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Technology
Assessment & Research (TA&R) Program
| Project Number |
642 |
| Date of Summary |
February 23, 2010 |
| Subject |
Assessment of Damage and Failure Mechanisms for Offshore Structures and Pipelines in Hurricanes Gustav and Ike |
| Performing Activity |
Energo Engineering, Inc. |
| Principal Investigator |
Frank Puskar |
| Contracting Agency |
Minerals Management Service |
| Estimated Completion |
February 2010 |
| Description |
The objectives of this research was to catalogue for
archival purposes details about platform and pipeline damage and
destruction caused by hurricanes Gustav and Ike. The work will also
evaluated technically what went right and what went wrong in order to
identify issues that can be changed in design codes so these problems do
not occur again on new structures (platforms and pipelines) or to
identify issues with existing structures that can be remedied prior to
future hurricanes. Part of the work scope included identification of
common mitigation methods that can be used to repair damaged structures
or can be used proactively to prevent failures in future hurricanes.
This information will be beneficial to the MMS and industry to further
understand how platforms and pipelines perform in extreme hurricanes so
that changes can be input to design standards to improve performance.
The scope of work was broken up into the following tasks:
Task 1. Data Collection.
Task 2. Data Evaluation.
Task 3. Comparison (to) and Validation (of)
Design Standards.Task 4. (Identify) General Mitigation Options.
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| Progress |
Completed. |
| Report |
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Assessment of Damage and Failure Mechanisms for Offshore Structures and Pipelines in Hurricanes Gustav and Ike, February 2010 by Energo Engineering, Houston, TX |
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