Structural Sensitivity of Tarpon Monopods in Intermediate Water Depths for Marginal Field Development

The Tarpon Monopod is a minimal platform cable guyed caisson used to develop marginal fields. An in depth structural sensitivity study is performed on the Tarpon platform in 76 m water depth situated in Malaysian waters. An operating Tarpon platform offshore Peninsular Malaysia is modelled in the f...

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Main Authors: Lee, Hsiu Eik, Liew, M. S.
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Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas
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Published: 2014
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TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
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spelling utp-eprints.112282017-03-20T01:59:20Z Structural Sensitivity of Tarpon Monopods in Intermediate Water Depths for Marginal Field Development Lee, Hsiu Eik Liew, M. S. TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) The Tarpon Monopod is a minimal platform cable guyed caisson used to develop marginal fields. An in depth structural sensitivity study is performed on the Tarpon platform in 76 m water depth situated in Malaysian waters. An operating Tarpon platform offshore Peninsular Malaysia is modelled in the finite element structural analysis software, SACS v5.3 to reflect the as built condition and simulated to a combination of four different storm design criterion with two dominant approach directions to capture the monsoon seasons in the region. The guying system will be varied by simulating trivial loss of wire ropes from being intact, fully guyed to its damaged, freestanding mode. The results suggest that the Tarpon Monopod has relatively low structural redundancy and its integrity highly depends on its guying system condition. Structural weaknesses are identified alongside proposed key best practices and potential improvements to the platform. 2014-05-20 Non-Citation Index Journal PeerReviewed application/msword http://eprints.utp.edu.my/11228/1/JOMAse%20_%20Paper%20submission%20_Tarpon%20Monopod%20UTP_revised%204.7.2014.docx Lee, Hsiu Eik and Liew, M. S. (2014) Structural Sensitivity of Tarpon Monopods in Intermediate Water Depths for Marginal Field Development. [Non-Citation Index Journal] http://eprints.utp.edu.my/11228/
institution Universiti Teknologi Petronas
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topic TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
spellingShingle TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Lee, Hsiu Eik
Liew, M. S.
Structural Sensitivity of Tarpon Monopods in Intermediate Water Depths for Marginal Field Development
description The Tarpon Monopod is a minimal platform cable guyed caisson used to develop marginal fields. An in depth structural sensitivity study is performed on the Tarpon platform in 76 m water depth situated in Malaysian waters. An operating Tarpon platform offshore Peninsular Malaysia is modelled in the finite element structural analysis software, SACS v5.3 to reflect the as built condition and simulated to a combination of four different storm design criterion with two dominant approach directions to capture the monsoon seasons in the region. The guying system will be varied by simulating trivial loss of wire ropes from being intact, fully guyed to its damaged, freestanding mode. The results suggest that the Tarpon Monopod has relatively low structural redundancy and its integrity highly depends on its guying system condition. Structural weaknesses are identified alongside proposed key best practices and potential improvements to the platform.
format Non-Citation Index Journal
author Lee, Hsiu Eik
Liew, M. S.
author_sort Lee, Hsiu Eik
title Structural Sensitivity of Tarpon Monopods in Intermediate Water Depths for Marginal Field Development
title_short Structural Sensitivity of Tarpon Monopods in Intermediate Water Depths for Marginal Field Development
title_full Structural Sensitivity of Tarpon Monopods in Intermediate Water Depths for Marginal Field Development
title_fullStr Structural Sensitivity of Tarpon Monopods in Intermediate Water Depths for Marginal Field Development
title_full_unstemmed Structural Sensitivity of Tarpon Monopods in Intermediate Water Depths for Marginal Field Development
title_sort structural sensitivity of tarpon monopods in intermediate water depths for marginal field development
publishDate 2014
url http://eprints.utp.edu.my/11228/1/JOMAse%20_%20Paper%20submission%20_Tarpon%20Monopod%20UTP_revised%204.7.2014.docx
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