Simulation of stiff massless tethers

Ocean Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 765-783

  Hover, Franz S ^a,b  

^a MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; STIFFNESS;

STIFF MASSLESS TETHERS;

MOORING CABLES;

EID: 0031206941     PISSN: 00298018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0029-8018(96)00038-8     Document Type: Article

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