m i Floating structures: a guide for design and analysis

1.7 Analysis 1.7.1 Extreme environmental data required for analysis 1.7.2 Hydrostatics 1.7.3 Hydrodynamic loading and response models 1.7.4 Mooring / DP models 1.7.5 Riser models 1.7.6 Global structure models 1.7.7 Local detail SCFs 1.7.8 Local detail models 1.7.9 Yield 1 buckling checks 1.7.10 Fatigue analysis

References

1A Worldwide floating production platforms

1B M I recommended practices

1C The UK re gulatory regime

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The environment,

2.1 Environmental data requirements 2.1.1 Overview 2.1.2 Construction in sheltered waters 2.1.3 Transportation 2.1.4 Offshore installation 2.1.5 Design criteria 2.1.6 Operating criteria 2.1.7 Relevant metocean parameters 2.1.8 Marine transportation and other operations afloat

2.2 Rules, guidance and recommended practice

2.3 The world dimate 2.3.1 The main features 2.3.2 Large scale weather systems 2.3.3 Small scale weather systems 2.3.4 The global wind climate 2.3.5 Global wave climate 2.3.6 Global current climate 2.3.7 Global distribution of sea ice 2.3.8 World climate change

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2.4 Types of environmental data 2.4.1 Instrumental measurements 2.4.2 Visual observations (from ships) 2.4.3 Hindcast data

2.5 Wind 2.5.1 2.5.2 2.5.3 2.5.4 2.5.5 2.5.6 2.5.7 2.5.8 2.5.9

~ntroduction Measurement of wind Atm~s~haic'stability Mean wind speed profile Gusts Wmd gust specaa Spatial correlation Gust speeds used in static or quasi-static analysls Wind environmental effects

2.6 Tides, currents and water levels 2.6.1 Introduction 2.6.2 Oceanic currents caused by winds 2.6.3 Thennohaline currents 2.6.4 Tides 2.6.5 Tidal currents 2.6.6 Storm surge 2.6.7 Seiches and other low frequency oscillatioll~ 2.6.8 Currents in deep waters

2.7 Waves 2.7.1 Wave generation and dissipation 2.7.2 Wave measurement 2.7.3 Sea and swell description