Wave Forces on Offshore Structures

Wave Forces on Offshore Structures
Author: Turgut Sarpkaya
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2010-02-26
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0521896258

This book provides a thorough understanding of the interaction of waves and currents with offshore structures.

Ice Mechanics and Risks to Offshore Structures

Ice Mechanics and Risks to Offshore Structures
Author: T. Sanderson
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 284
Release: 1988-05-31
Genre: Science
ISBN:

' This is a book for which Arctic ice engineers and scientists have been waiting for years. It is the first reference text to deal in a comprehensive way with ice loads on marine structures. It is also written in a clear and attractive style and it is a pleasure to read. ' Polar Record

Arctic Offshore Engineering

Arctic Offshore Engineering
Author: Andrew Clennel Palmer
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2013
Genre: History
ISBN: 9814368776

There is an increasing need to construct engineering structures in the Arctic sea. The requirement is principally generated by the oil and gas industry, because of the substantial reserves that are known to existing offshore in the Beaufort Sea, the Caspian Sea, the Barents Sea, the Pacific Ocean off the cost of Sakhalin, the Canadian Arctic, and almost certainly elsewhere. Structures have to withstand the severe environmental forces generated by sea ice, a subject that is developing rapidly but is still far from completely understood. Underwater pipelines have to be safe against ice gouging and strudel scour, but also have to be constructed safely and economically. The social and human environment has to be understood and respected. This important book intentionally takes a broad view, and vividly accounts for the many and often subtle interactions between the different factors. It is illustrated by case studies of actual projects.

Wave and Ice Impact Loading and Response of Ocean Structures

Wave and Ice Impact Loading and Response of Ocean Structures
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 38
Release: 1985
Genre: Offshore structures
ISBN:

Summarizes several MIT research projects on environmental damage to ships and offshore structures, including: deepwater wavebreaking forces on ocean structures, local response of marine structures to hydrodynamic impact loads, slow drift motion of ocean structures, and selection of strengthening criteria for navigation in ice.

Essentials of Offshore Structures

Essentials of Offshore Structures
Author: D.V. Reddy
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 673
Release: 2016-04-19
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1482220180

Essentials of Offshore Structures: Framed and Gravity Platforms examines the engineering ideas and offshore drilling platforms for exploration and production. This book offers a clear and acceptable demonstration of both the theory and application of the relevant procedures of structural, fluid, and geotechnical mechanics to offshore structures. It

Measurement and Analysis of Extreme Wave and Ice Actions in the Great Lakes for Offshore Wind Platform Design

Measurement and Analysis of Extreme Wave and Ice Actions in the Great Lakes for Offshore Wind Platform Design
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2016
Genre:
ISBN:

This project, funded by the Department of Energy as DE-EE0005376, successfully measured wind-driven lake ice forces on an offshore structure in Lake Superior through one of the coldest winters in recent history. While offshore regions of the Great Lakes offer promising opportunities for harvesting wind energy, these massive bodies of freshwater also offer extreme and unique challenges. Among these challenges is the need to anticipate forces exerted on offshore structures by lake ice. The parameters of interest include the frequency, extent, and movement of lake ice, parameters that are routinely monitored via satellite, and ice thickness, a parameter that has been monitored at discrete locations over many years and is routinely modeled. Essential relationships for these data to be of use in the design of offshore structures and the primary objective of this project are measurements of maximum forces that lake ice of known thicknesses might exert on an offshore structure.