1  Cover

      2  List of Figures

      3  List of Tables

      4  Foreword by Professor Purnendu K. Das

      5  Foreword by Dr. Atmanand N.D.

      6  Series Preface

      7  Preface

      8  1 Common Compliant Platforms 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Tension Leg Platforms 1.3 Guyed Tower and Articulated Tower 1.4 Floating Structures 1.5 Response Control Strategies 1.6 Tuned Mass Dampers 1.7 Response Control of Offshore Structures 1.8 Response Control of TLPs Using TMDs: Experimental Investigations 1.9 Articulated Towers 1.10 Response Control of ATs: Analytical Studies 1.11 Response Control of ATs: Experimental Studies

      9  2 Buoyant Leg Storage and Regasification Platforms 2.1 Background Literature 2.2 Experimental Setup 2.3 Experimental Investigations 2.4 Numerical Studies 2.5 Critical Observations 2.6 Stability Analysis of the BLSRP 2.7 Fatigue Analysis of the BLSRP

      10  3 New‐Generation Platforms: Offshore Triceratops 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Environmental Loads 3.3 Fatigue Analysis of Tethers 3.4 Response to Regular Waves 3.5 Response to Random Waves 3.6 Response to Combined Actions of Wind, Waves, and Current 3.7 Summary

      11  4 Triceratops Under Special Loads 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Continuous Ice Crushing 4.3 Response to Continuous Ice Crushing 4.4 Response to Impact Loads 4.5 Deck Response to Hydrocarbon Fires 4.6 Summary

      12  5 Offshore Triceratops: Recent Advanced Applications 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Wind Turbines 5.3 Wind Power 5.4 Evolution of Wind Turbines 5.5 Conceptual Development of the Triceratops‐Based Wind Turbine 5.6 Support Systems for Wind Turbines 5.7 Wind Turbine on a Triceratops 5.8 Response of a Triceratops‐Based Wind Turbine to Waves 5.9 Stiffened Triceratops 5.10 Triceratops with Elliptical Buoyant Legs 5.11 Summary

      13  Model Exam Paper 1

      14  Model Exam Paper 1: KEY

      15  Model Exam Paper 2

      16  Model Exam Paper 2: KEY

      17  Model Exam Paper 3

      18  Model Exam Paper 3: KEY

      19  References

      20  Index

      21  End User License Agreement

      1 Chapter 1Table 1.1 Major fixed platforms constructed worldwide (as of 2017).Table 1.2 Tension leg platforms constructed worldwide.Table 1.3 Properties of a TMD in the model and prototype (scale 1 : 100).Table 1.4 Results of free oscillation tests of the TLP model.Table 1.5 RMS value of surge responses in the presence of random waves.Table