Wave-induced motions of an air cushion structure in shallow water

Ocean Engineering

Volumn 33, Issue 8-9, 2006, Pages 1143-1160

  Thiagarajan, Krish P ^a   Morris Thomas, Michael T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Air cushion structure; Heave and pitch motions; Response amplitude operators; Shallow water; Under keel clearance; Water plug height

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WATER WAVES;

AIR CUSHION STRUCTURE; HEAVE AND PITCH MOTIONS; RESPONSE AMPLITUDE OPERATORS; SHALLOW WATER; UNDER-KEEL CLEARANCE; WATER PLUG HEIGHT;

AIR CUSHION VEHICLES;

AIR CUSHION VEHICLES; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WATER WAVES;

SHALLOW WATER; VESSEL; WAVE ACTION;

EID: 32644437402     PISSN: 00298018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2005.05.015     Document Type: Article

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