Computer Modelling in Ocean Engineering

B.A. Schreffer, University of Padua. O.C. Zienkiewicz, University College of Swansea.

• 1. Main lectures: Specifications for two- and three-dimensional models for environmental applications; The statistical analysis of deterministic model results; Wave loading on tubular jacket structure members due to appurtenances; Vectorization programming for two-step explicit finite elements of tsunami propagation; Hydrodynamic modeling in CAD harbour lay-out; On some open problems in the modelling of coastal zone processes with particular reference to sewage disposal; Soil models for design of marine gravity structures; Computer integrated information model for knowledge acquisition; A semi-implicit finite element model for the Lagoon of Venice; A 3D analysis system of jacket platform DASOS-J; Description of some numerical tools for solving incompressible turbulent and free surface Flows 2. Mathematical models of wind waves 3. Wind waves generation and wave climate 5. Transport phenomena 6. Fluid-structure interaction 7. Structural and geotechnical problems in marine environment