Offshore Energy Structures: For Wind Power, Wave Energy and Hybrid Marine Platforms

✍ Scribed by Madjid Karimirad (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 307
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book provides all the key information needed to design offshore structures for renewable energy applications successfully. Suitable for practicing engineers and students, the author conveys design principles and best practices in a clear, concise manner, focusing on underlying physics while eschewing complicated mathematical detail. The text connects underlying scientific theory with industry standards and practical implementation issues for offshore wind turbines, wave energy converters and current turbines. Combined concepts such as wave-wind energy platforms are discussed, as well. Coverage of design codes and numerical tools ensures the usefulness of this resource for all those studying and working in the rapidly expanding field of offshore renewable energy.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Introduction....Pages 1-5
Wind Turbines....Pages 7-22
Fixed Offshore Wind Turbines....Pages 23-52
Floating Offshore Wind Turbines....Pages 53-76
Wave Energy Converters....Pages 77-104
Combined Wave- and Wind-Power Devices....Pages 105-128
Design Aspects....Pages 129-164
Wave and Wind Theories....Pages 165-186
Aerodynamic and Hydrodynamic Loads....Pages 187-221
Dynamic Response Analyses....Pages 223-267
Stochastic Analyses....Pages 269-288
Back Matter....Pages 289-301

✦ Subjects

Renewable and Green Energy; Offshore Engineering