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Foreword
This document is a Commentary on Part 3 of the ABS Rules for Building and Classing Mobile
Offshore Drilling Units, 2001, which is referred to herein as the “MODU Rules”. This document is
referred to herein as the “Commentary”. This Commentary is not intended to replace the MODU
Rules, but serves to supplement them. In case of any conflict between the contents of the Commentary
and the MODU Rules, the latter will always take precedence. The contents are directed to Self-
Elevating Drilling Units and Column-Stabilized Drilling Units, although the “Loadings” section may
have application to other types of units. It is expected that this Commentary will be updated
periodically to include topics in the MODU Rules other than structures, and to reflect significant
changes to the MODU Rules that warrant a commentary. It is also expected that the scope of this
document will broaden in the future to include Surface-type Drilling Units.
The intent of the Commentary is to give guidance and to elaborate on various portions of the MODU
Rules that have generated questions over the years. The intent is not to provide commentary on every
paragraph of the MODU Rules; instead commentary is provided for areas that are deemed to merit
further discussion.
The style of this document is intended to give guidance as to the origin of the MODU Rules, and to
elaborate on the information ABS prefers to be submitted at the design appraisal stage of the
Classification process.
The arrangement of the text uses the numbering of the 2001 MODU Rules with the addition of a
prefix “C” to denote that the text is from the “Commentary”. Since not all paragraphs of the MODU
Rules have commentary, the numbering of this Commentary will not be consecutive.
ABS COMMENTARY ON THE RULES FOR BUILDING AND CLASSING MOBILE OFFSHORE DRILLING UNITS 2001 PART 3 . 2005 i
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COMMENTARY ON THE
ABS RULES FOR BUILDING AND CLASSING
MOBILE OFFSHORE DRILLING UNITS, 2001
Part 3 – Hull Construction & Equipment
CONTENTS
SECTION C 3-1-1 Definitions .......................................................................1
C 3-1-1/1 General ..................................................................................1
C 3-1-1/1.1 Unit ............................................................................ 1
C 3-1-1/3 Types of Drilling Unit..............................................................1
C 3-1-1/3.3 Column-Stabilized Drilling Unit (CSDU) ..................... 1
C 3-1-1/7 Water Depth...........................................................................1
C 3-1-1/17 Mode of Operation .................................................................2
General............................................................................................ 2
Self-Elevating Drilling Unit ............................................................... 2
Column-Stabilized Drilling Unit (CSDU)........................................... 2
SECTION C 3-1-2 Environmental Loadings ................................................3

C 3-1-2/1 Loading Criteria......................................................................3
C 3-1-2/1.1 General ...................................................................... 3
C 3-1-2/1.3 Wind Loadings ........................................................... 3
C 3-1-2/1.5 Wave Loadings .......................................................... 7
C 3-1-2/1.7 Current Loading ....................................................... 20
C 3-1-2/1.9 Loading due to Vortex Shedding.............................. 22
TABLE 1 Wind Pressure Height Coefficient Above the Design Water

Surface...................................................................................4
TABLE 2 Shape Coefficients for Wind Force Calculations ...................7
FIGURE 1 Plot of Wind Force Height Coefficient vs. Height Above

Design Waterline....................................................................5
FIGURE 2 Split Force between Pontoons Twisting Pitch Moment
about Transverse Horizontal Axis........................................10
FIGURE 3 Twisting Pitch Moment about Transverse Horizontal Axis
Longitudinal Shear Force between Pontoons......................11
FIGURE 4 Longitudinal Shear Force between Pontoons......................12
FIGURE 5 Longitudinal and Transverse Accelerations of Deck
Mass.....................................................................................12
FIGURE 6 Vertical Wave Bending Moment on the Pontoon.................13
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SECTION C 3-1-2 Environmental Loadings ................................................3

TABLE 1 Wind Pressure Height Coefficient Above the Design Water

FIGURE 1 Plot of Wind Force Height Coefficient vs. Height Above

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