Large Floating Structures Technological Advances /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Wang, C.M (Editor), Wang, B.T (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Ocean Engineering & Oceanography, 3
• Subjects: Engineering.; Oceanography.; Architecture.; Structural mechanics.; Building construction.; Structural materials.; Offshore Engineering.; Structural Mechanics.; Architecture, general.; Structural Materials.

This book surveys key projects that have seen the construction of large floating structures or have attained detailed conceptual designs. This compilation of key floating structures in a single volume captures the innovative features that mark the technological advances made in this field of enginee...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Great Ideas Float to the Top
• Chapter 2: Floating Performance Stage at the Marina Bay, Singapore
• Chapter 3: Yumemai Floating Swing Arch Bridge of Osaka, Japan
• Chapter 4: Floating Oil Storage Bases, Japan
• Chapter 5: Ujina Floating Ferry Pier and Kan-On Floating Breakwater, Japan
• Chapter 6: Floating Offshore Wind Turbine, Nagasaki, Japan
• Chapter 7: Large Marine Concrete Structures: The Norwegian Design Experience
• Chapter 8: Mega-Float.- Chapter 9: Large Spar Drilling and Production Platforms for Deep Water Oil and Gas
• Chapter 10: OTEC Platform
• Chapter 11: Mobile Offshore Base
• Chapter 12: Lilypad: Floating Ecopolis for Climatical Refugees.