Ship-shaped offshore installations : design, building, and operation
Ship-shaped offshore units are some of the more economical systems for the development of offshore oil and gas, and are often preferred in marginal fields. These systems are especially attractive to develop oil and gas fields in deep and ultra-deep water areas and remote locations away from existing...
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| Format | Electronic eBook |
| Language | English |
| Published |
Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2007.
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| Online Access | Full text |
| ISBN | 9780511293252 0511293259 9780511296383 051129638X 0511295618 9780511295614 9780511292439 0511292430 9780511546082 0511546084 1280959533 9781280959530 9780521187886 0521187885 9780521859219 0521859212 |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource (xxiv, 536 pages) : illustrations, map |
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; How to Use This Book; CHAPTER 1 Overview of Ship-Shaped Offshore Installations; CHAPTER 2 Front-End Engineering; CHAPTER 3 Design Principles, Criteria, and Regulations; CHAPTER 4 Environmental Phenomena and Application to Design; CHAPTER 5 Serviceability Limit-State Design; CHAPTER 6 Ultimate Limit-State Design; CHAPTER 7 Fatigue Limit-State Design; CHAPTER 8 Accidental Limit-State Design; CHAPTER 9 Topsides, Mooring, and Export Facilities Design; CHAPTER 10 Corrosion Assessment and Management
- CHAPTER 11 Inspection and MaintenanceCHAPTER 12 Tanker Conversion and Decommissioning; CHAPTER 13 Risk Assessment and Management; APPENDIX 1 Terms and Definitions; APPENDIX 2 Scale Definitions of Winds, Waves, and Swells; APPENDIX 3 Probability of Sea States at Various Ocean Regions; APPENDIX 4 Scaling Laws for Physical Model Testing; APPENDIX 5 Wind-Tunnel Test Requirements; APPENDIX 6 List of Selected Industry Standards; Index