Design Principles of Ships and Marine Structures

ISBN-13: 9780367575267 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 500 str.

Suresh Chandra Misra

Opis

With availability of high speed computing and sophisticated software, the design scenario has changed in recent years. Advanced numerical techniques are being applied to maritime design activity at the concept design stage itself. With increasing competitiveness, it has become necessary to look at the effectiveness of design in economic terms, a

Recenzje

"The modern state-of-the-art of ships and offshore structures design is well presented. Brief but dense information is given for the history of the shipbuilding and offshore structures and the major characteristics of different ship’s and offshore structures types. … In my opinion, all major topics in shipbuilding and offshore structures are included."
—Lyuben D Ivanov, Retired, formerly with American Bureau of Shipping

Spis treści

Introduction. Marine Environment. Design Process. Engineering Economics.Vehicle Parameter Estimation. Stability of Floating Bodies. Hydrodynamic Design. Hull Form Design. Machinery System. Structural Design. Layout Design. Design for Safety. Design for Sustainability. Design for Production. Decision-Making Process. Design Management. References.

O autorze

Suresh Chandra Misra earned a degree in naval architecture from IIT Kharagpur, India, in 1970, and his PhD from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, in 1976. After serving for a few years as a design engineer in Hindustan Shipyard Ltd., Visakhapatnam, he joined the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, as an assistant professor in naval architecture. He became a professor and later head of the Department of Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture before retiring from active service in 2013. He was also the director of the Indian maritime University, Visakhapatnem campus for the last five years of his active service period. Subsequent to his retirement, he has been involved in a number of research and consultancy activities in related areas.