Course Details
Course Information Package
Course Unit Title | COASTAL AND OFFSHORE ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS | ||||||||||
Course Unit Code | MOE514 | ||||||||||
Course Unit Details | MSc Oil & Gas and Offshore Engineering (Elective Courses) - | ||||||||||
Number of ECTS credits allocated | 7 | ||||||||||
Learning Outcomes of the course unit | By the end of the course, the students should be able to:
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Mode of Delivery | Face-to-face | ||||||||||
Prerequisites | NONE | Co-requisites | NONE | ||||||||
Recommended optional program components | NONE | ||||||||||
Course Contents | Module A - Review of floating structures concepts - Semi-submersibles. - TLP’s. - Spar buoys. - Articulated Towers. Module B - Dynamic response analysis of floating structures in waves - Rigid-body equations with single and multiple degrees of freedom. - Heave motion of cylindrical buoys. Module C - Analysis of semi-submersibles - Method of hydrodynamic synthesis. - Exciting wave forces. - Motion response in heave. Module D - Analysis of tensioned buoyant platforms - Wave loads on a TLP platform. - Motion response analysis in heave and surge of a TLP platform. - Elements of tether dynamics and coupled motion analysis. - Kinematic instabilities. Module E - Analysis of articulated towers - Wave loads. - Pitch motion response analysis. - Analysis of floating multi-body interconnected systems. Module F - Synthesis and Case Applications - Case study – Project: Analysis of the hydrodynamic behavior of a semi-submersible and / or a spar buoy using special software. | ||||||||||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods | The taught part of course is delivered to the students by means of lectures, conducted with the help of computer presentations. Lecture notes and presentations will be available through the web for students to use in combination with the textbooks. Lectures will be supplemented with a case – study project that will be carried out using the computer software SEMISUB and DIFFRAC-R, suitable to analyse the hydrodynamic behaviour of semisubmersibles, spar buoys, etc. Moreover, lectures will be supplemented with homework assignments to develop computational skills on the various modules of the course. | ||||||||||
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Language of instruction | English | ||||||||||
Work placement(s) | NO |