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Large Floating Structures [electronic resource] : Technological Advances / edited by C.M. Wang, B.T. Wang.

Contributor(s): Wang, C.M [editor.] | Wang, B.T [editor.] | SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Ocean Engineering & Oceanography: 3Publisher: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2015Description: XII, 327 p. 331 illus., 282 illus. in color. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9789812871374.Subject(s): Engineering | Oceanography | Architecture | Structural mechanics | Building construction | Structural materials | Engineering | Offshore Engineering | Structural Mechanics | Oceanography | Architecture, general | Structural MaterialsAdditional physical formats: Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification: 627.98 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Chapter 1: Great Ideas Float to the Top -- Chapter 2: Floating Performance Stage at the Marina Bay, Singapore -- Chapter 3: Yumemai Floating Swing Arch Bridge of Osaka, Japan -- Chapter 4: Floating Oil Storage Bases, Japan -- Chapter 5: Ujina Floating Ferry Pier and Kan-On Floating Breakwater, Japan -- Chapter 6: Floating Offshore Wind Turbine, Nagasaki, Japan -- Chapter 7: Large Marine Concrete Structures: The Norwegian Design Experience -- Chapter 8: Mega-Float.- Chapter 9: Large Spar Drilling and Production Platforms for Deep Water Oil and Gas -- Chapter 10: OTEC Platform -- Chapter 11: Mobile Offshore Base -- Chapter 12: Lilypad: Floating Ecopolis for Climatical Refugees.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: This book surveys key projects that have seen the construction of large floating structures or have attained detailed conceptual designs. This compilation of key floating structures in a single volume captures the innovative features that mark the technological advances made in this field of engineering, and will provide a useful reference for ideas, analysis, design, and construction of these unique and emerging urban projects to offshore and marine engineers, urban planners, architects and students.
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Chapter 1: Great Ideas Float to the Top -- Chapter 2: Floating Performance Stage at the Marina Bay, Singapore -- Chapter 3: Yumemai Floating Swing Arch Bridge of Osaka, Japan -- Chapter 4: Floating Oil Storage Bases, Japan -- Chapter 5: Ujina Floating Ferry Pier and Kan-On Floating Breakwater, Japan -- Chapter 6: Floating Offshore Wind Turbine, Nagasaki, Japan -- Chapter 7: Large Marine Concrete Structures: The Norwegian Design Experience -- Chapter 8: Mega-Float.- Chapter 9: Large Spar Drilling and Production Platforms for Deep Water Oil and Gas -- Chapter 10: OTEC Platform -- Chapter 11: Mobile Offshore Base -- Chapter 12: Lilypad: Floating Ecopolis for Climatical Refugees.

This book surveys key projects that have seen the construction of large floating structures or have attained detailed conceptual designs. This compilation of key floating structures in a single volume captures the innovative features that mark the technological advances made in this field of engineering, and will provide a useful reference for ideas, analysis, design, and construction of these unique and emerging urban projects to offshore and marine engineers, urban planners, architects and students.

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