

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ENVIRONMENTAL LOADS

Environmental loads are those caused by environmental phenomena such as wind, waves, current, tides, earthquakes, temperature, ice, sea bed movement, and marine growth. Their characteristic parameters, defining design load values, are determined in special studies on the basis of available data.

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ACCIDENTAL LOADS
Accidental loads are loads, ill-defined with respect to intensity and frequency, which may occur as a result of accident or exceptional circumstances. Examples of accidental loads are loads due to collision with vessels, fire or explosion, dropped objects, and unintended flooding of bouyancy tanks. Special measures are normally taken to reduce the risk from accidental loads. For example, protection of wellheads or other critical equipment from a dropped object can be provided by specially designed, impact resistant covers.

Types of weld joints

Types of weld joints

Types of weld joints

Failure Modes

Elastic collapse

Plastic collapse

Fracture

Surface damage

Excessive Stretch Twist Bending Buckling Vibration

Excessive Plastic deformation at room temp. Creep at high temperature

Stiffness

Yield Strength / Creep strength

Cleavage or Brittle Fracture Fatigue Fracture Stress rupture Stress Corrosion Cracking (SCC) Hydrogen damage Impact Fracture Neutron induced Fracture

General corrosion Pitting corrosion Fretting Wear

Surface coating & Treatment

Ultimate strength Fracture Toughness

Stiffness Design - Bending

Bending Stiffness = E * I

Stiffness Design - Torsion

Torsional Stiffness = G * Ip

Types of Fracture

Types of Fracture

Types of Fracture

Types of Fracture

Types of Fracture

Types of Fracture

Types of Fracture

Types of Fracture

Types of Fracture