Offshore Mechanics Laboratory

Offshore Mechanics applied to ocean systems is fundamental to technology development aiming sustainability in ultra-deep underwater oil and gas exploitation activities. The term ‘ocean systems’ encompasses not only platforms, such as the Floating Production Storage Offloading – FPSO, but also subsea equipment, as mooring lines, umbilical cables, flexible pipes, pipelines and their fittings. The mechanics of such systems are non-linear in nature, which makes modeling their response to environmental loads a rather complex procedure. An interdisciplinary approach is then needed, merging analytical, numerical and experimental techniques.