Stavanger Engineering Mar 20 – Oct 20

Consultancy work on fast track projects

Structural analyst engineer working with Staad, Ansys workbench & SpaceClaim. Responsible for laydown decks design retrofitted on Rowan Stavanger drill rig. Advanced stress assessment of 5000psi drilling top drive mud pipe gooseneck for fatigue, ratcheting, gross distortion & buckling to ASME VIII div 2 requirements. This involved use of non linear material, fillet weld profile modelling of the R-pad  for FE analysis. Responsible for the design report, verified by DNVGL (accepted with no comments 1st time round). Global analysis and reporting of 11.5m high scissor lift with SWL=700kg. Structural strength assessment of safety wireline frame.