Mechanistic Insights into Climate-Driven Degradation of Offshore Mechanical Infrastructure and Implications for Energy System Resilience
Abstract
The world depends upon the use of offshore mechanical systems in the energy sector, as the world operates these systems in the global arena. However, of late, these offshore mechanical systems have remained vulnerable to non-stationary climate forces. Although it is clear how the failures of the entire process are measured in the case of offshore mechanical systems, it is not yet clear how the entire process of these failures, measured against the climate change resilience capacity of the offshore mechanical system, will happen. In the proposed research study, the climate and oceanographic change information available between the 1980s and 2023 will be used, combined with the theories regarding the loss of effectiveness of the offshore mechanical system because of corrosion and fatigue, in order to realistically identify the impact of climate change upon the effectiveness loss in the case of offshore mechanical systems. The result results of the proposed research study will qualitatively describe the impact of the total process of the failure of the individual factors, which will describe the loss of effectiveness of 5% to 10% because of the action of medium climate force and 25% because of the action of high climate force at the offshore mechanical system level.
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@article{nsiniignatiusudo2026,
title={Mechanistic Insights into Climate-Driven Degradation of Offshore Mechanical Infrastructure and Implications for Energy System Resilience},
author={Nsini Ignatius Udo},
journal={Research Square},
year={2026},
doi={https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-9473188/v1}
}
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