Fundamentals of Offshore Systems Design and Facilities

LEVEL: BEGINNER                   HRDF: CLAIMABLE 

Process Applying MBOT

TRAINER: 

Dr. Ahmad Mahamd Al-Yacouby

 

29 - 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

 

CAPE

Level 8, Permata Sapura, Kuala Lumpur City Centre, 50088 Kuala Lumpur

 

9.00AM - 5.00PM

 

RM 2,300 FOR PROFESSIONALS

10% Discount for Early Bird (until 29 August 2025) / Group / Students

CONTENT SUMMARY

INTRODUCTION

This course begins with a review on the fundamentals of offshore platforms, environmental loads, wave spectrums, estimation of hydrodynamics forces, and dynamic analysis of fixed platforms.  This course will also cover the different types of floating platforms used in Offshore Structures, namely, spar, semisubmersible, TLP and FPSOs.  Further discussion covers methods of wind forces calculation, corrosion protection concepts, fatigue analysis and stress analysis of joints and members and dynamic responses of Floating Offshore Platforms This includes detailed discussion on different wave spectrum used to generate irregular waves, wave statics.  This course is concluded by worked examples, illustrating the real engineering cases, and relevant clauses form API codes.

COURSE CONTENT

Part 1: Introduction to Offshore Structures 
  • Broad Classification of offshore platforms 
  • Fixed Platforms:
  • Floating Platforms:
  • Water Depth Capabilities
  • Platform Size

Part 2:  Ocean Environment

  • Linear Airy wave theory
  • Design wave Environment
  • Wave Statistics
  • Wave Forces on Small Structures
  • Wave Forces on Large Structures
  • Wind Forces Calculations 
  • Variation of mean wind speed with height
  • The wind spectrum

Part 3:  Dynamic Analysis of Fixed Offshore Platforms

  • Overview: Introduction to Dynamic Analysis
  • Understanding Frequency Spectrum Analysis
  • Single Degree of Freedom System
  • Understand DAF for Fixed Platforms:  Worked Examples

Part 4:  Fatigue Analysis

  • Define What is Fatigue?
  • Explain the concept of Fatigue Failures
  • Fatigue Types & Palmgren Miner Rule
  • Tubular Members & Stress Concentration factor 
  • What is cyclic loading in fatigue?
  • What causes fatigue failure?
  • Why is fatigue failure important for engineers?
  • How can we estimate fatigue life?

Part 5: Stress Analysis 

  • General Introduction to Stress Analysis
  • Determine Member Stress using API Provisions
  • Member Stress: Example
  • Hydrostatic Stress: API Provisions
  • Hydrostatic Stress: Examples
  • Joint Stress: API Provisions
  • Joint Stress: Example

Part 6:  Introduction to Floating Offshore Platforms

  • Tension Leg Platforms (Tethered Buoyant Structures)
  • SPAR
  • Floating Production Storage & Offloading (FPSO)
  • Floating System Selection
  • Technology, Trends and Challenges
  • Station keeping systems
  • Platform static analysis and design selection
  • Radiation damping
  • Response amplitude operators
  • Added mass

OBJECTIVES

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Understand the broad classification of offshore platforms
  • To evaluates wave kinematics using Airy Wave Torey
  • To evaluate loads on fixed platforms using Morison Equations.
  • To perform Dynamic Analysis of Fixed Offshore Platforms
  • Describe and demonstrate techniques for Response amplitude operators of Floating Platforms.


WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

  • Engineers and scientists involved in the design of fabrication and construction of offshore structures. Personnel from oil companies, classification societies and offshore structure builders will benefit from attending this course. The course is innovative in both content & structure with a careful balance of theory & practice.





OUR TRAINER

1. Dr. Ahmad Mahamad Al-Yacouby (UTP)

Dr. Ahmad Mahamad Al-Yacouby is a Lecturer at the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia.  Dr Al-Yacouby has over 17 years of professional structural engineering experience as academic, researcher and practitioner engineer in various parts of the world.  With research interest in offshore structures, subsea technology, wave hydrodynamics, Vortex Induced Vibrations and New Energy (Floating Solar Farm).  To date has completed and currently managing numerous research projects and industry projects executed at the capacity of Project Manager, Resident Engineer or Lead Project Engineer Positions.  Dr Al-Yacouby is a Chartered Engineer (C.Eng), and member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Graduate Member of Institution of Civil Engineers, ICE(UK), and Corporate Member of Concrete Society Malaysia (CSM).

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REGISTRATION FEES

PROFESSIONALS

MYR2,300*

*fee quoted does not include SST, HRDF service fee, GST/VAT or withholding tax (if applicable).

EARLY BIRD/ GROUP/ STUDENT

MYR2,070*

*fee quoted does not include SST, HRDF service fee, GST/VAT or withholding tax (if applicable).

OUR LOCATION

Centre for Advanced & Professional Education (CAPE)

Level 8, Permata Sapura, Kuala Lumpur City Centre, 50088 Kuala Lumpur​

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+605 - 368 7558 /

+605 - 368 8485

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cape@utp.edu.my