This paper analyzed the effects of freak waves on a mobile jack-up drilling platform stationed in exposed waters of the North Sea. Under freak wave conditions, highly nonlinear effects, such as wave run-up on platform legs and impact-related wave loads on the hull, had to be considered. Traditional methods based on the Morison formula needed to be critically examined to accurately predict these loads. Our analysis was based on the use of advanced computational fluid dynamics techniques. The code used here solves the Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations and relies on the interface-capturing technique of the volume-of-fluid type. It computed the two-phase flow of water and air to describe the physics associated with complex free-surface shapes with breaking waves and air trapping, hydrodynamic phenomena that had to be considered to yield reliable predictions. Lastly, the finite element method was used to apply the wave-induced loads onto a comprehensive finite element structural model of the platform, yielding deformations and stresses.


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    Title :

    Wave load and structural analysis for a jack-up platform in freak waves


    Additional title:

    Seegangsbelastung und Strukturanalyse für eine Jack-up-Ölbohrplattform in Riesenwellen


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    2009


    Size :

    9 Seiten, 14 Quellen




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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