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Ageing and Life Extension of Offshore Structures - The Challenge of Managing Structural Integrity - Wiley 2019
Preface
In the last decade life extension has been a dominant topic in the Norwegian and UK
offshore industries, where all three authors have been involved.
This book is about the fundamental issues relevant to ageing of offshore structures
and the necessary considerations for life extension. The aim of the book is to investigate
and understand how these structures change with age and how these changes can be
managed and mitigated.
The literature on structures is largely aimed at structural design despite the fact that
particularly in UK and Norwegian waters over 50% of offshore structures are now in a
life extension phase and are experiencing ageing. The literature on themanagement and
assessment of these ageing structures is limited. This book is intended to help bridge
that gap.
The opinions expressed in this book are those of the authors, and they should not be
construed as reflecting the views of the organisations the authors represent. Further,
the text in this book should not be viewed as recommended practice, but rather as an
overview of important issues that are involved in the management of life extension.
The authors would particularly like to thank Narve Oma and JohnWintle for carefully
reviewing the manuscript, providing many valuable comments and making significant
input to the content of this book. Further, the authors would like to thank Magnus
Gabriel Ersdal and Janne N’jai for drafting some of the figures. The authors would also
like to thank the helpful and patient staff atWiley.
Harwell, Oxfordshire, April 2018 Gerhard Ersdal
John V. Sharp
Alexander Stacey
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