The new year wave: Spatial evolution of an extreme sea state

Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1-9

  Clauss, Günther F ^a   Klein, Marco ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY FLUXES; EXTREME WAVES; FORMATION PROCESS; FREAK WAVE; FULL SCALE; GROUP VELOCITIES; JACKET PLATFORMS; NORTH SEA; OPTIMIZATION APPROACH; SEA STATE; SEVERE ACCIDENT; SINGLE POINT; SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT; SPATIAL EVOLUTION; TARGET POSITION; TIME INTERVAL; WAVE GROUP; WAVE SEQUENCES; WAVE TANK;

DRILLING PLATFORMS; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

ENERGY FLUX; JACK UP PLATFORM; NUMERICAL MODEL; OFFSHORE STRUCTURE; OPTIMIZATION; SEA STATE; SPATIAL VARIATION; VELOCITY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 77952692318     PISSN: 08927219     EISSN: 1528896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3160533     Document Type: Article

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