... acknowledgment of OTC copyright. Abstract In early 2014, the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) OC-8 Panel was formed to address regulatory acceptance of wind tunnel testing for stability calculations of offshore floating production systems governed by the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations...

..., methodology behind the wind tunnel test parameters, the standardization of axis definition and nomenclature. Wind Tunnel tests results reporting requirements are provided to produce a complete record of the test, the requirements, the methodology used and data presentation. The revised guidelines provide...

..., which encompassed three available wind load estimation methods: empirical building block procedures, wind tunnel testing, and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). To permit an ‘apples-to-apples’ comparison, the same representative semisubmersible design was used by all participants, including a single...

... exist to the traditional, empirical method to assess wind loads and moments on offshore structures that use both wind tunnel testing and computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Challenges to the use of the alternatives to the traditional method for wind load assessment for regulatory purposes have often...

... not properly determine the wind loads on a dual derrick. To determine if the existing 4F wind methodology was suitable for a dual derrick, BP undertook a program consisting of a literature review and wind tunnel testing. The testing was performed with major components added to the structure in stages...