Global Strength of Ships - Analysis and Design Using Mathematical Methods

"This comprehensive coverage of the modern theory of global strength of ships includes analysis and design, using mathematical as well as numerical techniques. This will be an essential reference work on ship structures, ideal for students, researchers and professional engineers involved in ship design, ship structural analysis and design"--

Sommario

Preface; 1. Ship structures and structural design practice; 2. The evolution of ship structures from antiquity to the present day; 3. Sea loads on ship structures; 4. Primary loading of ship structures; 5. Hull structure, mechanical equipment and cargo-related loads; 6. Linear response to primary loading; 7. Nonlinear response to primary loading; 8. Hull girder vibration; 9. Probabilistic modelling of primary loading and hull girder response; 10. Design of hull girder for strength; 11. Aspects of uncertainty: structure reliability theory and fuzzy logic; 12. Ship structural reliability theory and applications; 13. Hull girder strength assessment using the finite element method; 14. Optimum design of ship structures.

Info autore

Dr P. A. Caridis taught courses in ship strength and inspection, repair and maintenance of ship structures at the National Technical University of Athens for thirty years. He was a member of the International Ship and Offshore Structures Congress committees (1991–2022). Dr Caridis is the author of the highly respected Inspection, Repair and Maintenance of Ship Structures, Second Edition (Witherby Seamanship International 2009).

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: P. A. Caridis, P. A. (National Technical University of A Caridis
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.02.2025
• EAN: 9781009465908
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0946590-8
• Pagine: 848
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Tecnica > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Engineering (General), Technical design, Fluid mechanics, Mechanics of fluids, Shipbuilding technology, engineering & trades, Boatbuilding & maintenance, Physics: Fluid mechanics, Boatbuilding and maintenance, Engineering: Mechanics of fluids, Shipbuilding technology, engineering and trades