Introduction to Offshore Structural Analysis and the Use of SACS

The primary goal of the course is to improve the understanding of the field and to develop the required competency of an offshore structural engineer. Specifically, the objectives are to:

Introduce the key elements of offshore structure design, assessment and integrity management. Embrace the thinking of life-cycle structural engineering.
Provide the most relevant working knowledge for engineers to quickly become net contributors in the offshore structural engineering field. Use on-the-job tasks as practice examples.
Enable students of the course to use SACS fluently and confidently.

The course aims at people who are interested to the design, assessment, construction and operations of offshore structures, that include a broad base of professionals such as design engineers, asset owners, project managers, oil and gas industry consultants, construction workers, and facility operators.

The course assumes minimum prior knowledge requirement, and will give people a leg up for the discipline knowledge, specifically:

– For ones who are civil engineering by training and/or already offshore structural engineers, this course will enhance their knowledge in the field and provide in depth review of the current day engineering practices.
– For ones who are from other engineering fields, this course will serve as the entry level training for them to break into the field with the shortest time and focused effort.
– For ones who are not engineering by training, the course will provide the broadband review of typical offshore structures projects, list the critical requirement by the industry standards, and give insight for clients and consultants in typical tasks.
The course will use both Excel and SACS software as tools for practice examples. There is no prior knowledge required for the software.