Introduction to Structural Analysis of marine structures; Basic of Fracture Mechanics & Its Application to marine structures; Assessment of defects, such as gouges, corrosion and dents in Pipelines; Fracture Propagation; Fatigue Effects; Yielding and buckling of Submarine Pipelines; Code guidance on defect assessment; Finite element method; Fundamental properties of soil; mechanical properties of soil, Ground water, test of soil, design parameters of soils, Offshore pipeline geotechnical aspects including: : Pipeline stability of seabed, scour, design of buried pipelines, trenching of pipelines, foundation options, geotechnical design of foundations and tie back anchors.
