Far-field vessel wakes in Tallinn Bay

Estonian Journal of Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 273-302

  Parnell, Kevin ^a,c   Delpeche, Nicole ^a   Didenkulova, Ira ^a,e   Dolphin, Tony ^a,b   Erm, Ants ^a   Kask, Andres ^a   Kelpšaite, Loreta ^a   Kurrenoy, Dmitry ^a   Quak, Ewald ^a   Räämet, Andrus ^a   Soomere, Tarmo ^a   Terentjeva, Anna ^a   Torsvik, Tomas ^d   Zaitseva Pärnaste, Inga ^a  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Fast ferries; Gulf of Finland; Ship wakes; Tallinn Bay; Wave measurements

Indexed keywords

FAST FERRIES; GULF OF FINLAND; SHIP WAKES; TALLINN BAY; WAVE MEASUREMENTS;

SPEED; WAKES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER WAVES;

SHIPS;

EID: 79955159173     PISSN: 17366038     EISSN: 17367522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3176/eng.2008.4.01     Document Type: Article

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