Offshore Engineering I

3 credits · College of Engineering catalogue

Advisory Prerequisite: None. Enforced Prerequisite: Graduate standing. (3 credits) Offshore engineering structures. Introduction to hydrodynamic loads on offshore platforms. Detailed study of forces on slender bodies – risers, pipelines, cables. Morison’s equation. Flow induced motions, vortex induced vibrations, galloping. Two-cylinder flows. Mathematical modeling, experiments, data processing. Marine hydrokinetic energy harnessing.