Chetan is an offshore structures engineer, and this little website is his sandbox. Here he loves to code, experiment, and write. →
- 31 Type-setting from within ST3 ⋅ 2 min
- Creating a build system in Sublime Text 3 for LaTeX.
- 30 Self-documenting scripts ⋅ 4 min
- Great for usability and reuse but also for maintenance.
- 29 USFOS syntax in ST3 ⋅ 2 min
- Break the monotony of input files with highlighting.
- 28 VIV ⋅ 4 min
- Plotting vortex shedding for a range of pipe sizes.
- 27 Housekeeping ⋅ 3 min
- My command-line tool-belt for fixing everyday annoyances.
- 26 Reliability ⋅ 12 min
- Trailblazing work done by Shell in the nineties.
- 25 End releases ⋅ 6 min
- Scripting my way out of a model conversion problem.
- 24 Wind ⋅ 5 min
- A better way to visualise ISO wind profiles.
- 23 Berthing fenders ⋅ 3 min
- Fender selection and design is indeed a dark art.
- 22 USFOS on linux ⋅ 2 min
- Getting USFOS to run on linux is pretty breezy. Give it a try.
- 21 Offshore crane ⋅ 8 min
- Standard selection for the Northwest Shelf.
- 20 Mapping dynamics ⋅ 4 min
- Gaussian elimination to matrix inversion.
- 19 Libraries ⋅ 8 min
- Ode to python's pioneering 'batteries included' philosophy.
- 18 Chain stiffness ⋅ 3 min
- Its influence and the urgent need for updates.
- 17 Waves ⋅ 4 min
- "The Great Wave is often misinterpreted as a tsunami."
- 16 Lighthouse tech ⋅ 5 min
- Invention that is worthy of a Nobel prize.
- 15 Fram and Vasa ⋅ 5 min
- The story of two legendary Nordic ships.
- 14 S-N curves ⋅ 3 min
- Plotting S-N curves since ISO 19902 fails to include them.
- 13 Hacked beam ⋅ 1 min
- It's like hacking a few toes to force-fit a new shoe.
- 12 Weierstrass ⋅ 2 min
- The function that shakes the foundations of calculus.
- 11 Tow ⋅ 9 min
- Severity of barge motion responses in the South China Sea.
- 10 Xi'an ⋅ 2 min
- Great art is often attributed to the insanity of individuals.
- 9 The Great Wall ⋅ 2 min
- The hopelessness of such a hard task.
- 8 Titanic ⋅ 3 min
- Death of an unsinkable ship by brittle fracture.
- 7 Deep dive ⋅ 2 min
- James Cameron at the bottom of Mariana Trench. What!? How?
- 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.