OFF620 Life extension of ageing structures

Practicalities
Gerhard Ersdal
Professor II; Department of Mechanical and Structural Engineering and Materials Science
University of Stavanger
uis.no

28.08.2017
Course outline
Lectures (60%)
Safety of structures
Ageing of structures
Assessment of ageing structures
In-service structural integrity management
Exercises
Voluntary, but will very helpful in preparing for exam.
Project (40%)
Written report on relevant topic for the course (~30 pages). Groups of up to 3 students
may collaborate on the projects. To be presented to class last week of lectures, and
final version submitted 12:00 one week earlier.
Both project and exam have to be passed to get a grade
2
Exam
Questions from each main topic:
Safety of structures
Ageing and ageing mechanisms
Assessment of ageing structures
In-service integrity management of ageing structures

One A4 sheet of notes. No PCs, mobile phones, iPads, etc with

communication capabilities.

3
Curriculum
Gerhard Ersdal
Safety of structures compendium

Gerhard Ersdal, John Sharp, Alex Stacey

Life extension of ageing offshore structures textbook*

Lectures and exercises

NORSOK N-005 and N-006, ISO 2394, ISO 13822

* Not finalized, will most likely be distributed as partly copies.

4
Additional reading
Safety of structures
Torgeir Moan Safety of offshore structures
John D Srensen Structural Reliability*
PSA Principles for barrier management
Ageing of structures
SINTEF Ageing and life extension .. chapter 1-4
DNV Ageing of materials
Various papers (OS ageing of concrete structures, )
Assessment of ageing structures
NORSOK N-006 Assessment of structural integrity for existing offshore load-bearing structures
ISO 13822
Papers
In-service integrity management of ageing structures
HSE report on structural integrity
NORSOK N-005 on in-service integrity management*

5
Literature helpful and relevant
Agocs, Zlotar et al Assessment and refurbishment of Steel
Structures, Spoon Press, Taylor and Francis Group, 2005
Paik, J.K. and Melchers, R.E, Condition assessment of aged
structures, CRC Press, New York, 2008
R Melchers Structural Reliability Analysis and Prediction ,
Wiley; 2 edition (May 4, 1999)
Terje Aven Foundation of Risk analysis 2nd ed, Wiley, 2012

6
Lectures
Lectures will be held:
Thursday 8:00-10:00 and Fridays 8:00-10:00 (A-205)
These will consist of:
pure lectures (~20 h)
examples and help on exercises
guidance on project work.
I will be available for questions in the breaks between the
lectures
However, I will at times have to attend other activities related
to my main employer. I will try to keep you all informed when I
will be unable to be present at lectures.

7
OFF620 LEAS schedule 2017 (to be updated)
Week Thursday 8:15-10:00 Friday 8:15-10:00
34 Lecture 1 Practical and intro Lecture 2 Design methods safety
35 No lecture Lecture 3 Characteristic values
36 Lecture 4 SRA 1 Lecture 5 SRA 2
37 ??? Lecture 6 Risk, probability & decisions
38 No lecture No lecture
39 Lecture 7 Ageing & ageing factors Lecture 8 Assessment of ageing struct.
40 ??? ???
41 Lecture 9 Fatigue of ageing struct Lecture 10 Structural integrity managm
42 ??? Exercises
43 Exercises Exercises
44 No lecture No Lecture 8

45 Exercises Summary
Project
Written report on relevant topic for the course (30 pages).

Groups of up to 3 students may collaborate on the projects.

To be presented to class and evaluator (~last week of

lectures).

Written version to be submitted no later than Friday 12:00 on

week before presentation.
9
Project - Topics
Preferable on the topic of strength of deterioated structures or
structural members
If possible use actual older structure
Shall include at least 3 of these items:
Statistical evaluation of loads and strength incl. determination of characteristic values or
structural reliability analysis
Ageing issues for structures generally and for the chosen structure specifically
Methods and examples for how to include information about new information
(degradation, inspections, proof loading, etc) in the assessment.
Assessment methods for ageing structures
Structural analysis and calculation of ULS, ALS and FLS limit states for deteriorated
structures.
Mitigations for life extension
Risk and reliability analysis of structures
In-service integrity management of the structure
10
Project - layout
Standard scientific
Introduction,
Problem description,
Theory,
Analysis, studies, evaluations performed as part of the project,
Discussions,
Conclusions,
References

11
Project presentation and grading
The presentation of the work shall be presented for the class ~
last week of lecturing (taking into account that external
evaluator has to be available).

Shared presentation by all members of group

Grades will be given based on presentation and written report.

12
Curriculum
Gerhard Ersdal
Safety of structures compendium

Gerhard Ersdal, John Sharp, Alex Stacey

Life extension of ageing offshore structures textbook*

Lectures and exercises

NORSOK N-005 and N-006, ISO 2394, ISO 13822

* Not finalized, will most likely be distributed as partly copies.

13
Read
Important to note:
-Uncertainty
-Reasons for structural failures
-Principles for structural design

Read
Important to note:
-More than one possible way
to describe safe structures

Core curriculum:
-Calculate characteristic load
and strength
-Explain partial factor method
14
-Determine load factors
Read, but also be able to
give examples and
evaluate structures for
their robustness.

Core curriculum:
-Calculate limit state failure
based on MCS, Cornell,
FOSM, AFOSM, FORM
-Determine load factors

Calculate simple
structural systems
15
Calculate simple
structural systems.

Draw simple barrier

diagrams for structures

Read:
Be able to define and discuss:
-Risk
-Probability
-Decision methods

16
Curriculum
Gerhard Ersdal
Safety of structures compendium

Gerhard Ersdal, John Sharp, Alex Stacey

Life extension of ageing offshore structures textbook*

Lectures and exercises

NORSOK N-005 and N-006, ISO 2394, ISO 13822

* Not finalized, will most likely be distributed as partly copies.

17
Life extension of ageing offshore structures
and pipelines
Introduction to ageing
Ageing of materials
Assessment of ageing structures
Process
Fatigue
Strength
Mitigations
Structural integrity management
Examples (pp presentations)

18