Extreme events in nonlinear random seas

Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-16

  Fedele, Francesco ^a,b  

^a University of Vermont   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy transfer; Extreme crest; Freak wave; Probability of exceedance; Wave wave interaction; Zakharov equation

Indexed keywords

FLOW INTERACTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES;

EXTREME CREST; FREAK WAVE; PROBABILITY OF EXCEEDANCE; WAVE-WAVE INTERACTION; ZAKHAROV EQUATION;

WATER WAVES;

FLOW INTERACTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES; WATER WAVES;

EXTREME EVENT; WAVE-WAVE INTERACTION;

EID: 33645736941     PISSN: 08927219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2151202     Document Type: Article

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