Lazy-wave steel risers appear as a possible solution for ultra deepwater oil fields in Campos Basin. The design of such a solution, however, is a very time consuming task as several configurations must be studied, including static, dynamic and fatigue analysis. In the first cycle of design, simplified models can be used to speed up the selection process of feasible configurations. This paper presents a parametric analysis that was implemented on a computer tool, aiming to select the feasible geometric configurations for a lazy-wave steel riser in the first cycle of design.

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