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FPSO Fatigue
FPSO Fatigue
Proceedings of OMAE02
21st International Conference on Offshore Mechanics
Proceedings of OMAE'02
and
Artic Engineering
21th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering
June 23-28,June
2002,Oslo,
Norway
2002, Oslo,
Norway
OMAE2002-28538
ABSTRACT
This paper presents an overview of a joint industry project
carried out in the period 2001 2003 to address the Fatigue
Capacity of FPSOs.
Numerical investigations and fatigue testing is performed
in order to improve the accuracy, robustness and efficiency of
finite element modeling and hot spot stress evaluation for
typical FPSO details.
Design criteria will be developed for fatigue crack growth
from the root of fillet welds in typical details in FPSOs
including fillet welds around attachments and fillet welds
around pipes penetrating deck plates.
Fatigue analysis methods for FPSOs with guidelines on
determination of side pressures in the water line will be
developed. This work will be supported by assessment of
actual measurement data from the field and testing in a tank.
Methods for planning in-service inspection of FPSOs
based on a fracture mechanics and reliability analysis will be
developed. Also a procedure for repair of a fatigue crack while
the FPSO is on station in the field will be developed.
INTRODUCTION
A joint industry project on the Fatigue Capacity of FPSOs
was carried out with 19 participants from oil companies,
Task 5:
Task 5 concentrates on developing a methodology for
planning of in-service inspection of FPSOs. A cope hole at the
bottom of the hull is used as an example. This methodology is
based on reliability analysis, ref. also Lotsberg et al.
(1999/2000).
Task 5 also contains development of a procedure for
repair of a fatigue crack at a cope hole (scallop or mouse hole)
while the FPSO is installed on the field.
PARTICIPATION AND ORGANISATION OF THE
PROJECT
The following participants contributes to the project by
funding and work in kind:
Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI)
BP
Conoco
Shell Deepwater Develop. Systems
Statoil
TotalFinaElf
Petrobras
Bluewater
Navion
Marin
Bureau Veritas
Det Norske Veritas
Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
National University of Singapore
NTNU
Shanghai Jiaotong University
Technical University Hamburg-Harburg
The Welding Institute performs consulting work.
The shipyards, a research institute and the universities
contribute to the project by work-in-kind as their participation
fee.
Pl G. Bergan, DNV, is project manager and Inge
Lotsberg, DNV, is associate project manager for the project.
Inge Lotsberg is also co-ordinating the three first tasks. Michel
Francois, Bureau Veritas, and Henryk Pisarski, The Welding
Institute, are co-ordinating Tasks 4 and 5 respectively.
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Chen, W. and Landet, E. (2001): Stress Analysis of Cut-outs
with and without Reinforcement. OMAE Rio de Janeiro, June.
Fricke, W. (2001): Recommended Hot Spot Analysis
Procedure for Structural Details of FPSOs and Ships Based on
Round-Robin FE Analyses. ISOPE Stavanger, June.
Fricke, W. and Bogdan, R. (2001): Determination of Hot Spot
Stress in Structural Members with In-Plane Notches Using a
Coarse Element Mesh. IIW-Doc. XIII-1870-01.
Hobbacher, A. (1996): Fatigue Design of Welded Joints and
Components. IIW. XIII-1539-96/ XV-845-96.
Kim, W. S., Kim, D. H., Lee, S. G. and Lee, Y. K. (2001):
Fatigue Strength of Load-Carrying Box Fillet Weldment in
Ship Structure. PRADS Shanghai, September.
Lotsberg, I., Sigurdsson G. and Wold, P. T. (1999):
Probabilistic Inspection Planning of the sgard A FPSO Hull
Structure with Respect to Fatigue. OMAE99 St. Johns, New
Foundland, July, Also Journal of Offshore Mechanics and
Arctic Engineering. Vol. 122, May 2000, pp.134-140.
Lotsberg, I. (2000): Background and Status of the FPSO
Fatigue Capacity JIP, OTC Paper No 12144. Houston, May.
Lotsberg, I., Askheim, D. ., Haavi, T. and Maddox, S.
(2001): Full Scale Fatigue Testing of Side Longitudinals in
FPSOs. ISOPE Stavanger, June.
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Fatigue Assessment of FPSOs. ISOPE Stavanger, June.
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Polezhaeva, H. and Chung, H. (2001): Effect of Misalignment
on the Stress Concentration of a Welded Hopper Knuckle for a
Typical FPSO. OMAE Rio de Janeiro, June.
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Analysis of Side Longitudinals. ISOPE Stavanger, June.
Task 1
Task 2
Task 3
Task 4
Task 5
Weld Toe
Assessment
Methodology
Root Cracking
Assessment
Methodology
Additional
Fatigue
Testing
Fatigue
Analysis
Methodology
In-situ
Inspection and
Repair
Methods
Notch stress
Stress
t/2
Bracket toe
3t/2
Hot spot stress
Notch stress
Fillet weld
Membrane stress
Stress evaluation plane
Figure 2 Stress distribution at the weld toe region
A-A
B-B
C-C
D-D
Throat
section
Side view:
Top view
100 t
actuator
2 x 25 t
actuators
2 x 25 t
actuators
Specimen
600
600
600
600
600
600
Figure 6 Test arrangement for fatigue testing of fillet welds with combined stresses
200
R=30
A-A
Figure 7 Fatigue testing of fillet welds simulating the stress condition at a cope hole
140
55
R=30
15
55
Figure 8 Fatigue testing of fillet welds simulating the stress condition at a soft nose
Longitudinal
Potential
crack areas
Plate
B-B