Stochastic Dynamics of Marine Structures

by Arvid Naess , Torgeir Moan

• ISBN13: 9780521881555
• ISBN10: 0521881552
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-10-15
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Introduction to Stochastic Dynamics of Marine Structures is a text for students and reference for professionals on the basic theory and methods used for stochastic modelling and analysis of marine structures subjected to environmental loads. The first part of the book provides a detailed introduction to the basic dynamic analysis of structures, serving as a foundation for later chapters on stochastic response analysis. This includes an extensive chapter on the finite element method. A careful introduction to stochastic modelling is provided, which includes the concepts: stochastic process, variance spectrum, random environmental processes, response spectrum, response statistics and short- and long-term extreme value models. The second part of the book offers detailed discussion of limit state design approaches, fatigue design methods, the equations of motion for dynamic structures and numerical solution techniques. The final chapter highlights methods for prediction of extreme values from measured data or data obtained by Monte Carlo simulation.

Table of Contents

Preliminaries

Dynamics of single-degree-of-freedom linear systems

Dynamics of multi-degree-of-freedom linear systems

The finite element method

Stochastic processes

The variance spectrum

Random environmental processes

Environmental loads

The response spectrum

Response statistics

Statistics for nonlinear problems

Short-term and long-term extremes

Dynamic load effects for design checks

The equations of motion

Numerical solution techniques

Monte Carlo methods and extreme value prediction

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