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    This document provides an outline for the NPTEL Syllabus on Design of Offshore Structures. The course covers loads on offshore structures, concepts of fixed platforms and decks, design of steel tubular members and joints, submarine pipelines and risers, and design against accidental loads like fire, blast, and collision. The course is 42 hours total and divided into 6 topics. References include textbooks on hydrodynamics of offshore structures, offshore engineering handbooks, offshore pipelines, and structural stability.

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    NPTEL Syllabus

    Design of Offshore Structures - Web


    course

    COURSE OUTLINE

    NPTEL
    Loads on Offshore Structures
    Wind Loads; Wave and Current Loads; Calculation based on Maximum base
    Shear and Overturning Moments; Design Wave heights and Spectral
    Definition; Hydrodynamic Coefficients and Marine growth; Fatigue Load http://nptel.iitm.ac.in
    Definition and Joint Probability distribution; Seismic Loads.

    Concepts of Fixed Platform Jacket and Deck


    Jacket concepts, redundant framing arrangement; Launch and Lift jackets; Ocean Engineering
    Simple Deck configurations for Lift and float-over installations; In-service and
    Pre-service Loads and analysis.

    Steel Tubular Member Design


    Principles of WSD and LRFD; Allowable stresses and Partial Safety Factors; Pre-requisites:
    Tubular Members, Slenderness effects; Column Buckling, Design for
    Hydrostatic pressure; Design for combined axial and bending stresses (API RP 1. Basic structural mechanics.
    2A guidelines).
    2. Basic hydrodynamics.
    Tubular Joint Design for Static and Cyclic Loads
    Simple tubular joints, design using allowable loads; stress concentration Coordinators:
    factors; S-N curves and fatigue damage calculations.
    Dr. S. Nallayarasu
    Submarine Pipelines and Risers Department of Ocean EngineeringIIT
    Route selection and Diameter / wall thickness calculations; Pipeline stability, Madras
    free span calculations; Concrete coated pipelines and pipe-in-pipe insulated
    pipelines; Design using DNV 81 code.

    Design against Accidental Loads (Fire, Blast and Collision)


    Behavior of steel at elevated temperature; Fire Rating for Hydrocarbon fire;
    Design of structures for high temperature; Blast Mitigation-Blast walls;
    Collision of Boats and energy absorption; Platform survival capacity and
    Plastic design methods.

    COURSE DETAIL

    S.No Topics No.of


    Hours

    1 Loads on Offshore Structures 8

    2 Concepts of Fixed Platform Jacket and Deck 6

    3 Steel Tubular Member Design 6

    4 Tubular Joint Design for Static and Cyclic 6


    Loads

    5 Submarine Pipelines and Risers 8

    6 Design against Accidental Loads (Fire, Blast 8


    and Collision)

    Total 42

    References:

    Text Books:

    1. Hydrodynamics of Offshore Structures by S.K. Chakrabarti, Springer-


    Verlag

    2. Handbook of Offshore Engineering by S.K. Chakrabarti, Elseviers, 2005.

    3. Offshore pipelines by B. Gou, S. Song, J. Chacko and A. Ghalambor, GPP


    Publishers,2006

    4. Structural Stability - Theory and Implementation by W.F.Chen and E.M.Lui


    by Elsevier

    Reference:

    1. Interim Guidance Notes for the design of and protection of topside


    structures agains explosion and fire, Joint Industry Research, UK.

    A joint venture by IISc and IITs, funded by MHRD, Govt of India http://nptel.iitm.ac.in

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