Subsea Pipeline Design, Analysis, and Installation (Hardcover)

PART I: MECHANICAL DESIGN

• Introduction
• Wall-thickness and Material Grade Selection
• Buckling/Collapse of Deepwater Metallic Pipes
• Limit-State Based Strength Design

PART II: PIPELINE DESIGN

• Hydraulic Analysis of Subsea Pipelines??
• Soil and Pipe Interaction
• Hydrodynamics around Pipes
• Finite Element Analysis of In-situ Behavior
• Thermal Expansion Design
• Lateral Buckling and Pipeline Walking
• Upheaval Buckling
• Fatigue and ECA
• On-Bottom Stability
• Pipeline Spans and VIV Fatigue
• Force Model and Wave Fatigue
• Trawl Impact, Pullover and Drop Objects
• Pipe-in-Pipe and Bundle Systems
• Seismic Design
• Corrosion Prevention and Advanced CP Design
• Arctic Pipelines
• Subsea Survey and Positioning
• Route Optimization, Shore Approach, Tie-in and Protection
• Asgard Flowlines Design Examples

PART III: FLEXIBLE AND RTP PIPELINES

• Flexible Pipeline
• Cross-Sectional and Dynamic Analysis of Flexible?Pipes
• Tensile/Compressive Strength of RTP Pipeline
• Burst Strength of RTP Pipeline
• Collapse of RTP Pipeline
• Offshore Installation of RTP Pipeline
• On-bottom Stability of RTP Pipeline

PART IV: STEEL LINEPIPE, WELDING AND INSTALLATION

• Use of High Strength Steel
• Welding and Defect Acceptance
• Installation
• Pipeline Commissioning, Operations and Maintenance