Markov modelling and stochastic identification for nonlinear ship rolling in random waves

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 358, Issue 1771, 2000, Pages 1917-1941

  Roberts, J B ^a   Vasta, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Damping; Identification; Nonlinear; Ship rolling; Stochastic

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346041884     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2000.0621     Document Type: Article

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