These were the first deep water applications of the technique.
Thin spherical pressure hulls are used as a human occupancy in deep water applications.
Articulated towers are a compliant type of platform particularly suited for deep water applications.
The proposed design S N curves have been compared with others (which are based on tests under in-air conditions) and it has been shown that the application of such previously available in-air design S N curves to sheathed spiral strands in deep water applications may lead to unsafe designs.
A sandwich pipe (SP) is an effective design alternative, providing effective load carrying capacity and thermal insulation to pipelines, especially when the pipe is going to be utilized in deep and ultra-deep water applications.
Triangular TLP has major consideration for deep-water application also due to its relative insensitivity with increasing water depth, excellent station keeping characteristics, etc. which makes this as a most cost effective and practical production system for deep waters.
It has shifted employees from other duties to review the new deep-water applications as well as ongoing requests from shallow-water drillers.
Titanium is being considered as an alternative to steel for risers and flowlines, particularly for deep-water applications.
Sandwich pipe systems can be considered as potentially optimum design configurations for overcoming the shortfalls of single-walled pipes for deep-water applications.
In addition to cost-effectiveness, ABAQUS based method for S-lay is able to capture twisting and residual stresses which are generally ignored by traditional approach but important in deep-water applications.
In highly dynamic and/or deep-water applications, including hydrodynamics and structural dynamics in the mooring analysis is paramount for the accurate prediction of the loading on the lines and hence their dimensioning.
