Ship and Offshore Structure Design in Climate Change Perspective.

• Superior document: SpringerBriefs in Climate Studies
• Author: Bitner-Gregersen, Elzbieta Maria.
• TeilnehmendeR: Eide, Lars Ingolf.; Hørte, Torfinn.; Skjong, Rolf.; Svensen, Tor.
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin, Heidelberg : : Springer Berlin / Heidelberg,, 2013.; ©2013.
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Climate Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (76 pages)

This inaugural volume on an emerging topic of vital interest details a risk-based approach to designing marine structures that accounts for unforeseen weather extremes caused by climate change, applying the principles to oil tanker designs of varying scale.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Ship and Offshore Structure Design in Climate Change Perspective -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- Open Access -- References -- 2 Observed and Predicted Climate Change -- 2.1…IPPC Scenarios -- 2.2…Climate Change and Variability -- 2.3…Changes in Storminess and Wind in the Twentieth Century -- 2.3.1 Extra-Tropical Storms -- 2.3.2 Tropical Storms -- 2.4…Changes in Waves in the Twentieth Century -- 2.5…Expected Changes in Storminess and Wind in the Twenty-first Century -- 2.5.1 Extra-Tropical Storms -- 2.5.2 Tropical Cyclones -- 2.6…Expected Changes in Waves in the Twenty-first Century -- 2.7…Changes in Other Parameters that May Impact Ocean Transportation -- 2.7.1 Water Level -- 2.7.2 Sea Ice -- Open Access -- References -- 3 Uncertainties -- 3.1…General -- 3.2…Definition of Uncertainties -- 3.3…Uncertainties Related to Wave Climate Projections -- 3.3.1 Effect of Climate Model and Climate Forcing -- 3.3.2 Effect of Downscaling -- 3.3.3 Effect of Extreme Value Model -- Open Access -- References -- 4 Summary of Past and Future Climate Change -- Open Access -- 5 Potential Impact of Climate Change on Design of Ship and Offshore Structures -- 5.1…General -- 5.2…Climate Change and Variability and Met-Ocean Design Criteria -- 5.3…Risk-Based Approach Applied in Current Design -- 5.4…Risk-Based Approach Including Climate Changes -- Open Access -- References -- 6 Consequences of Wave Climate Change for Tanker Design -- 6.1…Current Design Wave Database for Ship Structures -- 6.2…Hull Girder Collapse in Extreme Sagging Conditions -- 6.2.1 Set-Up of the Structural Reliability Analysis (SRA) -- 6.2.2 Still Water Bending Moment -- 6.2.3 Wave Bending Moment -- 6.2.4 Combination of Still Water and Wave Bending Moment -- 6.2.5 Ultimate Bending Moment Capacity -- 6.2.6 Results of Structural Reliability Analysis.

Open Access -- References -- 7 Conclusions -- Open Access -- References.