"Objectives of this Document The primary objective of this document is to provide a sample application of the Section 17 guidelines in determining the lateral and overturning static ultimate strength of a steel jacket platform in an extreme storm or hurricane event. The documented results will provide an ""acceptable"" basis to verify analysis procedures@ models@ and results of analyses performed on other platforms. The following information is provided in this document: ? Platform and geotechnical data ? Metocean data ? Modeling assumptions ? Load analysis results ? Capacity analysis results ? Variabilities in the loading and capacity estimates provided by Benchmark JIP participants The capacity analysis results are provided for two cases: (1) with complete soil-structure interaction included; and (2) with fixity at the pilehead to exclude the effect of soil-structure interaction. The range of the JIP results highlight the variations to be expected in the estimate values when different criterias@ modeling techniques@ analysis procedures and software are applied."
API 1320-1997 history
1997API 1320-1997 Benchmark Ultimate Strength Analysis - Sample Application of API RP 2A@ Section 17