A case study of a modified gravity type cage and mooring system using numerical and physical models

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-58

  DeCew, Judson ^a   Fredriksson, David W ^a   Bugrov, Leonid ^b   Swift, M Robinson ^c   Eroshkin, Oleg ^a   Celikkol, Barbaros ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b SADCO Shelf LTD   (Russian Federation)

^c Univ of New Hampshire   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite element modeling; Open ocean aquaculture; Physical modeling

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOORING; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEAN STRUCTURES; RANDOM PROCESSES; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; WATER WAVES;

FISH CAGE; MOORING SYSTEMS; OPEN OCEAN AQUACULTURE;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

EID: 21344450912     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JOE.2004.841400     Document Type: Article

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