<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> In China, the oil and natural gas resources of Bohai Bay are mainly marginal oil fields. It is necessary to build both iceresistant and economical offshore platforms. However, there are many risks during the life cycle of offshore platforms due to the imperfect preliminary design for the Bohai Sea economical ice-resistant structures. As a result, the whole life-cycle design should be considered, including plan, design, construction, management and maintenance design. Based on the demand of existing codes and research of the basic design, structural ice-resistant performance and the reasonable management and maintenance, the life-cycle design theory is discussed. It was concluded that the life-cycle cost-effective optimum design proposed will lead to a minimum risk.</p></abstract>

In China, the oil and natural gas resources of Bohai Bay are mainly marginal oil fields. It is necessary to build both iceresistant and economical offshore platforms. However, there are many risks during the life cycle of offshore platforms due to the imperfect preliminary design for the Bohai Sea economical ice-resistant structures. As a result, the whole life-cycle design should be considered, including plan, design, construction, management and maintenance design. Based on the demand of existing codes and research of the basic design, structural ice-resistant performance and the reasonable management and maintenance, the life-cycle design theory is discussed. It was concluded that the life-cycle cost-effective optimum design proposed will lead to a minimum risk.

General Concerns Life-Cycle Design of Economical Ice-Resistant Structures in the Bohai Sea

Polish Maritime Research

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In China, the oil and natural gas resources of Bohai Bay are mainly marginal oil fields. It is necessary to build both iceresistant and economical offshore...

General Concerns Life-Cycle Design of Economical Ice-Resistant Structures in the Bohai Sea

Pubblicato online: 13 set 2017

Pagine: 164 - 171

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pomr-2017-0079

Parole chiave
ice zone, economical ice-resistant structure, life-cycle design, performance-based design, cost-effective code

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

General Concerns Life-Cycle Design of Economical Ice-Resistant Structures in the Bohai Sea

Pubblicato online: 13 set 2017

Pagine: 164 - 171

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pomr-2017-0079

Parole chiaveice zone, economical ice-resistant structure, life-cycle design, performance-based design, cost-effective code

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Parole chiave
ice zone, economical ice-resistant structure, life-cycle design, performance-based design, cost-effective code