Added resistance of moonpools in calm water

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

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages 153-162

  Veer, Riaan Van't ^a   Tholen, Haye Jan ^b  

^a GustoMSC   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Drillship resistance; Moonpool; Prediction model

Indexed keywords

DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY; DOMINANT FREQUENCY; FORWARD SPEED; MODEL TESTS; MOONPOOLS; PISTON MODE; PREDICTION MODEL; RESISTANCE INCREASE; RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT; RESONANT OSCILLATION;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; DRILLSHIPS; FORECASTING; MARINE ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SAILING VESSELS;

TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

EID: 77957978778     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/OMAE2008-57246     Document Type: Conference Paper

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