Snap loads in mooring lines during large three-dimensional motions of a cylinder

Nonlinear Dynamics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 271-284

  Plaut, R H ^a   Archilla, J C ^a   Mays, T W ^a  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAKWATERS; CYLINDERS (CONTAINERS); DAMPING; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; TENSILE STRESS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL); WATER WAVE EFFECTS;

FREE VIBRATIONS; HARMONIC FORCES; SNAP LOADS;

MOORING CABLES;

EID: 0034326009     PISSN: 0924090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008368427878     Document Type: Article

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