Errata and Supplement 1

December 2002

Recommended Practice for

Planning, Designing and
Constructing Fixed Offshore
Platforms—Working Stress Design
API RECOMMENDED PRACTICE 2A-WSD
THIRD EDITION, DECEMBER 1997
 Errata and Supplement to Recommended Practice for
Planning, Designing and Constructing Fixed Offshore
Platforms—Working Stress Design

Page 8, Section 1.6.1.d.5:

Replace the word “let” with “leg”.
Page 17, Section 2.3.1.b.11, Global Structure Forces, first sentence:
Replace the word “bas” with “base”.
Page 18, Section 2.3.2.b, second sentence:
Replace the word “no” with “do”.
Page 19, Equations 2.3.2-4 and 2.3.2-5, replace with the following:

U o  2  z  0.45
320 ×  --------- - × ----------
 32.8  32.8
S ( f ) = ------------------------------------------------------------
- 2.3.2-4
 ------
5
n  3n
( 1 + f̃ )

2
---
U o  –0.75
f̃ = 172 × f ×  ---------- ×  ---------
z 3
- 2.3.2-5
 32.8  32.8
Page 19, Equation for zg, directly under Equation 2.3.2-7, replace with the following:

z1 z2
z g = ------------
-
32.8

Page 23, Section 2.3.4.c.3, second paragraph, last sentence:

Change the first “L-3” to “L-2”.
Page 26, Section 2.3.4.c.6, Title, and Section 2.3.4.c.7, first sentence:
Change “Associate” to “Associated”.
Page 27, Section 2.3.4.e.1, 2nd paragraph, third sentence:
Change the word “eight” to “height”.
Page 39, Section 3.2.2.a, replace equation for Cc with the following:
1
2 ---

C c =  ------------
2π E 2
 Fy 

Page 41, Equation 3.3.1-2:

Replace Fa with Fy in the denominator of the first term.
Page 42, paragraph immediately following Equation 3.3.1-3:
Replace Fe with Fe´.

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Page 42, Equation 3.3.1-4,replace with the following:

2 2

C mx f bx C my f by
----------------
- + ---------------- -
fa fa
1 – --------- 1 – ---------
fa F ex ′ F ey ′
----- + ------------------------------------------------------------ ≤ 1.0
Fa Fb
Page 42, immediately following Equation 3.3.1-5:
Replace 3.2.3-4 with 3.2.2-4.

Page 43, last sentence of footnote at bottom of left column:

Replace the word “substantiated” with “substituted”.

Page 43, Equation 3.3.4-2, replace equation with the following:

f
SF h × ------h- ≤ 1.0
F hc
Page 45, Section 3.4.1.c.2, 2nd paragraph:
Replace the word “angels” with “angles”.

Page 61, Table in right column,

Replace “t/D” with “z/D”.
Replace “t” with “z” to the right of the word Sands.
Replace “t” with “z” in the Legend.

Page 67, insert new Section 6.10.5 as shown below:

6.10.5 Stresses During Driving

Consideration should also be given to the stresses that occur in the freestanding pile sec-
tion during driving. Generally, stresses are checked based on the conservative criterion that
the sum of the stresses due to the impact of the hammer (the dynamic stresses) and the
stresses due to axial load and bending (the static stresses) should not exceed the minimum
yield stress of the steel. Less conservative criteria are permitted, provided that these are sup-
ported by sound engineering analyses and empirical evidence. A method of analysis based
on wave propagation theory should be used to determine the dynamic stresses (see 6.2.1). In
general, it may be assumed that column buckling will not occur as a result of the dynamic
portion of the driving stresses. The dynamic stresses should not exceed 80 to 90 percent of
yield depending on specific circumstances such as the location of the maximum stresses
down the length of pile, the number of blows, previous experience with the pile-hammer
combination and the confidence level in the analyses. Separate considerations apply when
significant driving stresses may be transmitted into the structure and damage to appurte-
nances must be avoided. The static stress during driving may be taken to be the stress result-
ing from the weight of the pile above the point of evaluation plus the pile hammer
components actually supported by the pile during the hammer blows, including any bending
stresses resulting there from. When using hydraulic hammers it is possible that the driving
energy may exceed the rated energy and this should be considered in the analyses. Also, the
static stresses induced by hydraulic hammers need to be computed with special care due to
the possible variations in driving configurations, for example when driving vertical piles
without lateral restraint and exposed to environmental forces (see also 12.5.7.a). Allowable
static stresses in the pile should be calculated in accordance with Sections 3.2 and 3.3. The
one-third increases in stress should not be allowed. The pile hammers evaluated for use dur-
ing driving should be noted by the designer on the installation drawings or specifications.
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Page 76, Table 8.1.4.1:

Delete the entry under Group II, Class A for API Spec 2W Grade 60.
Page 76, Table 8.1.4.1, add the following:

Group Class Specification and Grade Yield Strength Tensile Strength

ksi MPa ksi MPa
II C API Spec 2MT2 Class C 50 345 65 – 90 450 – 620
ASTM A992 50 – 65 345 – 450 65 min. 450 min.
II B API Spec 2MT2 Class B 50 345 65 – 90 450 – 620
II A API Spec 2MT2 Class A 50 345 65 – 90 450 – 620
ASTM A913 Grade 50
50 345 65 min. 450 min.
(with CVN @ –20ºC)

Page 108, Section 16.2.2, Change the first sentence to read as follows:
“ . . . for all free standing caissons with a natural period of greater than two seconds.”
Page 112, Table 17.5.2.a:
For Level L-1, High Consequence, replace “Manned-Evacuated” with “Manned-Non-
Evacuated”.
Page 116, Section 17.6.2.a.4.a,
Replace “manned-evacuated” with “manned-nonevacuated”.
Page 206, Section C16.4.2, second paragraph:
Replace “0.90” with “0.85”.
Updated Standards References
Throughout the entirety of RP 2A, replace any reference to “AWS D1.1-88” with “AWS
D1.1-2000” and any reference to “API RP 2X (1988)” with “API RP 2X (1996)”.
Page 82
Section 10.1.1: Delete “as follows” and the remainder of the section (i.e., 1, 2, & 3).
Section 10.1.3.c: Change “Section 5” to “Section 4”.
Section 10.2.2: Change “Appendix III” to “Annex III”.
Page 83, Section 10.3.4:
Change “Table 4.2” to “Table 3.2 or Annex XI”.
Page 84, Section 11.1.3.c:
Change “Section 3.3.4” to “Section 5.22.4”.
Page 98
Section 13.4.3.a, Visual: Change “Section 6.5 plus Section 3, 4, 8, 10” to “Section 6.5 and
6.9, plus Sections 5, 3, and Section 2 Parts A and D”.
Section 13.4.3.a, Radiographic Technique: Change “Section 6.9 and 10” to “Sections 6.12
and 6.16 through 6.18”.
Section 13.4.3.c, Weld Quality for NDE: Change “Section 8.15.2 (buildings)” and “Sec-
tion 10.17.2 (tubular structures)” to “Section 6.12.1 (nontubular static)” and “Section 6.12.3
(tubular)”.
Section 13.4.3.c, Profiles: Replace “AWS D1.1-88” with “AWS D1.1-2000 Section
3.13.4”.

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