Dynamics of Offshore Structures

✍ Scribed by Minoo H Patel (Auth.)

• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
• Year: 1989
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 407
• Edition: 0
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Exploitation of oil and gas reserves from hydrocarbon reservoirs below the sea bed has increased rapidly since the 1960s. However, the wide range of subject areas within ocean engineering has posed problems in the teaching of students because it involves reference to textbooks on many disciplines including corrosion metallurgy, meteorology, process engineering and even marine biology. In this textbook, the author aims to present an integrated treatment of the main subject areas which contribute to the design, construction, installation and operation of fixed and floating offshore structures. It emphasizes the fundamentals of oceanography, fluid mechanics, wave theory, hydrodynamics and structural analysis for students reading ocean engineering or naval architecture at undergraduate or postgraduate level. Sections on model testing, full-scale measurements, design and certification are also included to ensure that the book is of value to professional engineers

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front Matter, Page i
Dedication, Page ii
Copyright, Page ii
Preface, Pages iii-iv
Chapter 1 - Introduction, Pages 1-37
Chapter 2 - The ocean environment, Pages 38-74
Chapter 3 - Basic fluid mechanics, Pages 75-111
Chapter 4 - Gravity wave theories, Pages 112-173
Chapter 5 - Fluid loading on offshore structures, Pages 174-214
Chapter 6 - Structural response, Pages 215-249
Chapter 7 - Hydrostatics of floating bodies, Pages 250-274
Chapter 8 - Dynamic response of floating structures in waves, Pages 275-338
Chapter 9 - Model testing of offshore structures, Pages 339-368
Appendix A - Physical quantities and units, Pages 369-375
Appendix B - Tensor notation, Pages 376-377
Appendix C - Complex number theory, Pages 378-379
Appendix D - The divergence and Green's theorems, Pages 380-381
Appendix E - Lagrange's equation of motion, Pages 382-383
Appendix F - Forces on a cylindrical element due to internal and external pressure, Pages 384-386
Appendix G - Summary of hydrodynamic coefficients, Pages 387-392
Index, Pages 393-402