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Journal of Offshore Structure and Technology

Complexities in the Structural Behaviour of Offshore Structural Members subjected to Dynamic Loading

  1. SUDIPTA CHAKRABORTY
  2. Ajaykumar R. Kambekar

Abstract

Offshore structural members in Maritime Structures are subjected to various kinds of loading starting from Dead Load of structures and Dynamic loads from wind, waves, currents and operational loads during berthing and mooring of ships and vessels. The stability analysis of the structural members also demands an insight into the elastic properties of the founding sea bed level. Due to requirement of transport of large volume of cargoes and related continuous enlargement of ship sizes the conventional approaches for designing demand revision particularly for frequent extreme weather events. A large number of tailormade softwares both for structural requirements (viz. STAADPRO etc.) modified for maritime requirements (viz. SACS etc.) the requirements are endless. This paper discusses some fundamental loading parameters on such structural elements to invite attention of scientists and maritime structural engineers for development of wholistic model of solution taking care of variation of everchanging factors.

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