Ship-Shaped Offshore Installations

Understand the safe engineering of ship-shaped offshore installations with this fully updated second edition.

Understand the safe engineering of ship-shaped offshore installations at every stage of design, construction, operation, healthcare and decommissioning with this handy guide suited to graduate students as well as designers working in the area. This updated second edition focuses on minimising accidents and the effects of extreme conditions.Extensively updated for the second edition, this handy guide covers the safety engineering of ship-shaped offshore installations at every stage of design, construction, operation, lifetime healthcare and decommissioning. New sections cover additional types of offshore structures, including offshore power plants, as well as cutting-edge technologies and all the latest advances in the field. The text focuses on minimising accidents and the effects of extreme conditions, with new chapters covering earthquakes, hurricanes and terrorist attacks, as well as traditional types of accidental events such as hull girder collapse, collisions, fires and explosions. This is an invaluable resource for students who will be approaching the subject for the first time as well as practising engineers and researchers.