Seismic design guideline
Seismic design guideline
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I have been asked to prepare a seismic design guideline for subsea structures (piles, pipelines, gravity base structures)
Are there any available references that I can start with? I have checked API and DNV and found nothing.
Are there any available references that I can start with? I have checked API and DNV and found nothing.





RE: Seismic design guideline
International Handbook of Earthquake Engineering
by Mario Paz
This reference give the Seismic Codes for 34 countries.
The Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, publishes a World Seismicity Map showing all earthquakes greater than 4.5 from 1963 to date of publication and all earthquakes greater than 8.0 from 1897 to date of publication.
RE: Seismic design guideline
Does it cover the GEOTECHNICAL siesmic design guidelines as well?
RE: Seismic design guideline
There is another reference:
Guidelines for the Design of Buried Steel Pipe
Published by:
American Lifelines Alliance (ALA)and
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Section 11 of the Guideline covers Earthquake criteria.
If you will Google the title, there is a website with the document in a PDF format. It can be downloaded.
RE: Seismic design guideline
You may consider ISO 19901-2 "Petroleum and natural gas industries — Specific requirements for offshore structures — Part 2: Seismic design procedures and criteria".
RE: Seismic design guideline
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RE: Seismic design guideline
In general, seismic design of offshore pipelines, lie in two categories. First, threats from liqufaction and fault movements which are covered in this and prevuios guidelines. Secondly, effects for eqrthquake acceleration in the offshore pipelines and associated interia force which could be analysed using FEM software and stress criteria could be checked against DNV OS F101.
Moreover, effect of tsunami and seich waves in shore approaches should be checked and verified.