K. N.

Toosi University of Technology

Faculty of Civil Engineering
Coastal, Ports and Offshore Structures Engineering
Course title: Basics of Design of (Ordinary) Marine structures
Teaching assistant: Dr. Soheil Radfar
HW04 | Deadline: December 10, 2021

1. Given the following wave conditions:

H s  5m
T  14 s
d  6m

a) Consider the case of a single piling supporting a small observation deck. From corrosion
considerations, the thickness of the tubular piling is 0.03 m. Assuming that the drag moment
predominates, develop an equation for the stress  in the outer fiber of the base of the piling as
a function of the diameter D .
b) What is the required diameter D if the maximum allowable is   140MN / m2 ?
c) For the diameter determined in part (b), calculate the maximum inertia moment component and
express as a percentage of the maximum drag moment component?
d) Allowing a freeboard for the lower deck elevation of 3 m, at what elevation would this be?

2. Horizontal velocity component of a wave propagating in x-direction in water of constant depth d is

described by the equation

agk cosh(k ( z  d ))
ux  cos(k x   t )
 cosh(kd )
 K. N. Toosi University of Technology
Faculty of Civil Engineering
Coastal, Ports and Offshore Structures Engineering
Course title: Basics of Design of (Ordinary) Marine structures
Teaching assistant: Dr. Soheil Radfar
HW04 | Deadline: December 10, 2021

where a is wave amplitude, g is gravity acceleration, k  2 / L is wave number, L is wave length,

  kg tanh(kd ) is frequency of the wave, z  0 and z  d represent water surface and bottom,
respectively. A vertical cylindrical oil rig column of 10 m in diameter is placed in 50 m deep water. Calculate
the maximal horizontal force and the moment about the bottom mounting applied to the column by a
200 m long wave of 3 m amplitude. The values of drag coefficient and inertial coefficient are C D  1 and
CM  2 .

If you think some information is missing, you can assume it based on clear justifications.

Good Luck!

Soheil Radfar