Análise dos critérios de estabilidade para projetos de plataformas do tipo monocoluna. / Analysis of the stability criteria of monocolumn type platform design.

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2008

RESUMO

To be classified and approved by a classification society, all offshore structures shall be submitted and analyzed according to standard rules. The stability criteria are based on the IMO MODU (International Maritime Organization Mobile Offshore Drilling Units) Code which has reference to almost all types of floating units such as surface, column-stabilized and self elevating. Although it refers to a wide range of naval systems, problems were found when dealing with new concepts due to differences between these concepts and those presented by the rules. In order to predict the behavior of a floating structure, it is necessary to perform stability analyses that foresee how the platform will respond when in operation either intact or eventually damaged. With that in mind, this study that would analyze and evaluate the existing rules came up along with the Department of Naval and Ocean Engineering of the University of São Paulo and Petrobras, this study intends to check the applicability of the existing rules and propose more adequate rules for the monocolumn. It is possible to observe that FPSO units are more common at the Brazilian oil fields due to the presence of great deck area and storage capacity, their operation is well known, they have low constructions costs either if they are built from scratch or converted. Even so, this type of unit presents inadequate responses to the use of Steel Catenary Risers (SCRs), what doesnt allow its use in ultra deep water. Analyzing the Brazilian weather and sea condition, specially focusing on waves, sea strings and wind, the FPSO dimensions are not the best, especially due to the swell hydrodynamic responses. That forced the development of a new concept that better fulfill the units specific function, named monocolumn. Lots of units were defined as valid, but only some with the best responses were chosen for deeper analysis, therefore this study discusses the stability criteria that shall apply to this concept. All the analyses were conduced considering numerical methods and among all the possibilities, final dimensions were generated and prototypes were built and tested in test tanks to prove their efficiency.

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classification societies tanque de provas stability hidrodinâmica da plataforma continental conceptual design estruturas offshore flutuantes (análise; comportatamento estrutural) monocolumn stability rules plataforma continental (regulamentação; comportamento estrutural)

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