API 2V : 2004

SECTION 1 - Nomenclature and Glossary
  1.1 Nomenclature
  1.2 Glossary
SECTION 2 - General
  2.1 Scope
  2.2 References
  2.3 Range of Validity and Limitations
  2.4 Limit States
  2.5 Verification of Structural Adequacy
  2.6 Structural Component Loads and Load Combinations
  2.7 General Approach to Structural Analysis
  2.8 General Approach to Structural Design
SECTION 3 - Plates
  3.1 General
  3.2 Uniaxial Compression and In-plane Bending
  3.3 Edge Shear
  3.4 Uniform Lateral Pressure
  3.5 Biaxial Compression With or Without Edge Shear
  3.6 Combined In-plane and Lateral Loads
SECTION 4 - Stiffeners
  4.1 General
  4.2 Column Buckling
  4.3 Beam-column Buckling
  4.4 Torsional/Flexural Buckling
  4.5 Plastic Bending
  4.6 Design Considerations
SECTION 5 - Stiffened Panels
  5.1 General
  5.2 Uniaxially Stiffened Panels in End Compression
  5.3 Orthogonally Stiffened Panels
  5.4 Stiffener Proportions
  5.5 Trpping Brackets
  5.6 Effective Flange
  5.7 Stiffener Requirement for In-plane Shear
  5.8 Other Design Requirements
  5.9 Design Considerations
SECTION 6 - Deep Plate Girders
  6.1 General
  6.2 Limit States
  6.3 Design Considerations
APPENDIX A - COMMENTARY
REFERENCES
APPENDIX B - GUIDELINES FOR FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS USE

Presents guidance for the design of steel flat plate structures. These often constitute main components of offshore structures.