Reliability Analysis of Lazy Wave Steel Catenary Riser (LWSCR) Using Real-Time Monitoring Data
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Abstract
Abstract Lazy Wave Steel Catenary Riser (LWSCR) is a relatively new type of configuration through the introduction of buoyancy modules for a certain length of the suspended riser for deep-water application. The benefits of this configuration includes the lowering of riser stress and fatigue at the top end and touch down area, making this an attractive concept. However, reliability analysis of LWSCR is scarce due to its very short application history and it is the purpose of this paper to investigate:Use of real-time monitoring field data from the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) in 2012, combined with a Finite Element Method (FEM) tool to calculate the reliability of the LWSCR;other conventional reliability methods, such as Monte Carlo simulation; andthe implication/impact of real time monitoring for assessing the riser integrity.The method proposed in this paper creatively integrates the concepts of Response Surface Method (RSM), FEM, and First Order Reliability Method (FORM). In general, the reliability analysis of nonlinear risers in the time domain is very challenging. Since the limit state function of a nonlinear dynamic riser system is implicit, RSM is used to approximate the limit state function and FORM used to calculate the corresponding reliability index, coordinates of the design point, and the sensitivity indexes for the random variables involved in the problem.The reliability estimation procedure is given in a form that will allow the basic ideas of the 1st and 2nd order reliability methods to be demonstrated. Using these methods allows variable sensitivity estimates for low computational cost to be made. The proposed procedure show good agreement over a range of probability distributions for the input random variables and for various complexities of the limit state functions.
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