Launching Analysis of Offshore Jacket Platform Under Harsh Environment
摘要
The platform constructions are frequently used for processing, drilling offshore, and offshore operating support, among other uses. Structures of the jacket type are desirable in areas with relatively shallow waters. A jacket is a framework that supports deck amenities and is kept stable by leg piles driven through the ocean floor. Environmental loads, pile dimensions, and deck size all affect jacket size. Operational and environmental loads are critical components of a jacket design that require careful investigation to ensure the integrity of the structures during installation and operation. Several investigations are conducted to validate stability, including in-place, fatigue, dynamic, load-out, transportation, lifting, and launching scenarios. The Pierson-Moskowitz (P-M) spectrum is utilized for varying wind speeds to calculate wave height and wave period. In the current study, a significant wave height of 12.8 m and a wave period of 21.66 s are considered, with a wind speed of 41.67 m per second. Using a well-defined dynamic analytical approach, the reactions of the structure to the changing wave and wind forces at different water depths are examined. The platform’s displacement response to changing external conditions is assessed through various analyses, including in-place, fatigue, dynamic, load-out, transportation, lifting, and launching, utilizing the industry-standard SACS software package. This software is purpose-built for offshore structural analysis.