The nonlinear dynamics of ship motions: A field overview and some recent developments

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

Volumn 358, Issue 1771, 2000, Pages 1735-1760

  Spyrou, K J ^a   Thompson, J M T ^b  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bifurcation; Broaching; Capsize; Chaos; Nonlinear; Ship

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347303241     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2000.0613     Document Type: Review

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