1.

INTRODUCTION
The purpose of this worksheet is to design the stairway from EL(+)1500 to EL(+)6500 from the boatlanding
to the jacket.

2. MEMBER PROPERTIES
Fy := 275  MPa
Yield Strength
:= 0.3
Poission Ratio
5
E := 2  10  MPa
Young's Modulus

Span of stair treads B := 1200mm

Width of stair treads ws := 270mm

Rise hs := 200mm

Stairway angle := 40deg

kgf
Unit weight of steel s := 7850 3
m

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 3. SEA PARAMETERS
kN
Sea water density w := 10.124  3
m
Maximum wave height (As per Structural Design H w := 14.4  m
Basis)
Corresponding maximum wave period Tw := 11.5  sec

Slamming coefficient (As per API-RP2A, Section C s := 5.5

C2.3.1b12 )

Permissible stress modifier Smod := 1.333

4. CALCULATION OF DEAD LOADS DUE TO STAIR TREADS AND HANDRAIL

4.1. WEIGHT OF GRATING

Stair tread specification: 40x10 load bar at 30mm spacing

Horizontal spacing between stair treads xs := hs  cot ( ) = 0.238 m

1000mm
Number of stair treads per metre length ns := = 4.195
xs

Width stair treads ws = 0.27 m

Number of load bearing bars in one metre  0.27 + 1  = 41.955

ng := ns   
 0.03 
Take 46 bars for dead load calculation

Total dead load due to the grating per metre DLg := [ 40mm  10mm  B  ( 46) ]  s = 1.7  kN

 DLg  kN
Therefore UDL due to grating on each member ug := 0.5   = 0.85 
 1.m  m

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 4.2. WEIGHT OF HANDRAIL

Handrail specification: Fixed heavy grade handrail DOTL standard drawings

The one metre long section(ie. one metere along the span of the stringer beam) of the handrail marked in
the figure (the section includes two vertical bars) has been conservatively used to determine the dead load
due to the weight of handrail.

2 2 3
Volume of horizontal members Vh := 1m    ( 24mm ) + 2  ( 15mm )  = 3223.274  cm
2 3
Volume of vertical members Vv :=  ( 24mm )  ( 1150 + 800)  mm = 3528.637  cm

Total dead load due to the handrail per metre ( )

DLh := Vh + Vv  s = 0.52  kN

DLh kN
Therefore UDL due to handrail uh := = 0.52 
1.m m

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 5. DESIGN FOR STRINGER BEAM (C200X27.9 AND Φ219X12.7)

The member is assumed to be fixed at the supports

Max Unsupported Span Lb := ( 6500 - 3000 )  mm  csc ( ) = 5.445 m

EFFECTIVE SECTION PROPERTIES

Diameter of tubular D := 219  mm

Thickness of tubular t := 12.7mm

2 2 2
Cross Sectional Area At :=  D - ( D - 2  t)  = 8231.004  mm
4

 D 4 - (D - 2  t )4 
Moment of Inertia It :=   = 4.395  107  mm 4
 64 
Channel section C200X27.9

2 2
Cross Sectional Area of channel Ac := 5.51in = 3554.832  mm

6 4
Moment of Inertia(major axis) of channel Icx := 18.3  10 mm

6 4
Moment of Inertia(minor axis) of channel Icy := 0.824  10 mm

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 4 2
Cross Sectional Area (effective) A := At + A c = 1.179  10  mm

7 4
Moment of Inertia(effective) I := Icx + It = 6.225  10  mm

I 5 3
Section modulus of tubular member Zp := = 5.685  10  mm
D
 
2
kN
Selfweight of member wsw := A  s = 0.907 
m
5.1. CHECK FOR DEAD LOAD+LIVE LOAD OF 5kN/m2
kN B 1 kN
Live load per metre of the member due to UDL wudl := 5  ns  270mm   = 3.398 
2 2 m m
m
kN
Dead load per metre of the member wdl := ug + uh + wsw = 2.277 
m
kN
Total equivalent load on the member wT := wdl + wudl = 5.675 
m

2
wT  cos ( )  Lb
Maximum bending moment on the member M max := = 16.112  kN  m
8

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 Mmax
Maximum bending stress on the member bend := = 28.34  MPa
Zp

D 10340MPa
Allowable bending stress Fb := 0.75  Fy if 
t Fy

 1.74  Fy D  10340MPa D 20680MPa

 0.84 -   Fy if < 
 E t  Fy t Fy

 0.58  Fy D 
 0.72 -   Fy otherwise
 E t 

Fb = 206.25  MPa

bend
Unity check for moment UCb := = 0.137
Fb

Unity check result

Check b := "NOT OK"
"OK" if UCb < 1

Check b = "OK"
wT  Lb
Maximum shear force on the member R max := = 15.451  kN
2
R max
Maximum shear stress shear := = 2.622  MPa
0.5A

Allowable bending stress all := 0.4  Fy = 110  MPa

shear
Unity check for shear UCs := = 0.024
all

Unity check result

Check s := "NOT OK"
"OK" if UCs < 1

Check s = "OK"

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 4
5 wudl  Lb
Beam deflection (LL) 1 := 384  = 3.124  mm
E I

Lb
Allowable deflection (LL) all := = 15.125  mm
360

Check defl := "OK" if all  1

Deflection check
"NOT OK" otherwise

Deflection check result Check defl = "OK"

5.2. CHECK FOR WAVE SLAM FORCE

Hw m
Vertical water particle velocity Vw :=  = 3.934
Tw s

2
C s  w  D  cos( )  Vw kN
Slamming force on the member Fsm := = 7.37 
2 g m
  C   10mm  V 2 
s w w
Slamming force on the grating load bars per metre Fsg := 46 
  2 g 
kN
Fsg = 20.209 
m

Fsg kN
Total effective slamming force on the member Fs := Fsm + = 17.475 
2 m
2
Fs Lb
Maximum bending moment due to wave slam M w := = 64.763  kN  m
(self-weight of structure has not been considered, 8
conservatively, as slam is acting on the vertical
direction)

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 LATERAL HANDRAIL LOAD DUE TO WAVE AND CURRENT LOADING

Height of the top rail of hand railing (see fig above) H tr := 1.2m

Height of the mid rail of hand railing (see fig above) H mr := 0.765m

Height of the bottom rail of hand railing (see fig H br := 0.325m

above)
Hw m
Maximum horizontal water particle velocity for jacket Vh1 :=  = 3.934
inplace analysis at top of handrail elevation Tw s

m
Maximum current velocity for corresponding load case Vc := 0.8
sec
Total horizontal particle velocity Vt := Vh1 + Vc
Drag coefficient Cd := 0.65
Handrail pipe dia (top railing) D h1 := 48mm

Handrail pipe dia (mid and bottom railing) D h2 := 30mm

Handrail pipe dia (vertical) D h3 := 48mm

 Cd   D  cos ( )  V 2
 w h1 t  kN
Drag force acting on the hand rail (top) Fd1 := = 0.276 
2 g m
 Cd   D  cos ( )  V 2
 w h2 t  kN
Drag force acting on the hand rail (mid and bottom) Fd2 := = 0.173 
2 g m
 Cd   D  cos ( )  V 2
 w h2 t  kN
Drag force acting on the hand rail (vertical) Fd3 := = 0.173 
2 g m

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 Torsional moment acting on the walkway
supporting beams due to wave & current load on
( )
M tor := cos ( )  Fd1  Lb  H tr + Fd2  Lb  H mr + H br ...
 
2
the handrail(conservative assumption)  Lb H tr 
+ 11  F  
 5250mm d3 2 

M tor = 3.257  kN  m

EQUIVALENT BENDING MOMENT DUE TO DIRECT AND TORSIONAL BENDING

Equivalent bending moment M e :=

 1   M +  M 2 + M 2 = 64.804  kN  m
2  w  w tor 
 
 Me 
Maximum Bending Stress f b :=  = 113.985  MPa
 Zp 
Allowable bending stress Fb1 := Smod  Fb = 274.931  MPa

fb
Unity check for equivalent moment UCmt := = 0.415
Fb1

Unity check result Check mt := "NOT OK"

"OK" if UCmt < 1

Check mt = "OK"

EQUIVALENT TORSIONAL MOMENT ON JACKET MEMBERS

5 3
Polar moment of inertia of the tubular section (the J p := 2  It + Icx + Icy = 1.07  10 m  mm
moment of inertai of the section is conservatively
estimated at a lower value than actual)

Maximum equivalent torsional moment Tmoment :=  M 2 + M 2

 w tor 

Tmoment
Torsional shear stress max := = 66.34  MPa
 Jp 
 
  D  
 2 

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 Allowable Shear stress 8
allow := 0.4  Fy = 1.1  10 Pa

max
Unity check for torsional shear UCts := = 0.603
allow

Unity check result

Check ts := "NOT OK"
"OK" if UCts < 1

Check ts = "OK"

6. CONCLUSION
The stairway members were checked for adequacy againt dead loads, a live load of 5 kN/m2 and against
the wave slam force as required by STDS-ST-SPE-1-0001-01-00-00 Section 8.5 and was found to be
adequate.

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