Ocean structures, such as ships, boats, piers, docks, rigs and platforms, are subject to fair weather wind and waves, as well as violent storms. A scientific analysis of these structures, under varying conditions, requires a mix of civil engineering, physics and applied mathematics. Chapters explore the nonlinear reponses of ocean structures to stochastic forcing.
Preface, M.F. Shlesinger, T. Swean; Stabilization of stochastic bifurcation with application to nonlinear ocean structures, R.A. Ibrahim; Controlling chaos in temporally varying environments and applications to engineering systems, M-Z Ding; Modelling of nonlinear ocean systems, A. Kareem et al; A methodology for analysis and design of sensitive nonlinear ocean systems, S.C.S. Yim, H. Li; Failures of stochastically excited systems, G.Q. Cai, Y.K. Lin; Extremes and high level exceedances of stationary random fields for ocean structure reliability, M.R. Leadbetter, I. Rychlik; Melnikov processes and noise-induced escapes - applications to engineering, physics, and biology, M. Franaszek et al; A sharp Melnikov-theoretic criterion for escape from a potential well, M.R. Frey; Stochastic models for disordered periodic processes and their applications, Z. Hou et al; levy statistics of water wave loading on ships and platforms, B.J. West; Identification of low-order equations of motion for nonlinear stability studies, P. A. Palo et al; Dynamics modelling of tension leg platforms, R.S. Adrezin, H. Benaroya; A rule base for creating an expansion of the Fokker-Planck equation, E.M. Weinstein.