Cover -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Foreword to "Pipeliners and Risers" Book -- Preface -- Part I: Mechanical Design -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Design Stages and Process -- 1.3 Design Through Analysis (DTA) -- 1.4 Pipeline Design Analysis -- 1.5 Pipeline Simulator -- 1.6 References -- Chapter 2. Wall-thickness and Material Grade Selection -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Material Grade Selection -- 2.3 Pressure Containment (hoop stress) Design -- 2.4 Equivalent Stress Criterion -- 2.5 Hydrostatic Collapse -- 2.6 Wall Thickness and Length Design for Buckle Arrestors -- 2.7 Buckle Arrestor Spacing Design -- 2.8 References -- Chapter 3. Buckling/Collapse of Deepwater Metallic Pipes -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Pipe Capacity under Single Load -- 3.3 Pipe Capacity under Couple Load -- 3.4 Pipes under Pressure Axial Force and Bending -- 3.5 Finite Element Model -- 3.6 References -- Chapter 4. Limit-state based Strength Design -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Out of Roundness Serviceability Limit -- 4.3 Bursting -- 4.4 Local Buckling/Collapse -- 4.5 Fracture -- 4.6 Fatigue -- 4.7 Ratcheting -- 4.8 Dynamic Strength Criteria -- 4.9 Accumulated Plastic Strain -- 4.10 Strain Concentration at Field Joints Due to Coatings -- 4.11 References -- Part II: Pipeline Design -- Chapter 5. Soil and Pipe Interaction -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Pipe Penetration in Soil -- 5.3 Modeling Friction and Breakout Forces -- 5.4 References -- Chapter 6. Hydrodynamics around Pipes -- 6.1 Wave Simulators -- 6.2 Choice of Wave Theory -- 6.3 Mathematical Formulations Used in the Wave Simulators -- 6.4 Steady Currents -- 6.5 Hydrodynamic Forces -- 6.6 References -- Chapter 7. Finite Element Analysis of In-situ Behavior -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Description of the Finite Element Model -- 7.3 Steps in an Analysis and Choice of Analysis Procedure -- 7.4 Element Types Used in the Model -- 7.5 Non-linearity and Seabed Model -- 7.6 Validation of the Finite Element Model -- 7.7 Dynamic Buckling Analysis -- 7.8 Cyclic In-place Behaviour during Shutdown Operations -- 7.9 References -- Chapter 8. Expansion, Axial Creeping, Upheaval/Lateral Buckling -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Expansion -- 8.3 Axial Creeping of Flowlines Caused by Soil Ratcheting -- 8.4 Upheaval Buckling -- 8.5 Lateral Buckling -- 8.6 Interaction between Lateral and Upheaval Buckling -- 8.7 References -- Chapter 9. On-bottom Stability -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Force Balance: the Simplified Method -- 9.3 Acceptance Criteria -- 9.4 Special Purpose Program for Stability Analysis -- 9.5 Use of FE Analysis for Intervention Design -- 9.6 References -- Chapter 10. Vortex-induced Vibrations (VIV) and Fatigue -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Free-span VIV Analysis Procedure -- 10.3 Fatigue Design Criteria -- 10.4 Response Amplitude --T$1018.