Nonlinear time-domain analysis of motion-restrained pneumatic floating breakwater

Ocean Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 9-10, 2009, Pages 723-731

  Koo, Weoncheol ^a  

^a University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acceleration potential; Floating breakwater; Mode decomposition; Nonlinear free surface; Numerical wave tank; Pneumatic damping; Restrained motion; Time domain; Transmission coefficient; Wave blocking

Indexed keywords

MODE DECOMPOSITION; NONLINEAR FREE SURFACE; NUMERICAL WAVE TANK; PNEUMATIC DAMPING; RESTRAINED MOTION; TIME-DOMAIN; TRANSMISSION COEFFICIENT; WAVE BLOCKING;

DAMPING; FLOATING BREAKWATERS; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; PNEUMATICS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; TANKS (CONTAINERS); WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

BREAKWATER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FREE SURFACE FLOW; NONLINEARITY; WAVE DAMPING; WAVE ENERGY;

EID: 67349269229     PISSN: 00298018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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