Effects of an arbitrary sea bed on responses of moored floating structures to steep waves

Proceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 2192-2199

  Yan, S ^a   Ma, Q W ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arbitrary sea bed; Floating structures; Nonlinear water waves; Potential flow; QALE FEM method

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; POTENTIAL FLOW; TWO DIMENSIONAL; WAVE EQUATIONS;

ARBITRARY SEA BED; FLOATING STRUCTURES; NONLINEAR WATER WAVES; QALE-FEM METHOD;

WATER WAVE EFFECTS;

EID: 36448936066     PISSN: 10986189     EISSN: 15551792     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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