OCEN 673: Nonlinear Hydrodynamic Problems

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)