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Very Large Floating Structures
Contributor(s): Wang, C. M. (Editor), Watanabe, E. (Editor), Utsunomiya, T. (Editor)
ISBN: 0415419530     ISBN-13: 9780415419536
Publisher: CRC Press
OUR PRICE:   $228.00  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: September 2007
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Groundbreaking and comprising articles by expert contributors, this volume provides a comprehensive treatment of VLFSs and their relationship with the sea, marine habitats, the pollution of costal waters and tidal and natural current flow.
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BISAC Categories:
- Technology & Engineering | Civil - General
- Technology & Engineering | Marine & Naval
Dewey: 627.98
LCCN: 2007028603
Series: Spon Research
Physical Information: 0.74" H x 6.45" W x 9.46" (1.11 lbs) 252 pages
 
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Groundbreaking and comprizing articles by expert contributors, this volume provides a comprehensive treatment of VLFSs and their relationship with the sea, marine habitats, the pollution of costal waters and tidal and natural current flow.

It looks in-depth at:

  • VLFS and the colonization of ocean space with their appearance in the waters off developed coastal cities

  • wave properties, which is essential for estimating the loading on the VLFS as well as for modelling structure-fluid interactions

  • hydroelastic and structural analysis of VLFS at an overall level and the cell level

  • the analysis and design of breakwaters

  • simulation models to understand the actual flow of water through the VLFS and to determine the drift forces for the mooring systems

  • anti-corrosion and maintenance systems

  • new research and developments, with emphasis on the Mega-Float, a 1 km long floating test runway.

Well-illustrated with photographs, drawings, equations for mathematical modelling and analysis and extensively referenced, Very Large Floating Structures is ideal for professionals, academics and students of civil and structural engineering.