Offshore mechanics : structural and fluid dynamics for recent applications

Offshore mechanics : structural and fluid dynamics for recent applications /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Karimirad, Madjid (Author), Michailides, Constantine, 1978- (Author), Nematbakhsh, Ali, 1984- (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken NJ, USA : Wiley, 2018.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Offshore structures > Hydrodynamics.
Online Access:Connect to this title online (unlimited simultaneous users allowed; 325 uses per year)
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Preliminaries
  • 2. Offshore Structures
  • 2.1. Ship-shaped Offshore Structures
  • 2.2. Oil and Gas Offshore Platforms
  • 2.3. Offshore Wind Turbines
  • 2.4. Wave Energy Converters
  • 2.5. Tidal Energy Converters
  • 2.6. Combined Offshore Energy Systems
  • 2.7. Multipurpose Offshore Structures and Systems
  • 2.8. Submerged Floating Tunnels
  • 2.9. Floating Bridges
  • 2.10. Aquaculture and Fish Farms
  • References
  • 3. Offshore Environmental Conditions
  • 3.1. Introduction
  • 3.2. Wave Conditions
  • 3.2.1. Basic Characteristics of Free Surface Normal Waves
  • 3.2.2. Swells
  • 3.2.3. Wave Propagation in Space
  • 3.2.4. Wave Measurement
  • 3.3. Wind
  • 3.3.1. Global Wind Pattern
  • 3.3.2. Wind Measurement
  • 3.4. Currents
  • 3.4.1. Tidal Currents
  • 3.4.2. Wind-driven Currents
  • 3.4.2.1. Global Wind-driven Currents
  • 3.4.2.2. Longshore Currents
  • 3.4.2.3. Rip Currents
  • 3.4.2.4. Upwelling Currents
  • 3.5. Joint Distribution of Waves and Winds
  • 3.6. Oceanographic and Bathymetric Aspects
  • 3.7. Scour and Erosion
  • 3.8. Extreme Environmental Conditions
  • 3.9. Environmental Impact of Offshore Structures' Application
  • References
  • 4. Hydrodynamic and Aerodynamic Analyses of Offshore Structures
  • 4.1. Introduction
  • 4.2. Wave Kinematics
  • 4.2.1. Regular Waves
  • 4.2.2. Ocean Waves
  • 4.3. Wave Loads on Offshore Structures
  • 4.3.1. Wave Loads Induced by Inviscid Flows
  • 4.3.1.1. Inviscid Loads Due to Forced Oscillation of an Offshore Structure (Concept of Added Mass and Damping Coefficients)
  • 4.3.1.2. Added Mass and Damping Coefficients in the Presence of a Free Surface
  • 4.3.1.3. Considering Diffraction Effects on Calculating Wave Loads
  • 4.3.2. Morison Equation
  • 4.4. Tides and Currents Kinematics
  • 4.5. Current Loads on Offshore Structures
  • 4.6. Wind Kinematics
  • 4.6.1. Wind Data Analysis
  • 4.6.2. Extreme Wind Conditions
  • 4.6.3. Wind Speed Variation with Height
  • 4.7. Wind Loads on Offshore Structures
  • 4.8. Aerodynamic Analysis of Offshore Wind Turbines
  • 4.8.1. 1D Momentum Theory
  • 4.8.2. Effects of Wind Turbine Rotation on Wind Thrust Force
  • 4.8.3. Blade Element Momentum Theory
  • References
  • 5. Fundamentals of Structural Analysis
  • 5.1. Background
  • 5.1.1. Structural Components
  • 5.1.2. Stress and Strain
  • 5.2. Structural Analysis of Beams
  • 5.2.1. Introduction
  • 5.2.2. Beams under Torsion
  • 5.2.3. Bending of Beams
  • 5.2.4. Beam Deflections
  • 5.2.5. Buckling of Beams
  • 5.3. Mathematical Models for Structural Dynamics of Beams
  • 5.3.1. Bernoulli-Euler Beam Theory
  • 5.4. Frame Structures and Matrix Analysis
  • 5.5. Plate Theories
  • 5.5.1. Introduction
  • 5.5.2. Plane Stress
  • 5.5.3. Mathematical Models for Bending of Plates
  • References
  • 6. Numerical Methods in Offshore Structural Mechanics
  • 6.1. Structural Dynamics
  • 6.2. Stress Analysis
  • 6.3. Time-Domain and Frequency-Domain Analysis
  • 6.4. Multibody Approach
  • 6.5. Finite Element Method
  • 6.6. Nonlinear Analysis
  • 6.7. Extreme Response Analysis and Prediction
  • 6.8. Testing and Validation of Offshore Structures
  • 6.9. Examples
  • 6.9.1. Example 6.1
  • 6.9.2. Example 6.2
  • References
  • 7. Numerical Methods in Offshore Fluid Mechanics
  • 7.1. Introduction
  • 7.2. Potential Flow Theory Approach
  • 7.2.1. Three-dimensional Problem
  • 7.2.2. Numerical Consideration
  • 7.3. CFD Approach
  • 7.3.1. Discretization of the Navier-Stokes Equation on Rectangular Structured Grids
  • 7.3.2. Advection Terms
  • 7.3.3. Viscous Terms
  • 7.3.4. Pressure Term and Mass Conservation Equation
  • 7.3.5. Solving Navier--Stokes Equations
  • 7.3.6. Poisson Equation
  • 7.3.7. Effects of Free Surface
  • 7.3.8. Volume of Fluid Method
  • 7.3.9. Level Set Method
  • 7.3.10. Discretization of Level Set Function
  • 7.3.11. Discretization of Reinitialization Equation
  • 7.3.12. Studying Solid--Fluid Interaction
  • 7.3.13. Immersed Boundary Methods
  • 7.3.14. Discretization of the NS Equation in a Mapped Coordinate System
  • 7.3.15. Grid Generation in a Mapped Coordinate System: Stretched Grid
  • 7.3.16. Grid Generation in the Mapped Coordinate System: Body-Fitted Grids
  • 7.3.17. Body-Fitted Grid Generation by Using Unstructured Grids
  • References
  • 8. Mooring and Foundation Analysis
  • 8.1. Mooring Considerations
  • 8.1.1. Catenary Moorings
  • 8.1.2. Taut Moorings
  • 8.2. Soil Mechanics
  • 8.3. Foundation Design
  • References.

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