... to specific mechanical connector designs, girth welds and thickness or section transitions commonly used in trees and wellheads. The fatigue assessment methodology of subsea tree connectors and wellheads requires a holistic approach involving sequential analyses of the floating vessel, riser, subsea well...

...petrochemical, offshore, aerospace or pipeline girth weld applications have established FFS standards in place for the coverage of structural instability due to buckling). FITNET FFS criteria can be used to establish the size limits for defects in Proceedings of OMAE2005assessment of flaws found...

... components actured with and without welds. The paper includes an ial case from ship structure for the application of two assessment routes. rds: Fitness-for-Service, Fatigue, Cyclic Loading, Assessment, Welds, Engineering Structures DUCTION T is a European networking project designed to te the development...

... Fitness-for-Service Fracture Defect Assessment Welds Engineering Structures FITNET is a four-year European thematic network with the objective of developing and extending the use of fitness-for-service (FFS) procedures for welded and non-welded metallic structures throughout Europe...