Dynamic Analysis and Design of Offshore Structures

Focusing on offshore platform geometries, the book delves into environmental loads, structural dynamics fundamentals, and damping estimation. It emphasizes basic concepts through illustrative examples and exercises, while offering design methodologies based on FORM principles. Tutorials and exercises enhance self-learning, and a dedicated chapter on stochastic dynamics extends understanding into advanced research. Additionally, it explores the hydrodynamic response of perforated structures, presenting recent validated research findings. This resource is beneficial for engineers, students, and researchers in offshore structural engineering.