Structural analysis of bending stiffeners with complex geometries utilized in offshore operations. / Análise estrutural de enrijecedores à flexão de geometria complexa utilizados em operações offshore.

AUTOR(ES)

José Roberto de Souza

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2008

RESUMO

The bending stiffeners discussed in this work are ancillary structural components installed on flexible lines at their connections with floating units in offshore oil production systems. The configuration of these accessories must provide the installation with a gradual variation of the bending stiffness near the lines attaching point, smoothing the curvature and the stress field of the compliant structure therein fixed, thus avoiding exceeding its designed structural bending limit. In the structural analysis of these accessories, several geometric simplifications are considered and, in general, the proposed models start from a simple conic geometry. In practice, however, bending stiffeners geometries are not so simple. Indeed, units consisting of four different sections are common. This work presents a parametric static structural analysis of these complex components by means of an analytically formulated linear elastic model, which results in a second order non-linear differential equation with variable coefficients. The ensuing mathematical boundary value problem is then solved numerically with a code developed in Matlab®, using an internal function based on the collocation method as opposed to the shooting method, frequently used in previous works. Finally, solutions obtained previously by other authors, with analytical-numerical and finite element models, are used to validate the solutions obtained herein, followed by a parametric analysis of the complex geometry of new bending stiffeners, besides brief related dimensional analysis and normative discussions.

ASSUNTO(S)

dimensional analysis bending stiffeners analytical models estruturas offshore (operação) método dos elementos finitos modelos analíticos finite element method

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