The objective of this paper is to present a direct and useful method for establishing the configuration of tapered stress joints for marine risers so that stress levels are fairly balanced over the length of the stress joint and within acceptable stress levels. The method of solution approximates straight tapered stress joints with one, whose cross sectional moment of inertia varies parabolically along the stress joint. This approximation leads to the classic Euler type differential equation, which can be solved directly giving a closed form solution. The formulation of deflection and stresses should be of use to designers of marine tubulars. Even though the focus of the study is on a static analysis of top located stress joints, the method of solution can be adapted to mudline attachment locations as well as dynamic analyses.
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Configuring Marine Riser Tapered Stress Joints Used in Top-Supported Applications
Cormack C. Gordon,
Cormack C. Gordon
Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering Department, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
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Don W. Dareing
Don W. Dareing
Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering Department, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
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Cormack C. Gordon
Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering Department, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
Don W. Dareing
Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering Department, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
Contributed by the Petroleum Dvision for publication in the JOURNAL OF ENERGY RESOURCES TECHNOLOGY. Manuscript received by the Petroleum Division November 7, 2003; revised manuscript received June 17, 2004. Associate Editor: A. K. Wojtanowicz.
J. Energy Resour. Technol. Sep 2004, 126(3): 201-207 (7 pages)
Published Online: October 19, 2004
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Received:
November 7, 2003
Revised:
June 17, 2004
Online:
October 19, 2004
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Gordon , C. C., and Dareing, D. W. (October 19, 2004). "Configuring Marine Riser Tapered Stress Joints Used in Top-Supported Applications ." ASME. J. Energy Resour. Technol. September 2004; 126(3): 201–207. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.1781671
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