Courses

Instructor

Dr. Joseph M. H. Kim,

Professor

Office

CE/TTI 808E

Office Hours

MW 3:00-4:00

Level

Undergraduate

m-kim3@tamu.edu

 

 

 

Course Description

Ocean Engineering Wave Mechanics (3-0) Credit 3. II. Physical and Mathematical fundamentals of ocean wave behavior; Mechanics of wave motion; use of statistics and probability to develop design wave criteria. Prerequisites CVEN 311, OCEN201 or registration therein

Course Objectives

• Learn fundamentals of fluid mechanics applied to basic ocean wave theory.
• Learn linear and nonlinear wave theory and wave forecasting method applied to numerous coastal and ocean engineering problems.
• Learn statistics and probability theory applied to ocean random waves.
• Learn spectral and time series analysis of random waves.

Course Materials

• Course Summary
• OE300STATISTICS part1
• OE300STATISTICS-part2
• OE300SUMMARY part2

Course Description

Nonlinear hydrodynamic problems involved with complex offshore structures in high sea environment; Nonlinear wave application of Volterra model to weakly nonlinear systems; Generation of nonlinear waves; Nonlinear interactions between waves and structures; Dynamic analysis of nonlinear responses

Textbook

Sea Loads on Ships & Offshore Structures by O.M. Faltinsen, (Cambridge Univ Press)

Major References

1. Marine Hydrodynamics by J.N. Newman (MIT Press)
2. Nonlinear Waves and Offshore Structures by C.H. Kim (World Scientific Press)
3. Developments in Offshore Engineering (Editor J.B. Herbich) CH.8 Hydrodynamics of Offshore Structures, by M.H. Kim (Gulf Publication)
4. Numerical Models in Fluid Structure Interaction (Editor S.K. Chakrabarti) CH.2 2D Fully Nonlinear Numerical Wave Tanks by M.H. Kim and W.C. Koo (WIT Press)
5. Hydrodynamics of Offshore Structures by S.K. Chakrabarti (Springer Verlag)