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Numerical analysis for structure-pile-fluid-soil interaction model of fixed offshore platform

مؤلف البحث
Shehata E. Abdel Raheem, Elsayed M. Abdel Aal, Aly G.A. AbdelShafy, Mahmoud H. Mansour and Mohamed Omar
المشارك في البحث
سنة البحث
2020
مجلة البحث
OCEAN SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
الناشر
Techno-Press: Publishers
عدد البحث
10(3)
تصنيف البحث
1
صفحات البحث
243-266
موقع البحث
http://www.techno-press.org/content/?page=article&journal=ose&volume=10&num=3&ordernum=1
ملخص البحث

In-place analysis for offshore platforms is required to make proper design for new structures and true assessment for existing structures. In addition, ensure the structural integrity of platforms components under the maximum and minimum operating loads and environmental conditions. In-place analysis was carried out to verify the robustness and capability of structural members with all appurtenances to support the applied loads in either operating condition or storm conditions. A nonlinear finite element analysis is adopted for the platform structure above the seabed and the pile–soil interaction to estimate the in-place behavior of a typical fixed offshore platform. The SACS software is utilized to calculate the natural frequencies of the model and to obtain the response of platform joints according to in-place analysis then the stresses at selected members, as well as their nodal displacements. The directions of environmental loads and water depth variations have an important effect on the results of the in-place analysis behavior. The influence of the soil-structure interaction on the response of the jacket foundation predicts is necessary to estimate the loads of the offshore platform well and real simulation of offshore foundation for the in-place analysis. The result of the study shows that the in-place response investigation is quite crucial for safe design and operation of offshore platform against the variation of environmental loads.