Marine systems

Subsea pipeline, flowline and umbilical installation & deployment solutions, riser evaluation & optimisation & naval architecture services are delivered through a combination of engineering know-how and advanced engineering technologies like dynamic FEA (finite element analysis), CAD (computer aided design) and CFD (computational fluid dynamics).

By combining practical experience with advanced techniques and cutting-edge CAE (computer aided engineering) technology, Prospect provides optimised engineering solutions to companies operating in the most demanding marine environments.

From front end and concept engineering, detailed design and verification through commissioning to ongoing operations, Prospect's identifies practical engineering solutions that add value through use of its core services:

• Marine dynamics
• Structural and mechanical design
• Structural analysis
• Flow related and thermal engineering

Core marine systems capabilities include:

• Dynamic finite element analysis (FEA)
• Non-linear performance analysis
• Installation analysis
• VIV analysis and suppression design
• Fatigue analysis

ACTIVITIES

Product and pipeline installation

• J-Lay, S-Lay, Hybrid pipeline and cable lay
• Deployment and installation of  subsea equipment
• Seabed preparation analysis
• Product clashing and dropped object analysis
• Launch and recovery systems
• Optimisation of lay parameters to maximise operating weather envelope
• Assessment of on-bottom bend stability
• Free span analysis and fatigue damage evaluation
• DMA sizing for infield cable lay
• Buried subsea cable rip-out loads
• Hydrodynamic loading of structures through splash zone
• Maximum transit speeds
• Reeling analysis

Platform installation

• J-tube/subsea template pull-in
• Specifying winch capacity
• Vessel standoff optimisation
• Congested water installation

Riser and mooring systems

• Mooring analysis
• Riser and drift-off analysis
• Vessel drift-off in the event of DPS or mooring failure
• Fatigue damage and ‘working life’ prediction
• Vortex induced vibration
• Vortex shedding simulation

Naval architecture

• Vessel design 
• Feasibility studies
• Concept design & optimisation
• Structural response analysis
• Hydrodynamic studies
• Hydrostatic studies
• Stability analysis
• Green water loading