A comparison of a heuristic wave drift damping formula with experimental results

Applied Ocean Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 93-97

  Trassoudaine, D ^a   Naciri, M ^a  

^a Single Buoy Moorings Inc   (France)

Author keywords

Floating bodies; Heuristic approach; Wave drift damping

Indexed keywords

FLOATING STRUCTURE; WAVE ACTION;

EID: 0032891481     PISSN: 01411187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-1187(98)00041-8     Document Type: Article

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