Hurricane Lili's impact on fixed platforms and calibration of platform performance to API RP 2A

Proceedings of the Annual Offshore Technology Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 2060-2068

  Puskar, F J ^a   Ku, A P ^a   Sheppard, R E ^b  

^a SGT INC   (United States)

^b ABS CONSULTING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIXED PLATFORMS; HURRICANES; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES;

COMPONENT PERFORMANCE; DESIGN PROCESS; JOINT INDUSTRY PROJECTS; MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICES; OFF SHORE PLATFORMS; PLATFORM DESIGN; STRUCTURE DESIGN; TESTING PROCESS;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 84896917287     PISSN: 01603663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (7)

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3. Puskar, F. J., Aggarwal, R. K., Cornell, C. A., Moses, F. and Petrauskas, C., 1994. A Comparison of Analytical Predicted Platform Damage During Hurricane Andrew, Proceedings, 26th Offshore Technology Conference, OTC No. 7473.
4. ABS Consulting, Inc., "Validation and Calibration of API RP 2A Using Hurricane Lili to Update Hurricane Andrew JIP Results," Report to the MMS, April, 2004.
5. MMS News Release, "MMS Preliminary Report Finds Most Facilities Withstood Hurricane Lili; 6 platforms out of 800 with Severe Damage; MMS Buoy Provides Important Data." U.S. Department of the Interior, October 16, 2002.
6. MMS NTL NO. 2003-G04 "Damage Caused by Hurricane Lili," U.S. Department of the Interior, January 28, 2002.
7. Recommended Practice for Planning, Designing and Constructing Fixed Offshore Platforms, API RP 2A, Twenty-First Edition, American Petroleum Institute, Washington, D.C., 2002.