During the last 10 to 15 years, significant focus has been given on fatigue analysis methodologies for Floating Production, Storage and Offloading Ships (FPSOs). The reason for this is a larger cost consequence associated with fatigue cracks in these structures than in traditional tankers. During these years, experience has been gained from classification of FPSOs, experience from a number of detailed fatigue analyses of ships and FPSOs, and recommendations have been made through joint industry projects such as ‘Fatigue Capacity of FPSOs’. In this article, a brief overview of fatigue analysis methodology used for FPSOs today is presented together with some of the recent advances in analysis methodology.
Recent advances on fatigue limit state design for FPSOs
Ships and Offshore Structures ; 2 , 1 ; 49-68
2007-01-01
20 pages
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