Radiation and diffraction analysis of the McIver toroid

Journal of Engineering Mathematics

Volumn 35, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 135-147

  Newman, J N ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Floating toroids; Free surface; Hydrodynamics; Moon pools; Trapped waves; Water waves

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; DAMPING; DIFFRACTION; FREQUENCIES; HYDRODYNAMICS; RADIATION;

ELEVATION; FLOATING TOROIDS; FREE SURFACE; MCIVER TOROID; MOON POOL; OSCILLATORY TIME DEPENDENCE; RESONANT MOTION; TRAPPED WAVES;

WATER WAVES;

OCEAN; RIPPLE; SEAFLOOR BEHAVIOR; WAVE GENERATION;

EID: 0032809207     PISSN: 00220833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1004391615875     Document Type: Article

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