Reliability Analysis for the Flood Defence System along the Huangpu River, Shanghai

Shanghai, a metropolis in the east of China, is vulnerable to flooding, and numerous floods have happened along the Huangpu River which flows through the city. In order to protect the booming city and nearly 25 million civilians’ lives and properties, a quantity of flood defences have been built along the Huangpu River. Therefore, a trustworthy...

Multibody Dynamic Analysis of the Lift Off Operation: A Time Domain Approach

In the coming decades, the offshore decommissioning industry is becoming a quickly growing market, especially at the North Sea, where most offshore platforms have operated for more than twenty years. There is little room for the mistake in the offshore decommissioning operation, therefore the motion response analysis is essential to avoid the...

Breakwater Design for protection of floating houses in Haringvliet Region

A floating house development project to be constructed in the coast of Hellevoetsluis, in the municipality of Voorne-Putten, is under consideration. Within a project of this nature, several aspects need to be taken into account in order to safeguard the infrastructure against additional loadings to which regular houses are not exposed to....