Chetan Kunte

Offshore Structures Engineer

Interested in structural mechanics, hydrodynamics, fatigue, and geotechnics. This little site is my sandbox for code + notes.

51 fish shell ⋅ 2 min: Install and make fish the default shell on MacOS.
50 LaTeX key-bindings for ST ⋅ 3 min: Keyboard shortcuts to emphasise selected text in Sublime Text.
49 Display situation ⋅ 3 min: Re-orienting myself to workaround a dead LG 24MD4KL-B monitor.
48 gitconfig ⋅ 2 min: Setting up git to sign commits using an SSH key.
47 New feed ⋅ 1 min: Switching from XML to the much readable JSON feed format.
46 Hosts ⋅ 1 min: Block internet's underbelly easily from reaching your computer.
45 CSV to SACS input file ⋅ 9 min: A script to generate SACS seastate input file from Metocean data.
44 Slicing lists ⋅ 3 min: Using pandas to trim large, intimidating data tables.
43 Cosine interaction ⋅ 3 min: Its effect in the combined axial + bending utilisation checks.
42 Simple password manager ⋅ 3 min: My homegrown solution to replace 1Password.
41 Tube slenderness ⋅ 5 min: Limiting it is essential to improving global reserve strength.
40 Managing text editor plug-ins ⋅ 3 min: Install, update, uninstall and clean-up from Sublime Text and Vim.
39 Jacket flooding ⋅ 6 min: Assessing the time it takes to flood jacket compartments.
38 Release notes ⋅ 5 min: The mechanics of running this website, and what makes it go.
37 Storm safety ⋅ 2 min: The probability of facing a design wave for jacket on-bottom.
36 TSA for pile welds? ⋅ 8 min: Surface coating for a fracture mechanics problem? No.
35 Wave length ⋅ 3 min: Finding water depth type and corresponding wave length.
34 Shell buckling ⋅ 3 min: Effect of ring frame spacing on buckling strength of a flotation tank.
33 SACS syntax in ST ⋅ 3 min: Syntax highlighting SACS input files in Sublime Text.
32 Dropped pipe ⋅ 4 min: Finding the impact energy of a falling body through seawater.
31 Unconditional ⋅ 11 min: For insights, front-load an entire array instead of specific data.
30 Building a model ⋅ 6 min: You are never too old to build one from scratch.
29 Building LaTeX to PDF ⋅ 3 min: Creating a build system for LaTeX on Mac, Windows, and on GitHub.
28 Self-documenting scripts ⋅ 4 min: Great for usability and reuse but also for maintenance.
27 USFOS syntax in ST ⋅ 2 min: Break the monotony of input files with highlighting.
26 AirPrint ⋅ 3 min: Turn Brother HL-L2321D into an AirPrint enabled network printer.
25 VIV ⋅ 4 min: Check for occurrence for a range of pipe sizes.
24 Reliability ⋅ 13 min: Trailblazing work done by Shell in the nineties.
23 TLP ⋅ 2 min: An overview of tension leg platforms to-date.
22 Typhoon Melor ⋅ 3 min: Stuck on Malampaya waiting for the typhoon to pass.
21 End releases ⋅ 6 min: Scripting my way out of a model conversion problem.
20 Wind ⋅ 5 min: A better way to visualise ISO wind profiles.
19 Berthing fenders ⋅ 3 min: Fender selection and design is dark art indeed.
18 USFOS on linux ⋅ 2 min: Getting USFOS to run on linux is pretty straightforward.
17 Offshore crane ⋅ 7 min: Standard selection for the Northwest Shelf.
16 Mapping dynamics ⋅ 4 min: Gaussian elimination to matrix inversion.
15 Libraries ⋅ 8 min: Ode to python's pioneering 'batteries included' philosophy.
14 Chain stiffness ⋅ 3 min: Its influence and the urgent need for updates.
13 Lighthouse tech ⋅ 5 min: Invention that is worthy of a Nobel prize.
12 Fram and Vasa ⋅ 5 min: The story of two legendary Nordic ships.
11 S-N curves ⋅ 4 min: Plotting S-N curves since ISO 19902 fails to include them.
10 Tow ⋅ 9 min: Severity of barge motion responses in the South China Sea.
9 Xi'an ⋅ 2 min: Great art is often attributed to the insanity of individuals.
8 The Great Wall ⋅ 2 min: The hopelessness of such hard task making them worthless.
7 Titanic ⋅ 3 min: Death of an unsinkable ship by brittle fracture.
6 Colosseum ⋅ 3 min: Sophisticated design that has withstood the test of time.
5 Agora ⋅ 5 min: The book that opened my mind to the ancient scientific world.
4 Interpolation ⋅ 4 min: Not resorting to using a sledge hammer.
3 Chateau de Chambord ⋅ 4 min: One last contribution by the Renaissance master.
2 Normandy ⋅ 2 min: "I gotta clear these obstacles for the tanks."
1 Tide ⋅ 3 min: My visit to a platform-cluster offshore East Kalimantan.