Marine structural design

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bai Yong.
Published: Elsevier,
Publisher Address: Amsterdam Boston
Publication Dates: 2003.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Carrier Form: xix, 606 p.: ill. ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 0080439217
Index Number: P752
CLC: P752
Call Number: P752/B152
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Pt. 1. Structural design principles : Introduction -- Wave loads for ship design and classification -- Loads and dynamic response for offshore structures -- Scantling of ship's hulls by rules -- Ship hull scantling design by analysis -- Offshore structural analysis -- Limit-state design of offshore structures -- pt. 2. Ultimate strength: Buckling/collapse of columns and beam-columns -- Buckling and local buckling of tubular members -- Ultimate strength of plates and stiffened plates -- Ultimate strength of cylindrical shells -- A theory of nonlinear finite lement analysis -- Collapse analysis of ship hulls -- Offshore structures under impact loads -- Offshore structures under earthquake loads -- pt. 3. Fatigue and fracture: mechanism of fatigue and fracture -- Fatigue capacity -- Fatigue loading and stresses -- Simplified fatigue assessment -- Spectral fatigue analysis and design -- Application of fracture mechanics -- Material selections and damage tolerance criteria -- pt. 4. Structural reliability: Basics of structural reliability -- Random variables and uncertainty analysis -- Reliability of ship structures -- Reliability-based design and code calibration -- Fatigue reliability -- Probability and risk based inspection planning -- pt. 5. Risk assessment: Risk assessment methodology -- Risk assessment applied to offshore structures -- Formal safety assessment applied to shipping industry -- Economic risk assessment for field development -- Human reliability assessment -- Risk centered maintenance.