Expected shape of extreme waves in storm seas

Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 53-60

  Tayfun, M Aziz ^a   Fedele, Francesco ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAM-CHARLIER APPROXIMATIONS; QUASIDETERMINISTIC MODEL;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CONSTRAINT THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STORMS;

SEAWATER;

EID: 37149009877     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/OMAE2007-29073     Document Type: Conference Paper

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