Definition(s)
Rated Load
Load used in the product design, analysis, and performance testing
Source: API Specification 16Q, Design, Selection, Operation, and Maintenance of Marine Drilling Riser Systems, Second Edition, April 2017. Global Standards
Rated Load
A nominal applied loading condition used during riser design, analysis and testing based on maximum anticipated service loading.
Source: API RP 16Q, Recommended Practice for Design, Selection, Operation and Maintenance of Marine Drilling Riser Systems, First Edition, November 1993 (Reaffirmed August 2001). Global Standards
Rated Load
Maximum operating load, both static and dynamic, to be applied to the equipment.
- NOTE: The rated load is numerically equivalent to the design load.
Source: API SPEC 7K, Drilling and Well Servicing Equipment Upstream Segment, Fifth Edition, June 2010 (August 2010). Global Standards
Source:API SPECIFICATION 7K, Drilling and Well Servicing Equipment, Sixth Edition, December 2015. Global Standards
Rated Load
A nominal applied loading condition used during coupling design, analysis, and testing based on a maximum anticipated service loading. Under the rated working load, no average section stress in the riser coupling shall exceed allowable limits established in this specification.
Source: API SPEC 16R, Specification for Marine Drilling Riser Couplings, Exploration and Production Department, First Edition, January 1997. Global Standards
Rated Load
Nominal applied loading condition used during riser design, analysis and testing based on maximum anticipated service loading. See API Spec 16F.
Source: ISO 13624-1:2009, Petroleum and natural gas industries – Drilling and production equipment – Part 1:Design and operation of marine drilling riser equipment. Global Standards