Offshore Structures

1 Marine Science and Marine Technology. - 1. 1 Classification and Objectives of Marine Technology. - 1. 2 Offshore Oil- and Gas-Production Regions. - 1. 3 Design of Offshore Structures. - 2 Features of Offshore Structures. - 2. 1 Drilling and Production Technology. - 2. 2 Characteristics of Offshore Structures. - 2. 3 Fixed Platforms. - 2. 4 Floating Structures. - 2. 5 Compliant Structures. - 2. 6 Linked Multi-Body Systems. - 2. 7 Comparison of Different Designs of Offshore Production Platforms. - 3 Hydromechanical Analysis of Offshore Structures. - 3. 1 Selected Basics of Hydromechanics. - 3. 2 Wave Theories. - 3. 3 Hydrostatic Analysis. - 3. 4 Hydrodynamic Analysis. - 3. 5 Nomenclature. - Preview of Volume II. Language: English