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http://dx.doi.org/10.5574/KSOE.2015.29.1.016

Structural Analysis of Deepwater Steel Catenary Riser using OrcaFlex  

Park, Kyu-Sik (Steel Solution Center, POSCO)
Choi, Han-Suk (Graduate School of Engineering Mastership, POSTECH)
Kim, Do-Kyun (Civil Engineering Department, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Bandar Seri Iskandar)
Yu, Su-Young (Civil Engineering Department, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Bandar Seri Iskandar)
Kang, Soo-Chang (Steel Solution Center, POSCO)
Publication Information
Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology / v.29, no.1, 2015 , pp. 16-27 More about this Journal
Abstract
The design challenges when attempting to obtain sufficient strength for a deepwater steel catenary riser (SCR) include high stress near the hang-off location, an elevated beam-column buckling load due to the effective compression in the touchdown zone (TDZ), and increased stress and low-cycle fatigue damage in the TDZ. Therefore, a systematic strength analysis is required for the proper design of an SCR. However, deepwater SCR analysis is a new research area. Thus, the objective of this study was to develop an overall analysis procedure for a deepwater SCR. The structural behavior of a deepwater SCR under various environmental loading conditions was investigated, and a sensitivity analysis was conducted with respect to various parameters such as the SCR weight, weight of the internal contents, hang-off angle (HOA), and vertical soil stiffness. Based on a deepwater SCR design example, it was found that the maximum stress of an SCR occurred at a hang-off location under parallel loading direction with respect to the riser plane, except for a wave dominant dynamic survival loading condition. Furthermore, the tensile stress governed the total stress of the SCRs, whereas the bending stress governed the total stress at the TDZ. The weight of the SCR and internal contents affected the maximum stress of the SCR more than the HOA and vertical soil stiffness, because the weight of the SCR, including the internal contents, was directly related to its tensile stress.
Keywords
SCR; Deepwater; Strength analysis; Interference analysis; OrcaFlex;
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