Tabla de Contenidos: “…Front Cover -- Marine Structural Design Calculations -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- About the Author -- Preface -- 1 Introduction to Offshore Structures -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 History of offshore structures -- 1.3 Overview of field development -- 1.4 Types of offshore platforms -- 1.4.1 Drilling/well protected platforms -- 1.4.2 Tender platforms -- 1.4.3 Self-contained platforms -- 1.4.4 Production platforms -- 1.4.5 Quarters platforms -- 1.4.6 Flare jackets and flare towers -- 1.4.7 Auxiliary platforms -- 1.4.8 Bridges -- 1.4.9 Helidecks -- 1.5 Types of offshore structures -- Further reading -- 2 Engineering Management for Marine Structures -- 2.1 Overview of field development -- 2.1.1 Project cost and the life cycle -- 2.1.2 Concept and screening selection -- 2.2 FEED engineering phase -- 2.3 Detail engineering phase -- 2.4 Engineering design management -- 2.4.1 Engineering stage time and cost control -- 2.4.1.1 Time schedule control -- 2.4.1.2 Engineering cost control -- 2.4.2 Engineering interfaces -- 2.4.3 Structural engineering quality control -- Further reading -- 3 Offshore Structures' Loads and Strength -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Gravity load -- 3.2.1 Dead load -- 3.2.2 Live load -- 3.2.3 Impact load -- 3.2.4 Design for serviceability limit state -- 3.2.5 Crane support structures -- 3.3 Wind load -- 3.3.1.1.1 Example 3.1 -- Gravity loads -- 3.3.1.1.2 Wind loads -- 3.4 Offshore loads -- 3.4.1 Wave load -- 3.4.1.1 Drag force -- 3.4.1.2 Inertia force -- 3.4.1.3 Wave load calculation -- 3.4.1.4 Comparison between wind and wave calculation -- 3.4.1.4.1 Example 3.2 -- 3.4.1.4.2 Example 3.3 -- 3.4.1.5 Conductor shielding factor -- 3.4.1.5.1 Example 3.4 -- Solution -- 3.4.2 Current load -- 3.4.2.1 Design current profiles -- 3.5 Earthquake load -- 3.5.1 Extreme level earthquake requirements…”

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