ACPD

Alternating Current Potential Drop

ALARP

As Low As Reasonably Practical

APL

Advanced Production and Loading

AW

As-Welded

BS

British Standards

BV

Bureau Veritas

CA

Constant Amplitude

CDF

Cumulative Distribution Function

COV

Coefficient Of Variation = V = SM/SD

CP

Cathodic Protection

CT

Compact Tension

CTOD

Crack Tip Opening Displacement

DC

Duty cycle, a specified number of load cycles

DFI

Design Fabrication Installation

DNV

Det Norske Veritas

DoE

Department of Energy

DTS

Damage Tolerance Supplement

ECA

Engineering Critical Assessment

EFMM

Empirical Fracture Mechanics Model

Eurocode

European steel standard

FC

Free Corrosion

FCAW

Flux-Cored Arc welding

FDF

Fatigue Design Factor

FEA

Finite Element Analysis

FEM

Finite Element Method

FLAWS-CG

Spreadsheet for crack growth calculations

FLAWS-CI

Spreadsheet for Calculating the crack initiation phase

FLAWS-S-N

Spreadsheet Rule-based S-N estimates

FMM

Fracture Mechanics Model

FORM

First Order Reliability Method

FPSO

Floating Production Storage and Offloading

FRF

Failure Rate Function

HAZ

Heat-Affected Zone

HB

Hardness Brinell

HS

Hot-Spot

HSE

Heath and Safety Executive

IPB

In Pane Bending

LCC

Life Cycle Cost

LEFM

Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics