Prerequisite/Recommended prerequisite for
participation in the module
The module builds on knowledge corresponding to the 1st semester.
Content, progress and pedagogy of the
module
Learning objectives
Knowledge
Students who complete the module:
- Should have basic knowledge about non-linear effects in
structural response, i.e. influence of large displacements,
plasticity or other non-linear material behavior and dynamic
effects.
- Should have knowledge about advanced structural analysis and
its applications in offshore structures.
- Should have knowledge about non-linear behavior of thin-walled
structures i.e. buckling and postbuckling behavior and influence of
geometric imperfections.
- Should have knowledge of modelling joints in structures linear
as well as non-linear.
- Should have knowledge about non-linear Finite Element analysis
of thin-walled structures.
Skills
Students who complete the module:
- Should be able to formulate a mechanical/mathematical model for
offshore structures behaving non-linearly.
- Should be able to formulate geometrically non-linear models for
thin-walled structures involving buckling, postbuckling and
imperfection sensitivity.
- Should be able to estimate the stability load for simplified
thin-walled structures based on analytical models.
- Should be able to formulate mechanical/mathematical models for
joints in structures e.g. flexible joints in frame
structures.
- Should have sufficient background to choose an appropriate
numerical model i.e. type of element and type of non-linear
solution algorithm.
- Should be able to analyze a structure/structural component by a
non-linear Finite Element code e.g. push-over analysis of offshore
platforms.
- Should be able to verify the numerical results from Finite
Element calculations by analytical models or other simplified
models.
- Should be able to interpret the results from a non-linear
Finite Element calculation.
Competences
Students who complete the module:
- Should be able to participate in non-linear analysis of
offshore structures and participate in a dialog on structural
modifications in order to improve the structural response.
- Should be able to model and analyze thin-walled structures with
geometric non-linear behavior and participate in a dialog of
non-linear analysis of other structures.
Type of instruction
Lectures, etc. supplemented with project work, workshops,
presentation seminars, lab tests.
Extent and expected workload
The module is 5 ECTS which is corresponding to 150 hours of
study.
Exam
Exams
Name of exam | Advanced Structural Analysis of Offshore Structures |
Type of exam | Written or oral exam
Individual oral or written exam. Exam format is decided on by start
of semester. |
ECTS | 5 |
Assessment | 7-point grading scale |
Type of grading | Internal examination |
Criteria of assessment | The criteria of assessment are stated in the Examination
Policies and Procedures |