文档介绍：GUIDE FOR THE
FATIGUE ASSESSMENT OF OFFSHORE
STRUCTURES
APRIL 2003 (Updated November 2010 – see next page)
American Bureau of Shipping
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the State of New York 1862
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Updates
November 2010 consolidation includes:
• April 2003 version plus Corrigenda/Editorials
Foreword
The main purpose of this Guide is to supplement the Rules and the other design and analysis criteria
that ABS has issued for the Classification of some types of offshore structures. The specific Rules
and other Classification criteria that are being supplemented by this Guide include the latest versions
of the following documents:
• Rules for Building and Classing Offshore Installations
• Rules for Building and Classing Mobile Offshore Drilling Units
• Rules for Building and Classing Single Point Moorings
• Guide for Building and Classing Floating Production Installations (FPI)
(however, the fatigue assessment of Ship-Type Floating Installations should be treated in
accordance with the FPI Guide, and not this Guide)
While some of the criteria contained herein may be applicable to ship structure, it is not intended that
this Guide be used in the Classification of a ship.
ABS ments and suggestions for improvement of this Guide. Comments or suggestions
can be sent electronically to ******@.
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GUIDE FOR THE
FATIGUE ASSESSMENT OF OFFSHORE
STRUCTURES
CONTENTS
SECTION 1 Introduction ............................................................................5
1 Terminology and Basic Approaches Used in Fatigue
Assessment ...........................................................................5
General .......................................................................