| Abstract | The weight information of a floating offshore plant, such as an FPSO, is one of the important data to estimate the amount of production material and to determine the production method for its construction. In addition, the weight information is a key factor which affects in the building cost and production period of the offshore plant. Although the importance of the weight has long been recognized, the weight has been roughly estimated by using the existing design and production data, and designer's experience. To improve this task, a simplified model for the weight estimation of the offshore plant using the statistical method was developed in this study. To do this, various past records to estimate the weight of the offshore plant were collected through the literature survey, and then the correlation analysis and the multiple regression analysis were performed to develop the simplified model for the weight estimation. Finally, to evaluate the applicability of the developed model, it was applied to some examples of the weight estimation of topsides of the offshore plant. The results showed that the developed model can be applied the weight estimation process of the offshore plant at the early design stage. |
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| Publication Date | 2014-06-10 |
Myung-Il Roh, Seong-Ho Seo, Hyun-Kyoung Shin, Nam-Kug Ku, Sol Ha, Ki-Su Kim, "Simplified Model for the Weight Estimation of Floating Offshore Plant Using the Statistical Method", Proceedings of OMAE(International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering) 2014, San Francisco, USA, pp. 1-8, 2014.06.08-13