Design aids of offshore structures under special environmental loads including fire resistance. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Srinivasan Chandrasekaran, Gaurav Srivastava.
• Authors: Chandrasekaran, Srinivasan; Srivastava, Gaurav
• Contents: Intro; Preface; Contents; About the Authors; 1 Introduction; Abstract; 1.1 Novelty of Offshore Structures; 1.2 Fixed Platforms; 1.3 Compliant Platforms; 1.3.1 Guyed Towers; 1.3.2 Articulated Towers; 1.3.3 Tension Leg Platform; 1.4 Single Point Anchor Reservoir (SPAR); 1.5 Floating Platforms; 1.5.1 Floating Production Storage and Offloading Platform (FPSO); 1.5.2 Semisubmersible; 1.5.3 Jack-up Rigs; 1.5.4 Drill Ships; 1.6 New-Generation Offshore Platforms; 1.7 Buoyant Leg Structures; 1.8 Triceratops; 1.9 Regasification Platforms; 1.10 Environmental Loads and Complexities; 1.11 Wave Loads. 1.11.1 Wheelerâ#x80;#x99;s Modifications1.11.2 Chakrabartiâ#x80;#x99;s Modifications; 1.11.3 Pierson-Moskowitz (PM) Spectrum; 1.11.4 Modified PM Spectrum; 1.11.5 ISSC Spectrum (International Ship Structures Congress); 1.11.6 JONSWAP Spectrum (Joint North Sea Wave Project); 1.12 Wind Loads; 1.12.1 Davenport Spectrum; 1.12.2 Harris Spectrum; 1.12.3 Kaimal Spectrum; 1.12.4 API(2000) Spectrum; 1.13 Ice Loads; 1.14 Current Loads; 1.15 Analysis Under Seismic Loads; 1.16 Analysis Under Distinctly High Sea Waves; 1.16.1 Analytical Study; 1.17 Springing and Ringing Waves; 1.18 Blast Loads; 1.18.1 Protected Spaces. 1.18.2 Quantification of Blast Loads1.19 Fire Loads; 1.19.1 Types of Fire; 1.20 Research Study 1: Dynamic Analysis of Buoyant Leg Storage and Regasification Platforms (BLSRPs); 1.21 Illustrated Examples; 1.22 Examples on Probability Distributions of Continuous Random Variables; 1.22.1 Normal Distribution; 1.22.2 Exponential Distribution; 1.22.3 Erlang Distribution; 1.22.4 Gamma Distribution; 1.22.5 Weibull Distribution; 1.22.6 Lognormal Distribution; 2 Advanced Structural Analysis; Abstract; 2.1 Unsymmetrical Bending; 2.2 Example Problems on Unsymmetrical Bending; 2.3 Shear Center. 2.4 Example Problems on Shear Center2.5 Curved Beams; 2.5.1 Curved Beams with Small Initial Curvature; 2.5.2 Deflection of Curved Beam with Small Initial Curvature; 2.5.3 Curved Beam with Large Initial Curvature; 2.5.4 Circular Cross Section; 2.5.5 Rectangular Cross Section; 2.5.6 T Section; 2.5.7 I Section; 2.5.8 Triangular Cross Section; 2.5.9 Trapezoidal Cross Section; 2.6 Simplified Equations to Estimate Stresses; 2.7 Example Problems in Curved Beams; 2.8 Marine Risers; 2.8.1 Low-Pressure Risers; 2.8.2 High-Pressure Drilling Riser; 2.8.3 Flexible Risers; 2.8.4 Top Tensioned Risers (TTR). 2.9 Members Under Vortex-Induced Vibration (VIV)2.10 Research Case Study: Effect of Suppression System on VIV of Spar Cylinder; 3 Fire Safety in Offshore Structures; Abstract; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Fire and Explosion Characteristics; 3.3 Best Practices in Fire Safety; 3.3.1 Common Mistakes in Fire Accidents; 3.4 Fire Risk; 3.5 Classification of Fire; 3.5.1 Pool Fire; 3.5.2 Jet Fire; 3.5.3 Fire Ball; 3.5.4 Flash Fire; 3.5.5 Minimum Ignition Energy; 3.6 Fire Protection in Offshore Platforms; 3.6.1 Complications in the Fire-Resistant Design; 3.6.2 Firefighting Equipments.
• Publisher Details: Singapore : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 627/.98; Offshore structures -- Design and construction; Offshore structures -- Fires and fire prevention; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Hydraulics; Offshore structures -- Design and construction; Offshore structures -- Fires and fire prevention; Engineering; Offshore Engineering; Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics; Oceanography; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789811076084; 9811076081
• Related ISBNs: 9789811076077; 9811076073
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed January 18, 2018).
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