Comparison of Incremental Dynamic and Pushover Analysis of Jacket Type Offshore Platforms

Abstract

Jacket Type Offshore Platforms show nonlinear behaviors under strong ground motions result from nonlinear behaviors of soil, pile and jacket members. Nonlinear behavior study isn’t carried out accurately unless an accurate and suitable analytical method is selected. The main focus of this paper is the soil-pile-structure interaction analysis of the jacket type offshore platforms subjected to strong ground motion. A nonlinear dynamic analysis shows a true response if a logical model and an accurate theory are selected. In addition to nonlinear dynamic analysis, nonlinear static analysis is also carried out in this paper and results of the static nonlinear and dynamic nonlinear analyses have been compared. It was concluded that nonlinear static analysis can be used under some conditions instead of nonlinear dynamic analysis.