Safety of Offshore Structures
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چکیده
This lecture presents an overview of important developments regarding the safety management of offshore structures. The hazards and the means to control the associated risk are categorized from a technical-physical as well as human and organizational point of view using actual accidents and near misses as examples. Considerations of the risk associated with fatigue, corrosion and other degrading phenomena are also explored. The risk can be controlled by the use of adequate design criteria, inspection, repair and maintenance as well as quality assurance and control of the engineering processes. Such measures are briefly outlined, while emphasis is placed on a quantitative design approach for dealing with structural robustness. In this respect, the inherent differences in the robustness of various structural concepts are pointed out.
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