At-sea towing of a Mega-Float unit

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 138-146

  Hara, Shoichi ^a   Yamakawa, Kenji ^a   Hoshino, Kunihiro ^a   Yukawa, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL MARITIME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bending moment; Dynamic towline tension; Full scale measurement; Huge floating unit

Indexed keywords

BENDING; FLOATING STRUCTURE; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE; TOWING;

EID: 1342331816     PISSN: 09484280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00773-003-0158-2     Document Type: Article

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