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Offshore Energy Structures

For Wind Power, Wave Energy and Hybrid Marine Platforms

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  • © 2014

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Authors:
  1. Madjid Karimirad

    1. Trondheim, Norway

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  • The first practical guide to designing, building and maintaining offshore structures for renewable energy

  • Focuses on conveying key physics principles and pragmatic implementation advice, without complex mathematics

  • Includes coverage of combined energy structures such as wave-wind units

  • Clarifies critical links between standards, codes, rules and theoretical background

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    • Madjid Karimirad
    Pages 1-5

  3. Wind Turbines

    • Madjid Karimirad
    Pages 7-22

  4. Fixed Offshore Wind Turbines

    • Madjid Karimirad
    Pages 23-52

  5. Floating Offshore Wind Turbines

    • Madjid Karimirad
    Pages 53-76

  6. Wave Energy Converters

    • Madjid Karimirad
    Pages 77-104

  7. Combined Wave- and Wind-Power Devices

    • Madjid Karimirad
    Pages 105-128

  8. Design Aspects

    • Madjid Karimirad
    Pages 129-164

  9. Wave and Wind Theories

    • Madjid Karimirad
    Pages 165-186

  10. Aerodynamic and Hydrodynamic Loads

    • Madjid Karimirad
    Pages 187-221

  11. Dynamic Response Analyses

    • Madjid Karimirad
    Pages 223-267

  12. Stochastic Analyses

    • Madjid Karimirad
    Pages 269-288

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 289-301
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About this book

This book provides all the key information needed to design offshore structures for renewable energy applications successfully. Suitable for practicing engineers and students, the author conveys design principles and best practices in a clear, concise manner, focusing on underlying physics while eschewing complicated mathematical detail. The text connects underlying scientific theory with industry standards and practical implementation issues for offshore wind turbines, wave energy converters and current turbines. Combined concepts such as wave-wind energy platforms are discussed, as well. Coverage of design codes and numerical tools ensures the usefulness of this resource for all those studying and working in the rapidly expanding field of offshore renewable energy.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Trondheim, Norway

    Madjid Karimirad

About the author

Dr. Karimirad received his PhD in Marine Structures from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and has a decade of work and research experience in offshore technology for oil and gas and renewable energy. His research results have been published in technical reports, theses, book chapters, journal scientific papers and conference proceedings. His knowledge covers many aspects of offshore mechanics, hydrodynamics and structural engineering.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Offshore Energy Structures

  • Book Subtitle: For Wind Power, Wave Energy and Hybrid Marine Platforms

  • Authors: Madjid Karimirad

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12175-8

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Energy, Energy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-12174-1Published: 29 December 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-35582-5Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-12175-8Published: 05 December 2014

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 301

  • Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 106 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Renewable and Green Energy, Offshore Engineering

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