Responses Of Classic Spar Platform Subjected To Regular Waves

• Main Author: abubakr el amin abdalla elkhalefa, abubakr el amin
• Format: Thesis
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/38/

Increasing demand for Oil and gas and decreasing onshore reserves has lead to deep water exploration therefore it has accelerated the recd to explore structures suitable for these depths, which operate more economically in deep water. A Spar platform is one such compliant offshore floating structure used fir deep wutcr applications tier the drilling, production. processing, storage, and offloading; of occult deposits. The Spur plattorrn was modelled as it rigid body with six degrees-of freedom, connected to the sea floor by multi-component catenary mooring lines, which arc attached to the Spar platform at the f'airlcuds. The aim of this project was to conduct u simple dynamic rigid body analysis in time domain fiºr it typical classic spar subjected to regular waves and then conduct it parametric analysis. I'hc results obtained are within the permissible limits where the maximum Surge, Ileuve, & Pitch recorded were 1.2 m, 0.95 m, and -0.04 fad respectively for wave height of 1. h ni and wave period of 7 ScC.