This unit covers mobile offshore units and offshore platforms; platform functions and form—the importance of weight and water depth; launched, self-floating and lift-installed jackets; node design and fabrication; jacket fabrication, load-out and transportation; jacket configuration; topsides configuration governing load cases; in-plane design of jackets including ship impact and fatigue; foundations; concrete gravity structures for deep and shallow water applications and design issues; floating platforms: TLPs, semi-submersibles, FPSOs, spars; riser types; novel and future types of platforms and their applicability; economic comparison between platform types, considering particular... -- Course Website
Instructor: Assistant Professor Brendan Graham
