With the fast increase of the population on earth, the supply of resources from land is approaching the limit. More and more people have realized that in order to achieve a sustainable economic development, the resources in the ocean have to be relied on. This is because in the wide ocean whose area exceeds more than two thirds of the earth surface, there exist very rich resources such as sea chemical elements, minerals under the bottom, tidy energy and ocean biological resources.The 21st century is a century of ocean. Many new industries such as ocean oil and gas, ocean chemical industry, deepsea mining will be formed. In the exploitation of ocean resources and in the utilization of ocean spaces, the international marine community renewed the interest in studying the feasibility of using very large floating structures (VLFS). In order to ensure their safety at sea, their structural responses in the sea are of particular importance. This is fundamentally a hydroelasticity problem. Due to their extreme large sizes, it is a great challenge both in theory and computational efficiency.
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Chapter 1 Introduction to Very Large Floating Structures 1 1.1 Basic Concepts of VLFS 1 1.2 History of the Research and Development of VLFS 4 1.3 Potential Usage of VLFS 7 1.4 Technical Problems Involved in the Development of VLFS 9 1.5 Importance of the Hydroelastic Response in the Design of VLFS 12 References 13 Chapter 2 A Historical Review of the Theory of Hydroelasticity 17 2.1 Basic Concepts 17 2.2 Brief Overview of the Historical Development 18 References 24 Chapter 3 Hydroelasticity Theory in Time Domain 29 3.1 Potential Theory for an Arbitrary Floating Body 30 3.2 Solution Methods to the Linear Hydroelasticity in Time Domain 41 3.3 Nonlinear Hydroelasticity Theory in Time Domain 60 References 78 Chapter 4 Hydroelasticity Theory in Frequency Domain 83 4.1 Introduction 83 4.2 Potential Flow Analysis of a Floating Flexible Body 83 4.3 Linear Structural Dynamics of Floating Bodies 98 4.4 Hydroelastic Analysis 110 4.5 Hydroelasiticity of Flexible Multibody Structure 118 4.6 Nonlinear Hydroelasticity in Frequency Domain 125 4.7 Analysis Method for the Mooring System of a Flexible Floating Body 139 References 152 Chapter 5 Hydroelastic Response Analyses for MatType VLFS 156 5.1 General Hydroelasticity Problem for MatType VLFS 156 5.2 Analytical Solutions for Plate Model 169 5.3 Eigenfunction Expansion Method 185 5.4 Green Function Method for Plate Model 200 5.5 Other Mixed Methods 212 5.6 Time Domain Analysis 222 5.7 Nonlinear Effects on Hydroelastic Responses of Plate 230 References 233 Chapter 6 Hydroelastic Response Analyses for MOB 237 6.1 Introduction to Mobile Offshore Base 237 6.2 Connector Load Calculation Model 241 6.3 Model Test of a 3 Module MOB 255 6.4 Numerical Results and Analysis 262 References 277 Chapter 7 Hydroelastic Responses of VLFS under Inhomogeneous Environments 283 7.1 Introduction 283 7.2 Inhomogeneous Oceanic Environments 284 7.3 Massmomentum Conservation Model of Inhomogeneous Oceanic Environments 289 7.4 Energy Balance Model of Inhomogeneous Oceanic Environments 318 7.5 Effects of Boundaries on the Hydroelastic Responses 324 References 342 Chapter 8 Experimental Techniques for VLFS 351 8.1 Introduction 351 8.2 Progress of the Experimental Research on VLFS 352 8.3 Experimental Method of VLFS 358 8.4 Examples of VLFS Model Tests 371 References 379
Appendix A Introduction to Some Mathematical Background 381 References 389 Appendix B Introduction to Dynamics of Surface Gravity Waves 391 References 413 Appendix C Introduction to Structural Mechanics 415 References 473 Appendix D Unit Normal Vector of Deformable Structures 475 References 476