A finite element based study on lowering operation of subsea massive structure

• Published in: China ocean engineering Vol. 31; no. 5; pp. 646 - 652
• Main Authors: Wang, Fa-cheng, Wang, Jun, Tang, Ke
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Nanjing Chinese Ocean Engineering Society 01.10.2017; Springer Nature B.V; Department of Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China%COTEC Offshare Engineering Solutions, Beijing 100011, China
• Subjects: Coastal Sciences; Computer simulation; Deep water; Deployment; Engineering; Environmental conditions; Finite element method; Fluid- and Aerodynamics; Hoisting; Installation; Laboratory tests; Lifting; Marine & Freshwater Sciences; Numerical and Computational Physics; Oceanography; Offshore; Offshore Engineering; Production planning; Resonant frequency; Simulation; Subsea production systems; Weight; South China Sea; DAF; sensitivity analysis; subsea massive structure

Subsea production system has been increasingly used in recent South China Sea offshore developments. With deepwater applications, constituent parts of subsea systems become more complicated and enlarged. Increases on the weight and geometry of each component bring challenges to installations. A rece...