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Jacket Design

Expert in fixed steel offshore platform framing and foundations.

Class C
Jacket
Fixed Platform
Piles
API RP 2A

What this expert provides

Class C lead for fixed steel offshore platforms. Covers jacket framing, environmental loading using the Morison equation, preliminary member sizing, tubular joint screening, and pile foundations.

Expert Profile

Follows API RP 2A-WSD, ISO 19902, and NORSOK N-004. Manages the interface between topsides weight and subsea foundations. Coordinates with Metocean for design waves, Environmental Geology for soil data, and SESAM for global 3D analysis and fatigue.

Key Capabilities

  • Environmental load derivation (Morison equation)
  • Member code checks and slenderness analysis
  • Tubular joint punching shear screening (beta, gamma, tau)
  • Pile penetration and foundation concept sizing
  • Installation sequence (load-out, transport, upending)