Nonlinear Dynamics of Compliant Offshore Structures

This monograph provides a general background to the modelling of a special class of offshore structures known as compliant structures. External forcing is resisted by buoyancy and tension forces which increase when the structure is slightly offset from its equilibrium. The technical development given in this book is presented in such a way as to highlight the adaptability of the modelling, and the reader is shown how the techniques described can be applied to a variety of different offshore structures.

List of contents

Preface, Acknowledgments, 1: Theoretical Background: The General Model, 2: Articulated Towers, 3: Tension Leg Platforms, 4: Risers with Flowing Fluid, 5: Possible Future Studies, References, Index

About the author

Patrick Bar-Avi

Summary

This monograph provides a general background to the modelling of a special class of offshore structures known as compliant structures. External forcing is resisted by buoyancy and tension forces which increase when the structure is slightly offset from its equilibrium. The technical development given in this book is presented in such a way as to highlight the adaptability of the modelling, and the reader is shown how the techniques described can be applied to a variety of different offshore structures.

Product details

• Authors: Patrick Bar-Avi, Bar-Avi Patrick, Haym Benaroya, Benaroya Haym
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.1997
• EAN: 9789026514999
• ISBN: 978-90-265-1499-9
• No. of pages: 181
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 254 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 453 g
• Series: Advances in Engineering Series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > General, dictionaries; MATHEMATICS / Applied, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Marine & Naval, Materials science, Mathematical modelling, Offshore Engineering, Marine engineering, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Materials Science / General, Dynamics & vibration