ADM 504E - Offshore Engineering Mechanics: Hydrodynamics

Course Objectives

1. To introduce the concept of offshore engineering and the basic calculations of design.
2. To introduce wave theories and random sea waves, computation of wave parameters at a location.
3. To compute wave forces acting on small and large bodies.
4. To analyze offshore structures under the dynamic loading of random sea waves.

Course Description

Introduction: Offshore engineering and offshore structures. Fundamental concepts and equations. Wave theories. Random sea waves. Statistical properties of random waves. Spectra of waves. Estimation of wave conditions at a location in sea. Statistical analysis of extreme waves. Wave forces on small bodies. Wave forces on large bodies. Random wave forces. Morison equation with a wave spectrum. Dynamic response of structures.