Project of flexible pipes and umbilical handling

• Grant number: 06/06281-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate (Direct)
• Start date: March 01, 2007
• End date: February 29, 2012
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Naval and Oceanic Engineering - Marine and Ocean Structures
• Principal Investigator: Clóvis de Arruda Martins
• Grantee: Rodrigo Provasi Correia
• Host Institution: Escola Politécnica (EP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Umbilical cables and flexible pipes for deepwater offshore oil production are very complex elements in a structural viewpoint. They are formed by several components of different materials and different structural functions. This project is dedicated to the design of such elements, focusing three main aspects: the development of a CAD tool aiming to help the definition of the geometrical arrangement for the components of an umbilical cable or flexible pipe, the study and development of models for stress distribution calculation and a visualization tool able to construct a virtual prototype of an umbilical cable or flexible pipe. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

PROVASI, RODRIGO; MARTINS, CLOVIS DE ARRUDA. A Finite Macro-Element for Orthotropic Cylindrical Layer Modeling. JOURNAL OF OFFSHORE MECHANICS AND ARCTIC ENGINEERING-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME, v. 135, n. 3, AUG 2013. (06/06281-8)

PROVASI, RODRIGO; MARTINS, CLOVIS DE ARRUDA. A Three-Dimensional Curved Beam Element for Helical Components Modeling. JOURNAL OF OFFSHORE MECHANICS AND ARCTIC ENGINEERING-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME, v. 136, n. 4, NOV 2014. (06/06281-8)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

CORREIA, Rodrigo Provasi. Flexible pipes and umbilical cables project contribution: CAD tools and macro-element model.. 2012. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola Politécnica (EP/BC) São Paulo.