Successive wave crests in Gaussian seas

Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 355-363

  Fedele, Francesco ^a,b  

^a University of Vermont ^*  (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bivariate Weibull; Conditional probability; Gaussian sea; Maximum expected wave crest; Quasi determinism; Successive wave crests

Indexed keywords

FUNCTION EVALUATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; WAVE EFFECTS; WAVE PROPAGATION; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

BIVARIATE WEIBULL; CONDITIONAL PROBABILITY; GAUSSIAN SEA; MAXIMUM EXPECTED WAVE CRESTS; QUASI-DETERMINISM; SUCCESSIVE WAVE CRESTS;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

EID: 25444492245     PISSN: 02668920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.probengmech.2004.05.008     Document Type: Article

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