Current forces in tankers and bifurcation of equilibrium of turret systems: hydrodynamic model and experiments

Applied Ocean Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 145-156

  Leite, A J P ^a   Aranha, J A P ^b   Umeda, C ^c   De Conti, M B ^b  

^a PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Instituto de Pesquisas Tecnologicas   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; HEURISTIC METHODS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOORING; OCEAN CURRENTS;

BIFURCATION POINTS; TURRET SYSTEMS EQUILIBRIUM;

TANKERS (SHIPS);

HYDRODYNAMICS; VESSEL;

HYDRODYNAMICS; TANKER SHIP;

EID: 0032100417     PISSN: 01411187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-1187(98)00002-9     Document Type: Article

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