书目

OceanEngineeringMechanics

内容简介

OceanEngineeringMechanicsprovidesanintroductiontowaterwavesandwave-structureinteractionsforfixedandfloatingbodies.Linearandnonlinearregularwavesarethoroughlydiscussed,andthemethodsofdeterminingtheaveragedpropertiesofrandomwavesarepresented.Withthisfoundationinwavemechanics,applicationstoengineeringsituationsinthecoastalzonearethenpresented.Thisintroductiontothecoastalengineeringaspectsofwavemechanicsincludesanintroductiontoshoreprotection.Coveredwithinarealsothebasicsofwave-structureinteractionsforsituationsinvolvingridgedstructures,compliantstructures,andfloatingbodiesinregularandrandomseas.Thefinalchaptersdealwiththevariousanalyticalmethodsavailablefortheengineeringanalysesofwave-inducedforcesandmotionsoffloatingandcompliantstructuresinregularandrandomseas.Anintroductiontothesoil-structureinteractionsisalsoincluded.Thebookcanbeusedforbothintroductoryandadvancedcoursesinoceanengineeringmechanics.

作者简介

MichaelE.McCormickiscurrentlyaCorbinA.McNeillProfessorintheDepartmentofNavalArchitectureandOceanEngineeringattheU.S.NavalAcademy.HeisaFellowoftheMarineTechnologySociety,theAmericanSocietyofMechanicalEngineers,andtheAmericanSocietyofCivilEngineers.In1976,hebecametheco-editorofthejournalOceanEngineeringandremainedsoforthirtyyears.Priortothat,hewastheeditoroftheMarineTechnologySocietyJournal.ProfessorMcCormickwasthefirstrecipientoftheU.S.NavalAcademyAlumniAwardforResearchExcellenceandwasalsoawardedtheU.S.NavyMeritoriousCivilianServiceAwardandtheU.S.NavySuperiorCivilianServiceAward.HeistheauthorofOceanEngineeringWaveMechanicsandOceanWaveEnergyConversion.ProfessorMcCormickreceivedaPh.D.inmechanicalengineeringfromtheCatholicUniversityofAmericaandaPh.D.incivilengineeringandaSc.D.inengineeringsciencefromTrinityCollege,Dublin.

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