Um sistema computacional para a verificação de componentes estruturais de plataformas marítimas

Abstract

This work deals with the computational implementation of the required procedures for design code checking usually employed in offshore structural engineering. The basic criteria formulae are presented and some particular characteristics of their implementation on the ADEP system's environment are discussed. The trends on the development of new conceptions for computational systems on engineering analysis and design, as well as the related database organization, are commented. The application of the developed procedures on to the output obtained from a linear static analysis of a typical fixed offshore steel platform is presented and an assessment of the results is also made. Some preliminary and interesting results from an integrated approach, based upon a dynamic analysis, for the application of such criteria are also presented.