Mechanics of Offshore Pipelines. Vol. I Buckling and Collapse

Offshore oil and gas production was conducted throughout the entire 20th century, but the industry’s modern importance and vibrancy did not start until the early 1970s, when the North Sea became a major producer. Since then, the expansion of the offshore oil industry has been continuous and rapid. Pipelines, and more generally long tubular structures, are major oil and gas industry tools used in exploration, drilling, production, and transmission. Installing and operating tubular structures in deep waters places unique demands on them. Technical challenges within the field have spawned significant research and development efforts in a broad range of areas. Volume I addresses problems of buckling and collapse of long inelastic cylinders under various loads encountered in the offshore arena. Several of the solutions are also directly applicable to land pipelines. The approach of Mechanics of Offshore Pipelines is problem oriented. The background of each problem and scenario are first outlined and each discussion finishes with design recommendations. * New and classical problems addressed - investigated through a combination of experiments and analysis * Each chapter deals with a specific mechanical problem that is analyzed independently * The fundamental nature of the problems makes them also applicable to other fields, including tubular components in nuclear reactors and power plants, aerospace structures, automotive and civil engineering structures, naval vehicles and structures Content: Preface , Pages xi-xiii 1 - Introduction , Pages 1-14 2 - Offshore Facilities and Pipeline Installation Methods , Pages 15-58 3 - Pipe and Tube Manufacturing Processes , Pages 59-88 4 - Buckling and Collapse Under External Pressure , Pages 89-130 5 - Collapse of UOE Pipe Under External Pressure , Pages 131-163 6 - Collapse of Dented Pipes Under External Pressure , Pages 164-180 7 - Buckling and Collapse Under Combined External Pressure and Tension , Pages 181-195 8 - Inelastic Response, Buckling and Collapse Under Pure Bending , Pages 196-224 9 - Buckling and Collapse Under Combined Bending and External Pressure , Pages 225-259 10 - Inelastic Response Under Combined Bending and Tension , Pages 260-279 11 - Plastic Buckling and Collapse Under Axial Compression , Pages 280-318 12 - Combined Internal Pressure and Axial Compression , Pages 319-335 13 - Elements of Plasticity Theory , Pages 336-360 Appendix A - Mechanical Testing , Pages 361-370 Appendix B - Plastic Anisotropy in Tubes , Pages 371-375 Appendix C - The Ramberg-Osgood Stress-Strain Fit , Pages 376-377 Appendix D - Sanders' Circular Cylindrical Shell Equations , Pages 378-379 Appendix E - Stress-Strain Fitting for the Dafalias-Popov Model , Pages 380-382 Appendix F - Stress-Strain Fitting for the Tseng-Lee Model , Pages 383-385 Appendix G - Glossary and Nomenclature , Pages 386-392 Appendix H - Units and Conversions , Pages 393-394 Index , Pages 395-401 Offshore oil and gas production was conducted throughout the entire 20th century, but the industry's modern importance and vibrancy did not start until the early 1970s, when the North Sea became a major producer. Since then, the expansion of the offshore oil industry has been continuous and rapid. Pipelines, and more generally long tubular structures, are major oil and gas industry tools used in exploration, drilling, production, and transmission. Installing and operating tubular structures in deep waters places unique demands on them. Technical challenges within the field have spawned significant research and development efforts in a broad range of areas. Volume I addresses problems of buckling and collapse of long inelastic cylinders under various loads encountered in the offshore arena. Several of the solutions are also directly applicable to land pipelines. The approach of Mechanics of Offshore Pipelines is problem oriented. The background of each problem and scenario are first outlined and each discussion finishes with design recommendations. * New and classical problems addressed - investigated through a combination of experiments and analysis * Each chapter deals with a specific mechanical problem that is analyzed independently * The fundamental nature of the problems makes them also applicable to other fields, including tubular components in nuclear reactors and power plants, aerospace structures, automotive and civil engineering structures, naval vehicles and structures