Recalibration of partial environmental load factors for sustainable design of offshore structures in Malaysia

In the face of increased awareness of the human impact on the global changes, such as the frequent occurrence of natural disasters, has led the professionals to seek new methods of designing structures that not only can fulfill the desired requirements but also are sustainable in the long term....

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Main Authors: Sambu Potty, Narayanan, J. Cossa, Nelson
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Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas
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spelling utp-eprints.98202017-03-20T01:59:35Z Recalibration of partial environmental load factors for sustainable design of offshore structures in Malaysia Sambu Potty, Narayanan J. Cossa, Nelson TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) In the face of increased awareness of the human impact on the global changes, such as the frequent occurrence of natural disasters, has led the professionals to seek new methods of designing structures that not only can fulfill the desired requirements but also are sustainable in the long term. This paper presents and discusses the adoption of sustainable design in offshore industry, most particularly in Malaysia. Reliability analysis is applied to evaluate the reliability indices, and subsequently determine the partial environmental load factors of tubular members and joints of a fixed steel jacket platform. The partial load factor is determined such that it reflects the local environmental load conditions. 2012 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf http://eprints.utp.edu.my/9820/1/06477950.pdf Sambu Potty, Narayanan and J. Cossa, Nelson (2012) Recalibration of partial environmental load factors for sustainable design of offshore structures in Malaysia. In: ICGT2012, Mar Baselios College of Engineering, Trivandrum, India. Page 76 of Proceedings, December 18 - 20, Mar Baselios College of Engineering, Trivandrum, India. http://eprints.utp.edu.my/9820/
institution Universiti Teknologi Petronas
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topic TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
spellingShingle TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Sambu Potty, Narayanan
J. Cossa, Nelson
Recalibration of partial environmental load factors for sustainable design of offshore structures in Malaysia
description In the face of increased awareness of the human impact on the global changes, such as the frequent occurrence of natural disasters, has led the professionals to seek new methods of designing structures that not only can fulfill the desired requirements but also are sustainable in the long term. This paper presents and discusses the adoption of sustainable design in offshore industry, most particularly in Malaysia. Reliability analysis is applied to evaluate the reliability indices, and subsequently determine the partial environmental load factors of tubular members and joints of a fixed steel jacket platform. The partial load factor is determined such that it reflects the local environmental load conditions.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Sambu Potty, Narayanan
J. Cossa, Nelson
author_sort Sambu Potty, Narayanan
title Recalibration of partial environmental load factors for sustainable design of offshore structures in Malaysia
title_short Recalibration of partial environmental load factors for sustainable design of offshore structures in Malaysia
title_full Recalibration of partial environmental load factors for sustainable design of offshore structures in Malaysia
title_fullStr Recalibration of partial environmental load factors for sustainable design of offshore structures in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Recalibration of partial environmental load factors for sustainable design of offshore structures in Malaysia
title_sort recalibration of partial environmental load factors for sustainable design of offshore structures in malaysia
publishDate 2012
url http://eprints.utp.edu.my/9820/1/06477950.pdf
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