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Dynamics of offshore structures /
Dynamics of Offshore Structures provides an integrated treatment of the main subject areas that contribute to the design, construction, installation, and operation of fixed and floating offshore structures. The book begins with an overview of offshore oil and gas development and offshore structures....
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; Boston :
Butterworths,
1989.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Dynamics of Offshore Structures; Copyright Page; Preface; Table of Contents; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. The ocean environment; 2.1 Physical structure; 2.2 Composition and properties; 2.3 Environmental phenomena; Chapter 3. Basic fluid mechanics; 3.1 Frames of reference; 3.2 Rotational and irrotational flow; 3.3 Stream function and velocity potential; 3.4 Continuity and the Laplace equation; 3.5 The Navier-Stokes equations; 3.6 The Bernoulli equation; 3.7 The complex potential; 3.8 Idealized Flows; 3.9 Conformal transformations; 3.10 The added mass concept.
- 3.11 Added mass coefficient
- general form3.12 Body forces due to fluid inertia; Chapter 4. Gravity wave theories; 4.1 Wave descriptions for design; 4.2 Linear wave theory; 4.3 Stokes' third- and fifth-order wave theories; 4.4 Other wave theories; 4.5 Regions of validity; 4.6 Gravity wave phenomena; 4.7 Ocean waves as a random process; 4.8 Measurement and analysis of wave data; Chapter 5. Fluid loading on offshore structures; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Flow around streamlined and bluff bodies; 5.3 Wind and current loads; 5.4 Flow regimes governing wave loads; 5.5 The Morison equation.
- 5.6 Wave loads on large bodies
- diffraction theoryChapter 6. Structural response; 6.1 Quasistatic loading and response; 6.2 Dynamic response; 6.3 Structural failure and fatigue life calculations; 6.4 Design and certification requirements; Chapter 7. Hydrostatics of floating bodies; 7.1 Basic properties of a fluid at rest; 7.2 Buoyancy forces and stability; 7.3 The pressure integration technique; 7.4 Certifying authority regulations; Chapter 8. Dynamic response of floating structures in waves; 8.1 Dynamic response analysis; 8.2 Application to floating bodies; 8.3 Effects of moorings.
- 8.4 Analysis with multiple degrees of freedom8.5 Analysis of continuously flexible structures; Chapter 9. Model testing of offshore structures; 9.1 Similarity considerations; 9.2 Test facilities; 9.3 Mathematical basis for wave generation; 9.4 Data analysis procedures; 9.5 Full-scale measurements; Chapter 10. Appendices; A. Physical quantities and units; B. Tensor notation; C. Complex number theory; D. The divergence and Green's theorems; E. Lagrange's equation of motion; F. Forces on a cylindrical element due to internal and external pressure; G. Summary of hydrodynamic coefficients; Index.