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PennWell Books Fundamentals of Marine Riser Mechanics: Basic Principles and Simplified Analyses
Charles Sparks has written this definitive work on the fundamentals of riser mechanics, with the aim of increasing understanding of many aspects of riser static and dynamic behavior. This book is based on the author's 28 years of experience with riser analysis and, in particular, on his previous publications, some of which have become classics of riser literature.Basic principles are clearly established using several different complementary approaches. The primary parameters that influence riser behavior are identified, and their influence is illustrated using 17 Excel files, provided on an accompanying CD-ROM, which readers are able to use with their own data. The files are intended primarily to allow readers to confirm the validity of statements made in the text, but they can also be used to for the simplified analysis of particular riser problems.This book is a must-own, for anyone who deals with riser design and analysis or with riser technology, from the classroom student to the offshore drilling platform engineer.
£149.40
PennWell Books Fundamentals of Marine Riser Mechanics: Basic Principles and Simplified Analyses
Marine risers are unusualstructures that defy standard engineering intuition, yet they are critical tothe safety and structural integrity of offshore platforms. In this new edition,six additional chapters provide further arguments to support effective tensionas well as original analysis of helical buckling. An entire chapter is devotedto the Macondo accident of 2010, where it is known that helical buckling of thedrill pipe within the riser led to pipe deflection inside the blowout preventer(BOP), sufficient to prevent the latter from closing the well. Features and benefits: Details on the Macondo incident and howthe behavior of the drill pipe within the marine riser affected this tragedy Analysis of helical buckling inside ariser associated with flexing pipe inside a seabed BOP Discussion of how and when planar bucklingtransforms into helical buckling Three new Excel files that allow readersto perform further calculations with their own data
£124.20
