Dear Friends,

I have one concern on the analysis of skirt base ring in welded condition to the offshore platform by using PV Elite. Can we do the base ring analysis for wind/ seismic/blast & Transportation loads in welded condition with foundation/platform , instead of bolted with anchor bolts? If yes, than how to model the vertical vessel skirt support ring in welded configuration to foundation/ platform instead of Anchor bolted one?


In this regard, for blast load analysis in vertical vessels, using the user defined wind loads option, whether the wind profile height shall be the vessel height from the base ring or should be provided from the base elevation of the platform(in case the vessel is located at certain height on the offshore platform). However the blast load is acting on the complete platform.

Pl. put some light on the above issues.