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Ship and Offshore Structure Design in Climate Change Perspective.

This inaugural volume on an emerging topic of vital interest details a risk-based approach to designing marine structures that accounts for unforeseen weather extremes caused by climate change, applying the principles to oil tanker designs of varying scale.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bitner-Gregersen, Elzbieta Maria.
Other Authors: Eide, Lars Ingolf., Hørte, Torfinn., Skjong, Rolf., Svensen, Tor.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, 2013.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:SpringerBriefs in Climate Studies
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Ship and Offshore Structure Design in Climate Change Perspective
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • 1 Introduction
  • Open Access
  • References
  • 2 Observed and Predicted Climate Change
  • 2.1…IPPC Scenarios
  • 2.2…Climate Change and Variability
  • 2.3…Changes in Storminess and Wind in the Twentieth Century
  • 2.3.1 Extra-Tropical Storms
  • 2.3.2 Tropical Storms
  • 2.4…Changes in Waves in the Twentieth Century
  • 2.5…Expected Changes in Storminess and Wind in the Twenty-first Century
  • 2.5.1 Extra-Tropical Storms
  • 2.5.2 Tropical Cyclones
  • 2.6…Expected Changes in Waves in the Twenty-first Century
  • 2.7…Changes in Other Parameters that May Impact Ocean Transportation
  • 2.7.1 Water Level
  • 2.7.2 Sea Ice
  • Open Access
  • References
  • 3 Uncertainties
  • 3.1…General
  • 3.2…Definition of Uncertainties
  • 3.3…Uncertainties Related to Wave Climate Projections
  • 3.3.1 Effect of Climate Model and Climate Forcing
  • 3.3.2 Effect of Downscaling
  • 3.3.3 Effect of Extreme Value Model
  • Open Access
  • References
  • 4 Summary of Past and Future Climate Change
  • Open Access
  • 5 Potential Impact of Climate Change on Design of Ship and Offshore Structures
  • 5.1…General
  • 5.2…Climate Change and Variability and Met-Ocean Design Criteria
  • 5.3…Risk-Based Approach Applied in Current Design
  • 5.4…Risk-Based Approach Including Climate Changes
  • Open Access
  • References
  • 6 Consequences of Wave Climate Change for Tanker Design
  • 6.1…Current Design Wave Database for Ship Structures
  • 6.2…Hull Girder Collapse in Extreme Sagging Conditions
  • 6.2.1 Set-Up of the Structural Reliability Analysis (SRA)
  • 6.2.2 Still Water Bending Moment
  • 6.2.3 Wave Bending Moment
  • 6.2.4 Combination of Still Water and Wave Bending Moment
  • 6.2.5 Ultimate Bending Moment Capacity
  • 6.2.6 Results of Structural Reliability Analysis.
  • Open Access
  • References
  • 7 Conclusions
  • Open Access
  • References.

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