Short course/CPD
Fluid Mechanics and Loading on Marine Structures
Course date: Please enquire
Course overview
The aim of this course is to provide a theoretical and applied understanding of fluid mechanics and fluid loading on offshore and sub-sea structures.
Location
Cranfield University is located at the very heart of the UK – within the innovation triangle between London and the cities of Oxford and Cambridge.
Our central location provides easy access from the M1, excellent main line rail service as well as proximity to key international airports. Set in rolling countryside, Cranfield offers a rich, rural landscape complemented by thriving towns and picturesque villages.
- Road: We are just 10 minutes from Junctions 13 & 14 of the M1 motorway. There is free parking on campus.
- Rail: Milton Keynes or Bedford
- Air: London Luton (22 miles), Heathrow (50 miles) or Birmingham (70 miles).
Course fee:
£1600
Speakers
Dr. Florent Trarieux, Lecturer
Department of Offshore and Process Engineering
School of Engineering
T: +44 (0) 1234 754603
F: +44 (0) 1234 75????
E: f.trarieux@cranfield.ac.uk
Dr. Maurizio Collu, Research Fellow
Department of Offshore and Process Engineering
School of Engineering
T: +44 (0) 1234 754779
F: +44 (0) 1234 758230
E: maurizio.collu@cranfield.ac.uk
How to register
Further information
For more information on this course or booking details please contact:
Academic Operations Unit
T: + 44 (0) 1234 754192
E: shortcourse@cranfield.ac.uk
Course description
The course aims to give delegates the tools to manage problems of structures-fluid interactions. A theoretical background on basic fluid mechanics is given, followed by a focus on fluid loading on offshore structures and sub-sea. Another main component of the course is to present the dynamics of floating bodies, from simple hydrostatics to complex dynamic response in waves. Model testing techniques are also presented.
Course arrangements
The course is held over one week, formal lectures presented in the mornings with laboratory and workshop activities in the afternoons.
Who should attend?
Engineers working or wishing to work in the traditional offshore industry, offshore renewable energy (wind, wave and tidal energy).
- Design engineers
- Dynamics modelling engineers
- Test engineers
- Mechanical engineers
- Offshore oil & gas support structures design engineers
- Offshore wind turbine support structures engineers
- Research engineers
- Certification engineers
- Design and technical management personnel
Topics
- Basic Fluid Mechanics: frames of reference, rotational and irrotational flow, stream function and velocity potential, continuity and Laplace equation, Navier-Stokes equation, Bernoulli equation, complex potential, idealised flows, conformal transformations
- Fluid Loading on Offshore Structures: added mass concept, Froud-Krylov force, wave loading (diffraction theory, Morison equation), wind loading, tidal current loading.
- Ocean waves theory
- Hydrostatics of floating bodies: basics of fluid at rest, buoyancy and stability, initial stability, wall sided formula and large angle stability, stability losses, pressure integration technique
- Dynamics response of floating structures in waves: dynamic response analysis, application to floating bodies (buoys, semisub, TLP), effect of moorings
- Model testing techniques
For any query regarding our short courses, please e-mail: opee-courses@cranfield.ac.uk
