Dynamic Analysis and Design of Offshore Structures

• Main Author: Chandrasekaran, Srinivasan (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New Delhi : Springer India : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Ocean Engineering & Oceanography, 5
• Subjects: Engineering.; Fossil fuels.; Oceanography.; Engineering geology.; Engineering > Geology.; Foundations.; Hydraulics.; Building construction.; Offshore Engineering.; Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics.; Fossil Fuels (incl. Carbon Capture).

This book  attempts to provide readers with an overall idea of various types of offshore platform geometries. It covers the various environmental loads encountered by these structures, a detailed description of the fundamentals of structural dynamics in a class-room style, estimate of damping in off...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to Offshore Platforms
• Environmental Forces
• Introduction to Structural Dynamics
• Damping in Offshore Structures
• Hydrodynamic Response of Perforated Offshore Members
• Introduction to Stochastic Dynamics
• Applications in Preliminary Analysis and Design
• References. -Index.