Michael E. McCormick

Ocean Engineering Mechanics

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Ocean Engineering Mechanics is designed to give an introduction to water waves and wave-structure interactions for fixed and floating bodies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 622
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Dezember 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 1348g
• ISBN-13: 9780521859523
• ISBN-10: 0521859522
• Artikelnr.: 26571574

Autorenporträt

Michael E. McCormick is currently a Corbin A. McNeill Professor in the Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering at the US Naval Academy. He is a Fellow of the Marine Technology Society, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the American Society of Civil Engineers. In 1976, he became the co-editor of the journal Ocean Engineering and remained so for thirty years. Prior to that, he was the editor of the Marine Technology Society Journal. Professor McCormick was the first recipient of the US Naval Academy Alumni Award for Research Excellence and was also awarded the US Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award and the US Navy Superior Civilian Service Award. He is the author of Ocean Engineering Wave Mechanics and Ocean Wave Energy Conversion. Professor McCormick received a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the Catholic University of America and a Ph.D. in civil engineering and a Sc.D. in engineering science from Trinity College, Dublin.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Review of hydromechanics
3. Linear surface waves
4. Nonlinear surface waves
5. Random seas
6. Wave modification and transformation
7. Waves in the coastal zone
8. Coastal engineering considerations
9. Wave-induced forces and moments on fixed bodies
10. Introduction to wave-structure interaction
11. Floating bodies
12. Wave-induced motions of compliant structures.