Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 2.24 (Spring 2002) 
• Course Title:
• Ocean Wave Interaction with Ships and Offshore Energy Systems (13.022) 
• Course Level:
• Graduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Mechanical Engineering 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Professor Paul D. Sclavounos 
• Course Introduction:
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  2.24 Ocean Wave Interaction with Ships and Offshore Energy Systems (13.022)
  
  
  
  

  Spring 2002

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  This course features a complete set of lecture notes. The study materials section includes surface wave simulations and a number of past quizzes and their solutions are available in the exams section.

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  The subject introduces the principles of ocean surface waves and their interactions with ships, offshore platforms and advanced marine vehicles. Surface wave theory is developed for linear and nonlinear deterministic and random waves excited by the environment, ships, or floating structures.

  Following the development of the physics and mathematics of surface waves, several applications from the field of naval architecture and offshore engineering are addressed. They include the ship Kelvin wave pattern and wave resistance, the interaction of surface waves with floating bodies, the seakeeping of ships high-speed vessels and offshore platforms, the evaluation of the drift forces and other nonlinear wave effects responsible for the slow-drift responses of compliant offshore platforms and their mooring systems designed for hydrocarbon recovery from large water depths.

  This course was originally offered in Course 13 (Department of Ocean Engineering) as 13.022. In 2005, ocean engineering subjects became part of Course 2 (Department of Mechanical Engineering), and this course was renumbered 2.24.