Chapter Ⅲ Ocean Environment Loads and Responses

Introduction

This chapter will provide a general description of how to compute loads on an offshore structure and how the structure responds to these loads. Loads are differentiated between static and dynamic. The static loads on the structure come from gravity loads， deck loads， hydrostatic loads and current loads. The dynamic loads originate from the variable wind and waves. The environmental loads on an offshore structure can be steady or oscillating. The steady loads arise from steady winds and currents. The oscillating loads on the structure originate from the fluctuating structure motions and the waves acting on it. The steady current can also generate a fluctuating load in a (transverse) direction normal to the current direction. The corresponding dynamic current load in the inl ......     （共998字）    [阅读本文]>>