Ocean Structures: Construction, Materials, and Operations presents an introduction to ocean structures and examine their environmental loads, materials, equipment, and construction methods. The authors provide the latest findings, including their recent personal case studies, and present all new research in geometric forms of offshore structures and other new advances, such as those in the monitoring of structural health. It explores the concepts of material selection analysis, choice of structural form, construction methods, and repair and rehabilitation processes of ocean structures, and compares numerous forms of ocean structures and coastal protection structures. Drilling platforms, processing platforms and vessels, towers, seawalls and surge barriers, and more are discussed throughout the text. Features, Presents the use of MEMS in offshore structures, with regard to military and oil exploration applications, Includes numerous solved problems and examples to help readers understand the applied concepts, Explains the concepts through clear explanations, full-color illustrations, and tutorials Ocean Structures: Construction, Materials, and Operations employs a user-friendly approach to enhance the reader's overall knowledge of ocean structures, construction materials, and basic analysis and design in an effort to enhance understanding of these complex projects. Book jacket.