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
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• 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.