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Publisher Document ID Content Type Title Authors Source ISBN Copyright Offshore Technology Conference LanguageEnglish 5287-MS DOI 10.4043/5287-MS Conference Paper Dynamic Lifting Analysis Of Offshore Structures K. Sekita, H. Kimura, M. Tatsuta, Nippon Steel Corp Offshore Technology Conference, 5-8 May 1986, Houston, Texas 978-1-61399-079-7 1986. Offshore Technology Conference

ABSTRACT Lifting operations at the offshore job site are greatly affected by the action of waves. In the past, deck structures were fabricated in several sections so that they could be lifted by low-capacity cranes used at the job site. The frequency of lifting operations was therefore high, and the construction period long. Recently, however, large-capacity crane vessels have been developed that can lift relatively large, heavy deck sections onto jacket structures -vessels that significantly reduce the amount of lifting work and improve the efficiency and safety of offshore construction projects. Such developments have required more rigorous analyses to estimate the appropriate design for the sling system and the operability of the crane vessel. This paper discusses unified analysis -- a method that considers the interaction between a crane barge and its hoisted load -- as applied both to the motion analysis of the barge-load system subjected to waves and to the transient motion analysis of the barge crawling while lifting a load. The calculated results are compared with model test results. The paper also clarifies the conditions necessary for carrying out unified analysis and discloses the occurrence of super harmonic oscillations in sling tension. The analytical procedure described below was applied to regulate the operational limits for lifting a 1900-st deck structure in an actual offshore construction project in the Sea of Japan. The validity of unified analysis was confirmed by the results of field measurements taken at the above job site. INTRODUCTION Recently, large-capacity derrick crane vessels have been constructed and often used to lift heavy deck structures. These operations have called for a careful design of the sling system. Bunce et al1) assessed the lifting criteria in current use and offered comprehensive suggestions concerning weight escalation, dynamic amplification and sling tension redundancy. Based on field measurements, the authors of the present paper once

studied the relationship between the motions of a barge and its hoisted load and proposed operational limits.2) Nojiri et a1 3) tackled the problems of coupled motion between vessel and hook load. Recently, the authors have developed a procedure for unified motion analysis -- one that takes account of the interaction between a barge and its hoisted load.4) This analytical procedure has, for a number of years, been successfully applied to heavy lift operations in actual installation work at offshore job sites. UNIFIED MOTION ANALYSIS OF BARGE AND HOISTED LOAD Equation of barge motion On the assumption that the wave height and barge oscillation amplitudes are small enough to allow linear theory to be applied, the coordinate system X-Y-Z in Fig. 1 (b) is established with the center of gravity of the barge (excluding the weight of the hoisted load) as its origin. The barge motion vector {x} consists of translational motions -- surge (X), sway (Y) and heave (Z) -- and rotational motions -- roll (), pitch (6) and ya

Splash Zone Lifting Analysis of Subsea Structures

Paper no. OMAE2010-20489 pp. 303-312 doi:10.1115/OMAE2010-20489 ASME 2010 29th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE2010) June 611, 2010 , Shanghai, China Sponsor: Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering Division 29th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering: Volume 1 ISBN: 978-0-7918-4909-5

The lifting analysis of a subsea structure determines the maximum allowable design sea state in which the structure can be installed safely. Normally, such analysis on the structure at the splash zone governs the expected largest forces in the hoisting system and in turn the allowable sea state since the water particle kinematics is larger in the splash zone. In this paper, the DNV Recommended Practice for Modelling and Analysis of Marine Operation (DNV-RP-H103, April 2009) is discussed with emphasis on the hydrodynamic coefficients and analysis methodology for the splash zone lifting analysis. An approach is suggested here to take into account the free surface proximity effect on added mass of flat surfaces in the absence of test results. Discussions on the following points are also included: For structures which show restricted sea state due to large double pendulum motion and consequently high dynamic tension in the crane wire, a solution could be obtained by lowering the sling angles. For inertia dominated structures, the drag coefficients should be chosen with caution unless experimental results are available since the drag may induce unrealistic damping in the system. For the structural design of large subsea structures, the design DAF for submerged condition should be chosen from a preliminary lifting analysis result. The current industrial practice of using DAF = 2 with respect to the static submerged weight could be increased following the analysis result to optimise the use of the crane capacity by achieving a higher design sea state. For lifting analysis of structures with large added mass / submerged weight, modelling of winch speed may represent a worse loading case as compared to the case with zero winch speed in the splash zone. For the splash zone analysis, correct modelling of the stiffness of the crane structure along with the wire is important. The assumption that the crane structure is rigid may lead to unrealistic analysis results. Experimental programmes to obtain further information on the amplitude dependent characters of the hydrodynamic coefficients, the stiffness and the damping of the Crane, the wires etc are furthermore recommended.