Responses of a spar platform in random waves and currents (experiment vs. theory)

International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 26-34

  Ran, Z ^a   Kim, M H ^a,b   Niedzwecki, J M ^a   Johnson, R P ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ISOPE ^*

Author keywords

Bichromatic waves; Large scale experiment; Random waves; Second order diffraction; Shear currents; Slowly varying coupled responses; Spar platform; Time domain simulation

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAMPING; DRAG; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; NUMERICAL METHODS; OCEAN CURRENTS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER WAVES;

MORISON DRAG FORMULA; RANDOM CURRENTS; RANDOM WAVES; SLACK MOORED FLOATING SPAR; SPAR PLATFORM; VOLTERRA SERIES; WAVE BODY INTERACTION THEORY;

PRODUCTION PLATFORMS;

CURRENTS; OFFSHORE PLATFORMS; WAVE INTERACTION;

EID: 0030092677     PISSN: 10535381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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