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Abstract
Offshore platforms in seismically active areas must be designed to survive
in the face of intense earthquakes without a global structural collapse. The
structural design requirements of an offshore platform subjected to seismic induced
forces in the jacket can play a major role in the design of the pile-founded offshore
structures constructed in seismically active regions. The present study attempts to
estimate the dynamic earthquake response assessment as well as, in-place behavior
assessment of a typical pile-founded offshore platform situated in the entrance of
the Gulf of Suez region. A finite element model by structural analysis computer
system (SACS) have been used to simulate 3D typical jacket type offshore
platform taking into consideration the effect of structure-soil-interaction. Soil
properties at the site were manipulated to generate the pile lateral soil properties in
the form of load deflection curves, based on API-RP2A (American petroleum
institute) recommendations.