Practical airgap prediction for offshore structures

Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 147-155

  Sweetman, Bert ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURFACE WATERS; WATER WAVES; WAVE POWER;

AIRGAP DEMAND; WATER SURFACE;

OFFSHORE STRUCTURES;

OFFSHORE PLATFORM; SEA SURFACE; WAVE-STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

OFFSHORE STRUCTURE; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; WAVE-STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

EID: 3142540914     PISSN: 08927219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1710870     Document Type: Article

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