Requalification of Platforms Offshore Tampico - Tuxpan, Mexico: Conditions and Criteria

摘要

This paper summarizes results of a study performed to develop requalification criteria for platforms offshore Tampico-Tuxpan, Mexico. The environmental conditions included hurricanes and earthquakes. A special study was conducted to determine the effects of a thin layer of soft sea floor soils on hurricane wave heights. The criteria included Allowable Stress and Ultimate Limit State guidelines. These criteria were based on target reliabilities that were determined using economic, historic, and standard-of-practice approaches. In a companion paper, the criteria are applied to requalification of a platform offshore Tampico, Mexico (Bea, et al, 2000).