Fundamentals of Marine Riser Mechanics : Basic Principles and Simplified Analyses, (With CD-ROM)

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.

• Clear understanding of the principal parameters that influence riser behavior with their mode of influence
• Clear procedures for analyzing highly complicated problems such as those involving multi-barrier risers of anisotropic materials subjected to changes of fluids, pressures, and temperatures
• Means of making rapid “ballpark” analyses before and after running sophisticated FE riser programs
• Ability to make simplified analyses using 17 Excel files provided on a companion CD-ROM

Preface
Acknowledgments
Nomenclature
SI Unit Equivalents

Chapter 1 : Introduction
Chapter 2 : Pipe and Riser Deflections and Global Stability : The Effective Tension Concept
Chapter 3 : Application of Effective Tension : Frequent Difficulties and Particular Cases
Chapter 4 : Pipe and Riser Stresses
Chapter 5 : Pipe and Riser Strains
Chapter 6 : Tensioned-Beam Behavior
Chapter 7 : Statics of Near-Vertical Cables
Chapter 8 : Near-Vertical Riser Static Behavior
Chapter 9 : Stress Joint Design
Chapter 10 : Riser Bundles : Local Bending between Guides
Chapter 11 : Near-Vertical Risers Associated with Floating Platforms with Stiff Tensioners
Chapter 12 : Steel Caternary Risers
Chapter 13 : Axial Vibrations of Fixed Risers
Chapter 14 : Axial Vibrations of Hung-Off Risers
Chapter 15 : Transverse Modal Vibrations of Near-Vertical Risers

Appendix A : Tensioned-Beam Equations
Appendix B : Tension Calculations for Simple Riser Cases
Appendix C : Application of the Morison Equation to Risers
Appendix D : Stress and Strain Relationships in a Thick-Walled Pipe
Appendix E : Equivalent Poisson's Rations for Anisotropic Pipes
Appendix F : Curvature of a Tensioned Beam Subject to Generalized Load
Appendix G : Riser Bundle Pipe Moments between Guides
Appendix H : Caternary Equations
Appendix I : Damped Axial Vibrations
Appendix J : Notes on Excel Files
Index