The effect of directionality on extreme wave design criteria

Ocean Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 14-15, 2007, Pages 1977-1994

  Jonathan, Philip ^a   Ewans, Kevin ^b  

^a SHELL RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

Design; Extreme; Gulf of Mexico; Hurricane; Risk; Wave direction; Wave height

Indexed keywords

EXTREME WAVE DESIGN CRIERIA; OFFSHORE FACILITIES; WAVE HEIGHT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY THEORY; SEAWATER;

WATER WAVES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY THEORY; SEAWATER; WATER WAVES;

SEA STATE; SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT; STORM SURGE; WAVE DIRECTION; WAVE MODELING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 34447515435     PISSN: 00298018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2007.03.003     Document Type: Article

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