API BULL 2V ERTA Design of Flat Plate Structures
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API BULL 2V ERTA Document Information:
Title
Design of Flat Plate Structures
American Petroleum Institute
Publication Date:
Jun 1, 2004
Scope:
Bulletin 2V provides guidance for the design of steel flat plate
structures. These often constitute
main components of offshore structures. When applied to Tension Leg
Platforms (TLPs) this Bulletin
should be viewed as a complement to API RP 2T. The Bulletin combines
good practice considerations
with specific design guidelines and information on structural
behavior. As such it provides a basis
for taking a "design by analysis" approach to structural design of
offshore structures.
Flat plate structures include thin plates, stiffened panels and deep
plate girders, and they can
constitute the main component of decks, bulkheads, web frames and
flats. The external shell of
pontoons or columns can also be made of flat stiffened panels if their
cross section is, for
example, square or rectangular, rather than circular.
Bulletin 2V is not a comprehensive document, and users have to
recognize the need to exercise
engineering judgment in actual applications, particularly in the areas
that are not specifically
covered.
Plates are discussed in Section 3, stiffeners in Section 4, stiffened
panels in Section 5, and deep
plate girders in Section 6. Limit states are given for each relevant
load and load combination, and
design requirements are also defined. Figure 2.1-1 summarizes the
structural components and the
limit states covered in Bulletin 2V.
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