Description:
This book presents the various types and forms of marine structures and the functions and limitations of different offshore platforms, and describes their potential environmental loads. It discusses the ultimate load design, plastic design, shear center, and theories of failure, leading to a detailed understanding of plastic design and dynamics. It also explains the details of fluid-structure interaction as well as fracture and fatigue. It emphasizes basic concepts through simple illustrative examples and exercises, and explains design methodologies and guidelines through example structures.
Review Quotes:
"Professor Chandrasekaran has a wealth of experience in teaching offshore structure dynamics to graduate and undergraduate students. ... This will be very helpful for students who are beginners in this field. Overall, I am certain that the book will prove to be an asset to the students, practicing engineers and the offshore engineering community in general."
--Prof. Kesayoshi Hadano, Yamaguchi University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
--Prof. Dr Kurian V. John, Universiti Teknologi Petronas "Very lucid presentation of complex subject easy to understand. Illustrations and figures are impressive."
--Dr. R. Janardhanam. Professor, University of North Carolina, Charlotte " The approach used in the book reflects the rich teaching experience of the author. Theory and explanations on Fluid-structure interaction is an indicative example of intrinsic research carried out by the author, which are verified by his authentic publications in Journals and conferences of international repute."
--Prof. Dr Arvind Kumar Jain, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi