Bend stiffeners for flexible risers

Conference · Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1995

OSTI ID:128899

Lane, M; McNamara, J F; Gibson, R; Tyrer, A

As the offshore hydrocarbon industry advances into deeper waters and more hostile environments, the use of bend stiffeners with flexible riser systems becomes increasingly essential. This paper reviews the state of the art in bend stiffener materials and manufacture. Customized software for the iterative design of bend stiffeners based on an equivalent beam bending model is described and illustrated. Detailed finite element models in two and three-dimensions are used to validate the operation of this software. Excellent correlation is reported between these detailed models and the equivalent beam design approach.

• OSTI ID: 128899
• Report Number(s): CONF-950501-; TRN: IM9550%%285
• Resource Relation: Conference: 27. offshore technology conference, Houston, TX (United States), 1-4 May 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of 27. Annual Offshore Technology Conference: 1995 Proceedings. Volume 2: Platform and marine system design; PB: 986 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

42 ENGINEERING NOT INCLUDED IN OTHER CATEGORIES
02 PETROLEUM
OFFSHORE PLATFORMS
MARINE RISERS
COUPLINGS
COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN
SUPPORTS
MATERIALS
ITERATIVE METHODS
COMPUTER CODES