Wang C.M. Wang B.T. (ed.) Large Floating Structures. Technological Advances

Springer, 2015. — 334 p.This book surveys key projects that have seen the construction of large floating structures or have attained detailed conceptual designs. These projects add valuable vision to the existing discourse, and include:
Floating performance stage at the Marina Bay, Singapore
Yumemai floating swing arch bridge of Osaka, Japan
Floating oil storage bases in Kamigoto and Shirashima islands, Japan
Ujina floating ferry pier and Kan-on breakwater, Japan
Floating offshore wind turbine in Nagasaki, Japan
Large marine concrete structures in the North Sea, Norway
Mega-Float in Tokyo Bay, Japan
Large spar drilling and production platforms
OTEC platforms
Mobile offshore base
Lilypad — a floating ecopolis
This compilation of key floating structures in a single volume captures the innovative features that mark the technological advances made in this field of engineering, and will provide a useful reference for ideas, analysis, design, and construction of these unique and emerging urban projects to offshore and marine engineers, urban planners, architects, and students.