Appendix H Acceleration Calculation

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Sea-transport loads
During sea transport, the jacket will be subjected to the action of barge motions in addition of the wind
loads.
The sea transport analysis of the jacket considers only rolling, pitching and heave effects. The other
motions such as sway, surge and yaw, will be neglected for the sea transport analyses.
Based on the Specification for Offshore Installation section 5.2.2 Transportation Engineering, the barges
motions to be accounted for in the transportation analyses are defined as follows:

Roll ()
20.0 T =
Pitch ()
10.0 T =
Heave 0.2 g

10.0 seconds
10.0 seconds

(full oscillation)
(full oscillation)

1. Translation effects
Consider the translation effects of a mass located in space, resulting from inclination of the barge:

Mass m

Mass m

Barge
inclination

FH
Barge centre of
rotation

FV
W

For the translation effect on the barge, the weight components parallel and perpendicular to the barge
are:

FH W Sin mg 1 a heave Sin

FV W Cos mg 1 a heave Cos

Considering ah = FH/m and av = FV/m, the translation effect due to the inclination of the barge can
be expressed in term of acceleration as follows:

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Values of the acceleration factor for translation effect

1st case Roll + heave
a h g Sin g 1 0,2 Sin20g 0,410 g

a v g Cos g 1 0,2 Cos 20g g 0,128 g

2nd case Roll - heave

a h g Sin g 1 0,2 Sin20 0,274 g

5th case pitch + heave

ah g Sin g 1 0,2 Sin10 0,208 g

av g Cos g 1 0,2 Cos 10 g 0,182 g

6th case pitch heave

ah g Sin g1 0,2 Sin10 0,139g

a v g Cos g 1 0,2 Cos 20 g 0.248 g

av g Cos g1 0,2 Cos10 g 0,212g

3rd case -Roll + heave

a h g Sin g 1 0,2 Sin20 g 0,410 g

7th case -pitch + heave

ah g Sin g 1 0,2 Sin 10 0,208 g

a v g Cos g 1 0,2 Cos20 g g 0.128g

4th case -Roll heave
a h g Sin g 1 0,2 Sin20 0,274 g

a v g Cos g 1 0,2 Cos20 g 0.248 g

th

ah pitch

av g Cos g 1 0,2 Cos 10 g 0,182 g

8th case -pitch heave
ah g Sin g 1 0,2 Sin 10 0,139 g

av g Cos g 1 0,2 Cos 10 0,212 g

th

9 12 case 80% Roll 60% pitch +heave

g Sin g 1 0,2 Sin0.6 10 0,121g

ahroll g Sin g 1 0,2 Sin0.8 20 0,329 g

av g Cos roll pitch g g 1 0,2 Cos

th

ah pitch

0.6 102 (0.8 20) 2 g 0,148 g

th

13 16 case 80% Roll 60% pitch heave

g Sin g 1 0,2 Sin0.6 10 0,080 g

ahroll g Sin g 1 0,2 Sin0.8 20 0,219 g

av g Cos roll pitch g g 1 0,2 Cos
th

ah pitch

0.6 102 (0.8 20)2 g 0,235 g

th

17 20 case 60% Roll 80% pitch +heave

g Sin g 1 0,2 Sin0.8 10 0,163 g

ahroll g Sin g 1 0,2 Sin0.6 20 0,247 g

av g Cos roll pitch g g 1 0,2 Cos

st

ah pitch

0.8 102 (0.6 20)2 g 0,163g

th

21 24 case 60% Roll 80% pitch heave

g Sin g 1 0,2 Sin0.8 10 0,109 g

ahroll g Sin g 1 0,2 Sin0.6 20 0,165 g

av g Cos roll pitch g g 1 0,2 Cos

0.8 102 (0.6 20)2 g 0,225 g

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2. Angular effects
Consider the angular effects of a mass located in space as detailed below:

" Angular acceleration

Mass m

Mass m

Barge centre of
rotation

From the principles of simple harmonic motion:

Angular roll motion

MAX sin t ;

(with =20 or 0.349 radian)

T (Full cycle)

Angular acceleration

"

"

Angle
(degree)

MAX

Time (s)

MAX

(in radian)
T
2

Angular acceleration
Tangential acceleration
Centripetal acceleration

" MAX ; " MAX

2

T " R

N ' 2 R

The angular accelerations generated by the angular motion are respectively for roll and pitch
movements:
Roll (20.0)
Angular acceleration: = 7.895 deg/s
Pitch (10.0)
Angular acceleration: = 3.947 deg/s
Sea transport resulting forces are generated using vertical and horizontal masses accelerations,
and the effect of barge motion inclination.
TOW module calculates for each mass of the structure the tangential forces resulting from either
roll or pitch. Those forces are then combined to the gravity loads.
Note that effects of centripetal acceleration are neglected.