Design of Ocean Structures: From Oil and Gas to Blue Economy

by Krish Thiagarajan Sharman PhD, Roger I. Basu PhD, PEng

Overview

Design of Ocean Structures: From Oil and Gas to Blue Economy offers specialized knowledge that serves to develop efficient, safe, and longlasting infrastructure systems for the transition to sustainable utilization of resources from the world’s oceans. The book's authors draw from their academic and industry experience to provide the most up-to-date, technical advances applied to the design, construction, and operation of farm-scale, bottom-fixed, or floating installations whose purposes include production of renewable energy, extraction of minerals, and open water aquaculture.

Effective engineering methodologies accompany discussions of recent, interesting projects, challenges encountered, and other practical lessons learned through coherent case study examples. The book’s easy-to-follow organization concludes with a look at the effects of climate change on the ocean environment and future implications that may further affect design criteria and guidelines. This valuable reference volume is intended for audiences from a variety of engineering spheres who already have foundational understanding of structural design theory and practice and are hoping to transfer and adapt their underlying analytical skills to emerging blue economy sectors.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780443265808
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	03/01/2026
Series:	Woodhead Publishing Series in Civil and Structural Engineering
Pages:	260
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.00(d)

About the Author

Krish Thiagarajan Sharman is an Endowed Chair in Renewable Energy and Professor in the Dept. of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Massachusetts (Amherst). He holds a PhD in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering from the University of Michigan and has been an academic at various universities in Australia and the US over the past 25 years. Prof. Sharman has been a Fellow of SNAME since 2016 and was selected for the Faculty Advisor of the Year Award in 2016. He is the coordinator of the ASME Ocean Renewable Energy Symposium and the Ocean Offshore and Arctic Engineering Conference, along with serving in a co-chair role for the International Offshore Wind Technical Conference. His areas of interest focus on design and fluid-structure interaction analysis of floating offshore wind systems, wave and tidal energy systems, coastal food production systems, and offshore platforms in general.

Roger I. Basu holds a PhD in Structural Engineering from the University of Western Ontario, is a structural engineer with more than 50 years of experience, and a Fellow of SNAME. He recently spent two years teaching various naval architectural subjects at Webb Institute (NY). Prior to Webb, Dr. Basu had a 15-year career with the American Bureau of Shipping (Houston, TX) where he retired in 2012 in the position of Director of Shared Technology, responsible for the development of several technologies applicable to both marine and offshore sectors.​ After a career in both industry and academia, in 2013, Roger set up his own company, Roger Basu and Associates Inc., which provides technical services and specialized consulting for structural integrity of marine systems.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Design Environment and Loads
3. Fixed Structures
4. Floating Structures
5. Design Assessment of Blue Economy Systems
6. Installation, Operation, and Maintenance
7. Perspectives on the Future

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Comprehensive resource on design principles and best practices for ocean structures and systems that promote sustainability in the Blue Economy