Modeling vortex induced motions of spars in uniform and stratified flows

Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages 885-894

  Oakley Jr , Owen H ^a   Navarro, Claudia ^b   Constantinides, Yiannis ^a   Holmes, Samuel ^b  

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^b APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETACHED EDDY SIMULATION (DES); LOOP CURRENTS; STRATIFIED FLOWS; VORTEX INDUCED MOTIONS (VIM);

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HURRICANES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 27744463172     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/OMAE2005-67238     Document Type: Conference Paper

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