2000

Rules for the Classification of

Fixed Offshore Structures

RB-02-02

KOREAN REGISTER OF SHIPPING

Amendments to Rules for Classification of

Fixed Offshore Structures
( 1985 Edition )
The following amendments come into force on 1 May, 2000 and apply to Fixed Offshore
Structures for which the application for Classification Survey is submitted to the Society on and
after the effective date.
Formation Revision
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Existing
Existing
Existing
Existing
Existing

Chs
Chs
Chs
Chs
Chs

1, 17 and 18 have been integrated into Part 1.

5 and 6 have been integrated Part 2.
2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 have been integrated into Part 3.
13 and 14 have been integrated into Part 4.
15 and 16 have been integrated into Part 5.

PART 1 CLASSIFICATION REGISTRY AND SURVEY

CHAPTER 1
Section 1.

CLASSIFICATION REGISTRY
General
- 101. 2. has been newly added.
- Existing 1.1.7 2. and 4. have been renumbered to 102. 4 and revised.
- Existing 1.1.4 has been renumbered to 105. and revised.

Section 2

Character of Classification
- Existing 1.1.6 has been renumbered to 201. and revised.

Section 3

Classification Survey during Construction

- Newly added.

Section 4

Classification Survey after Construction

- Newly added.

Section 5

Certificates and Reports

- Existing 1.1.5 has been renumbered to Section 5 and revised.

Section 7

Cooperation Duties of Owner

- Newly added.

Section 8

Competence and Duties of Surveyor

- Newly added.

CHAPTER 2
Section 1

SURVEY DURING CONSTRUCTION

General

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- Existing 17.1.2 and 17.1.3 have been deleted.

- Existing 17.1.4 has been renumbered to 102. and revised.
Section 2

Steel Structures
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Section 3

Existing 17.2 has been renumbered to Section 2 and 201. has been newly added.
Existing 17.2.1 has been deleted.
Existing 17.2.2 has been renumbered to 202. and revised.
Existing 17.2.3 has been deleted.
Existing 17.2.4 has been renumbered to 203. and revised.
Existing 17.2.5 has been deleted.
206. has been newly added.
207. has been newly added.
Existing 17.2.9 has been deleted.

Concrete Structures
- Existing 17.3 has been renumbered to Section 3 and 301. has been newly added.
- Existing 17.3.1 and 17.3.9 have been deleted.

CHAPTER 3
Section 1

SURVEY AFTER CONSTRUCTION

General
- Existing 18.1 has been renumbered to 101. and revised.
- Existing 18.1.1 has been renumbered to 102. and revised.
- Existing 18.1.2 and 18.1.3 have been deleted.

Section 2

Annual Surveys
- Existing 18.1.4 has been renumbered to 201. and revised.
- Existing 18.2 has been renumbered to 202., 202. 4. and 5. have been newly
added.

Section 3

Special Surveys
- Existing 18.1.5 has been renumbered to 301. and revised.
- Existing 18.3 has been renumbered to 302. and revised.

Section 5

Alterations
- Existing 18.1.9 has been renumbered to 501. and revised.

Section 6

Others
- Existing 18.1.7 has been renumbered to 601. and revised.
- 603., 604. and 605. have been newly added.

Section 7

Gauging
- Existing 18.4 has been renumbered to Section 7., 701. and 702. has been revised.

CHAPTER 4

EXTENSION OF USE AND REUSE

- Newly added.

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PART 2 MATERIALS AND WELDING

CHAPTER 1
Section 1

MATERIALS
General
- Newly added.

Section 2

Structural steels
- 201. has been newly added.
- Existing 5.1.1 has been renumbered to 202., 202. 3. has been revised and 4.
newly added.
- Existing 5.1.2 has been deleted.
- Existing 5.1.3 has been renumbered to 203. and 204., and revised.
- Existing 5.1.4 has been renumbered to 205. and revised.

Appendix 2-1 Material Selection

- Existing Annex A has been renumbered to Appendix 2-1.
- 3. (2) (d) has been newly added.
- Existing Table A.1 and A.2 have been deleted.

CHAPTER 2
Section 1

WELDING
General
- Existing 6.1 has been renumbered to 101. and revised.
- Existing 6.2 has been renumbered to 102. and revised.

Section 2

Welding works and inspection

- Existing 6.4.10 and 6.4.11 have been deleted.

Appendix 2-2 Guidance for Non-destructive Inspection for Construction of Offshore

Structures
- Newly added.

PART 3 DESIGN OF STRUCTURES

CHAPTER 1
Section 1

DEFINITIONS AND DESIGN DOCUMENTATION

Definitions
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Section 2

102. has been revised.

103. has been newly added.
Existing 2.1.3 has been renumbered to 104. and 104. 1. (3) has been deleted.
104. 2. has been revised.

Design Documentation
- Existing 2.2.1 has been renumbered to 202. and revised.
- Existing 2.2.2 has been renumbered to 203. and revised.

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CHAPTER 2
Section 3

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
Environmental Design Criteria
- Existing 3.3 has been renumbered to 301. and revised.
- Existing 3.3.1 has been renumbered to 302. and 302. 3. has been revised.

Section 4

Specific Environmental Conditions

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CHAPTER 3
Section 2

Existing
Existing
Existing
Existing
Existing

3.4.1
3.4.2
3.4.4
3.4.8
3.4.9

has
has
has
has
has

been
been
been
been
been

renumbered
renumbered
renumbered
renumbered
renumbered

to
to
to
to
to

401.
402.
404.
408.
409.

and
and
and
and
and

revised.
revised.
revised.
408. 2. has been revised.
409. 2. has been revised.

LOADS
Types of Loads
- Existing 4.2.1 has been renumbered to 202. and 202. 2 has been revised.
- Existing 4.2.2 has been renumbered to 203., 203. 3. has been newly added and
7. revised.

Section 3

Determination of Environmental Loads

- Existing 4.3.1 has been renumbered to 301. and revised.
- Existing 4.3.2 has been renumbered to 302. and revised.
- Existing 4.3.3 has been renumbered to 303., 303. Table 3.3.1 has been revised
and 9. newly added.
- Existing 4.3.5 has been renumbered to 305. and 305. 2. has been newly added.
- Existing 4.3.6 has been renumbered to 306. and 306. 5. has been revised.
- Existing 4.3.8 has been renumbered to 308. and 308. 4. has been newly added.
- 309. has been newly added.

CHAPTER 4
Section 1

GENERAL DESIGN REQUIREMENTS

General
- Existing 7.1 has been renumbered to 101. and revised.

Section 3

Overall design considerations

- Existing 7.3.1 has been renumbered to 301. and revised.

Section 4

Considerations for Particular types of Structures

- Existing 7.4.1 has been renumbered to 401. and revised.
- Existing 7.4.5 has been deleted.
- 405., 406. and 407. have been newly added.

CHAPTER 5
Section 1

STEEL STRUCTURES
General
- Existing 8.1.3 has been renumbered to 104. and revised.

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Section 2

General Design Criteria

- Existing 8.2 has been renumbered to 201. and revised.

Section 3

Loading Conditions
- Existing 8.3 has been renumbered to 301. and revised.

Section 5

Allowable stresses and Load factors

- Existing 8.5.1 has been renumbered to 501., 501. (2) and (4) have been revised.

Section 6

Others
- Existing 8.6 has been renumbered to 601. and revised.
- Existing 8.7 has been renumbered to 602. and 602. 3. has been newly added.

CHAPTER 6
Section 1

CONCRETE STRUCTURES
General
- Existing 9.1.1 has been renumbered to 102. and revised.

Section 2

General Design Criteria

- Existing 9.2.1 has been renumbered to 201. and revised.
- Existing 9.2.3 has been renumbered to 203. and revised.

Section 3

Design Requirements
- Existing 9.3.2 has been renumbered to 302. and 302. 3. has been newly added.
- Existing 9.3.5 has been renumbered to 305. and revised.

Section 6

Construction
- Existing 9.6.4 has been renumbered to 604. and 604. 7. has been revised.

CHAPTER 7
Section 2

FOUNDATION
Site Investigation
- Existing 10.2.1 has been renumbered to 201. and revised.

Section 3

Foundation Design Requirements

- Existing 10.3.7 has been renumbered to 307. and 307. 2. has been newly added.
- 308. and 309. have been newly added.

Section 4

Pile foundation
- Existing 10.4.5 has been renumbered to 405. and revised.
- 407. has been newly added.

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PART 4 MACHINERY INSTALLATIONS

CHAPTER 1
Section 1

MACHINERY INSTALLATIONS
General
- Existing 13.1 has been renumbered to 101. and revised.
- Existing 13.2 has been renumbered to 102. and revised.
- Existing 13.3 has been renumbered to 103. and revised.

CHAPTER 2
Section 1

PUMPS AND PIPING SYSTEMS

General
- Existing 14.1 has been renumbered to 101., 101. 1. has been newly added and 2.
revised.

Section 2

Pumps and Piping Systems

- Existing 14.3.1 has been renumbered to 201. revised.
- Existing 14.4 has been renumbered to 202. and 202. 1. revised.

PART 5 ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS, SAFETY FEATURES AND FIRE

PROTECTION
CHAPTER 1
Section 1

ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS
General
- 101. has been newly added.
- Existing 15.2 has been renumbered to 102. and revised.

Section 2

Electrical Installations
- Existing 15.3 has been renumbered to 201. and revised.
- Existing 15.5 has been renumbered to 203. and revised.
- Existing 15.6 has been renumbered to 204. and 204. 1. has been revised.

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CONTENTS
PART 1 CLASSIFICATION REGISTRY AND SURVEYS
CHAPTER 1 CLASSIFICATION REGISTRY

Section
Section
Section
Section
Section
Section
Section
Section

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

General 3
Character of Classification 4
Classification Survey during Construction 4
Classification Survey after Construction 4
Certificates and Reports 5
Application for Survey 5
Cooperation Duties of Owner 6
Competence and Duties of Surveyor 6

CHAPTER 2 SURVEYS DURING CONSTRUCTION

Section 1 General 7
Section 2 Steel Structures 7
Section 3 Concrete Structures 8
CHAPTER 3 SURVEYS AFTER CONSTRUCTION

Section
Section
Section
Section
Section
Section
Section

1
2
3
4
5
6
7

General 11
Annual Surveys 11
Special Surveys 12
Continuous Surveys 12
Alterations 13
Others 13
Gauging 14

CHAPTER 4 EXTENSION OF USE AND REUSE

Section 1 Gauging 15
Section 2 Reuse 17

PART 2 MATERIALS AND WELDING

CHAPTER 1 MATERIALS

Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Appendix

General 21
Structural steels 21
Materials for Concrete Construction 25
2-1 Material Selection 29

CHAPTER 2 WELDING

Section 1 General 31
Section 2 Welding works and inspection 31
Appendix 2-2 Guidance for non-destructive inspection for construction of offshore
structure 37

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PART 3 DESIGN OF STRUCTURES

CHAPTER 1 DEFINITIONS AND DESIGN DOCUMENTATION

Section 1 Definitions 43
Section 2 Design Documentation 44
Section 3 Plans and Other Data 46
CHAPTER 2 ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS

Section
Section
Section
Section

1
2
3
4

General 47
Environmental Factors 47
Environmental Design Criteria 47
Specific Environmental Condition 48

CHAPTER 3 LOADS

Section 1 General 53
Section 2 Types of Loads 53
Section 3 Determination of Environmental Loads 54
CHAPTER 4 GENERAL DESIGN REQUIREMENTS

Section
Section
Section
Section

1
2
3
4

General 61
Analytical Approaches 61
Overall Design Considerations 62
Considerations for Particular Types of Structures 63

CHAPTER 5 STEEL STRUCTURES

Section
Section
Section
Section
Section
Section

1
2
3
4
5
6

General 67
General Design Criteria 67
Loading Conditions 68
Structural Analysis 68
Allowable Stresses and Load Factors 69
Others 69

CHAPTER 6 CONCRETE STRUCTURES

Section
Section
Section
Section
Section
Section

1
2
3
4
5
6

General 73
General Design Criteria 73
Design Requirements 74
Analysis and Design 77
Design Details 81
Construction 82

CHAPTER 7 FOUNDATION

Section
Section
Section
Section
Section

1
2
3
4
5

General 85
Site Investigation 85
Foundation Design Requirements 87
Pile Foundation 89
Gravity Structures 90

CHAPTER 8 INSTALLATION

Section 1 Guidance 93

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Section 2 Submission of Calculation 93

CHAPTER 9 MARINE OPERATION

Section
Section
Section
Section

1
2
3
4

General 95
Documentation 95
Analysis 96
Fitness to Tow Certificate 96

PART 4 MACHINERY INSTALLATIONS

CHAPTER 1 MACHINERY INSTALLATIONS

Section 1 General 99
Section 2 Machinery Installations 99
CHAPTER 2 PUMPS AND PIPING SYSTEMS

Section 1 General 101

Section 2 Pumps and Piping Systems 101

PART 5 ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS, SAFETY FEATURES AND FIRE PROTECTION

CHAPTER 1 ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS

Section 1 General 107

Section 2 Electrical Installations 107
CHAPTER 2 SAFETY FEATURES AND FIRE PROTECTION

Section 1 General 111

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