DEN 411 - Hydrodynamics of Ships&Offshore Structures

Course Objectives

1. To provide an understanding of engineering fundamentals about the subject
2. To calculate the environmental loads acting on ships and offshore-structures
3. To gain the understanding of the ships and offshore-structures hydrodynamic design

Course Description

Wave, wind, and current forces acting on ships and offshore structures. Wave theories. Morison’s equation, added mass, and damping. Rigid body motions of ships and offshore structures in regular waves and irregular seas. Calculation of ship motions in three degrees of freedom. Encounter frequency. RAO (Response Amplitude Operator) calculations.