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Technology
Assessment & Research (TA&R) Program
| Project Number |
482 |
| Date of Summary |
February 25, 2004 |
| Subject |
VIM/SPAR Industry Forum |
| Performing Activity |
OTRC |
| Principal Investigator |
Mericer and Ward |
| Contracting Agency |
Minerals Management Service |
| Estimated Completion |
July 2004 |
| Description |
Cooperative project with OTRC on VIM/SPAR Industry Forum. The workshop forum led to sharing data and experiences that have been gained to
date. Focus on objectives as follows:
- Initiate a path for development of an industry-acceptable design
practice/ methodology on Spar VIM; Identify uncertainties and technical
needs in Spar VIM and a path forward to fill the identified gaps;
- Educate industry on the technical challenges involved.
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| Progress |
Steering Group of technical experts from the major industry stakeholders was
formed to define the case for action, plan the workshop agenda, and identify
specific presentation topics and speakers. A 3 day agenda was needed and the
workshop was held from October 22-4, 2003 at Camp Allen Retreat and
Conference center in Navasota, TX. Over 100 reps from 38 companies attended
the workshop. Some of the identified areas of concern were:
- Need for oceanographers and designers to work more closely with each
other on metocean data, criteria, modeling, and prediction of Spar VIM,
so cost-benefits trade-offs can be made to ensure future investments in
sophisticated field and laboratory measurement programs.
- Better understanding of existing model tests practices and to
validate, test data on high stress / low cycle fatigue behavior of
mooring chain and industry consensus design criteria for strength
designs.
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| Report |
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AA
(149.73 KB PDF) |
MMS/OTRC Workshop, "Spar Vortex-Induced Motions" October 22-24, 2003 |
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