The ABS Rules for Building and Classing Floating Production Installations provide requirements for the design and classification of floating production units and related offshore structures. Plate buckling verification is relevant where plated panels, stiffened plating, and supporting structure must resist compressive, shear, and pressure-driven actions without instability.
Target verification scope
- Plate buckling checks for relevant plated regions in floating production structures.
- Assessment inputs based on plate geometry, material data, boundary conditions, and applicable FEA results.
- Code-aligned treatment of the governing load effects and resulting utilization.
- Clear report output showing the selected model inputs, applicable assumptions, and governing results.
Planned workflow in SDC Verifier
The intended workflow is to identify applicable plate regions in the FEA model, map the required stresses and load effects to the check, review governing utilization, and include the result in the SDC report. The supported plate types, load cases, and calculation options will be confirmed at release.
Availability
Development work is underway. The final verification scope, supported geometry, and release timing will be confirmed before this check becomes available.
