Air gap model tests on a MOB module

Proceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2001, Pages 286-293

  Kriebel, D ^a   Wallendorf, L ^a  

^a UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air gap; Mobile Offshore Base; Nonlinear free surface; Platform motions; Semisubmersible; Wave amplification; Wave probabilities

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMICS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; WATER WAVE EFFECTS;

MOBILE OFFSHORE BASE (MOB);

OFFSHORE STRUCTURES;

EID: 0034860522     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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