Analysis of Π shaped floating breakwater in oblique waves: I. Impervious rigid wave boards

Applied Ocean Research

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 327-338

  Gesraha, Mohamed R ^a  

^a FAYOUM UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Eigenfunction expansion method; Floating breakwater; Oblique wave; Reflection and transmission waves

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; FLOATING BREAKWATERS; HYDRODYNAMICS; WATER WAVE EFFECTS; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

EIGENFUNCTION EXPANSION METHOD; EXCITING FORCE; INCIDENT WAVES; MASS COEFFICIENT; OBLIQUE WAVES; RIGID WAVE BOARDS;

FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

DAMPING; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; FLOATING BREAKWATERS; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; WATER WAVE EFFECTS; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

BREAKWATER; EIGENVALUE; HYDRODYNAMICS; WAVE REFLECTION; WAVE-STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

EID: 34247564794     PISSN: 01411187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apor.2007.01.002     Document Type: Article

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