Large motions of a moored floating breakwater modeled as an impact oscillator

Nonlinear Dynamics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 319-334

  Plaut, R H ^a   Farmer, A L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FLOATING BREAKWATERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL WAVES; MOORING; MOORING CABLES;

BOUNCING BALL; IMPACT OSCILLATOR; INERTIA; TAUT CONDITION;

FLOW OF WATER;

EID: 0034513170     PISSN: 0924090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008302432739     Document Type: Article

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