Wave action on oil rig cylinder members (extreme run-up of waves interacting with an array of columns)

• Main Author: Lu, Jonathan Si'en.
• Other Authors: Huang Zhenhua
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering::Water resources
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/16095
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

When designing deep water offshore platform, engineers require an understanding of wave-structure interaction phenomena. In the case of an offshore fixed platform oil rig, the wave run-up on the vertical legs and the amplification of the waves beneath the deck may produce substantial damages to the...