Hydrostatically Loaded Structures
The Structural Mechanics, Analysis and Design of Powered Submersibles
Published in October 1995
Book
Hardback
184 pages
978-0-08-037876-3 (ISBN)
Description
Powered submersibles have enabled the exploration of lake and ocean depths, and are used extensively for inspection of drilling rigs and offshore pipelines. Their potential for the discovery of undersea mineral resources is widely acknowledged. The design of such vehicles poses many problems not encountered with land-based systems; for example, normal pressures are very large, and many structural elements are extremely sensitive to initial geometric imperfections. Following a review of the history and development of submersibles, each chapter concentrates on a specific geometric design. The bibliography is unusually complete, and includes summaries of many referenced publications. This book covers all aspects of the structural mechanics, analysis and design of submersibles, and should be valuable to ocean engineers, naval architects and graduate students entering the field.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
references, bibliography, indexes
Dimensions
Height: 260 mm
Width: 184 mm
Weight
590 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-08-037876-3 (9780080378763)
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Additional editions
William A. Nash | W. a. Nash
Hydrostatically Loaded Structures
The Structural Mechanics, Analysis and Design of Powered Submersibles
E-Book
10/1995
Pergamon
€54.95
Available for download
Content
Part 1 A brief history of submersibles: representative deep submersibles developed since 1951. Part 2 General theory of shells: strain-displacement relations; equilibrium relations; internal strain energy; buckling of thin elastic shells. Part 3 Structural behaviour of cylindrical shells: stress analysis of cylindrical shells; buckling of smooth (unreinforced) cylindrical shells; buckling of ring-reinforced cylindrical shells - axisymmetric. Part 4 Structural behaviour of conical shells: stress analysis of conical shells; buckling of conical shells; summary; dynamically loaded conical shells. Part 5 Structural behaviour of spherical shells: stress analysis of spherical shells; stress analysis of compound shells; buckling of spherical shells; buckling of shallow spherical shells; buckling of deep and/or complete spherical shells; buckling of striffened and/or orthotrophic spherical shells. Part 4 Other shell and plate geometries: prolate spheroidal shells; toroidal shells; circular plates; viewing windows.