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Offshore Standard DNV-<strong>OS</strong>-<strong>C501</strong>, November 2013<br />

Sec.6 Failure mechanisms and design criteria – Page 130<br />

18 Static electricity<br />

18.1 General<br />

18.1.1 Static electricity can develop on composite surfaces, especially if the surrounding air is dry.<br />

If the potential electrical sparks created by static electricity can cause a fire, explosion or other hazard the<br />

buildup of static electricity shall be prevented.<br />

It should be shown that the air is either humid enough that static electricity cannot build up or some conductive<br />

surface layer with grounding should be applied.<br />

The conductive layer should be applied over all free surface and everything needs to be grounded, ensuring that<br />

no ungrounded or unconductive layers are left.<br />

19 Requirements for other design criteria<br />

19.1 General<br />

19.1.1 If a structure or component shows a failure mechanism not described above it may be necessary to<br />

describe a design criterion for this failure mechanism.<br />

19.1.2 All design criteria shall be verified against experimental evidence. The model factor assigned to the<br />

design criterion shall compensate for the discrepancies between prediction and experiment. The model factor<br />

is a deterministic factor.<br />

19.1.3 It shall be confirmed that the design criterion is of general nature and does not just apply to one material<br />

or one load case, unless the criterion is only used for that particular condition.<br />

19.1.4 The partial safety factors in the criterion shall calibrated by probabilistic methods to ensure a consistent<br />

level of safety with respect to the rest of the standard.<br />

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