Numerical modeling of ship-induced currents in confined waterways

Proceedings of the Coastal Engineering Conference

Volumn 2005-January, Issue , 2005, Pages 256-268

  Nwogu, Okey G ^a   Demirbilek, Zeki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODIES OF REVOLUTION; COASTAL ENGINEERING; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLOW FIELDS; SHIPS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WATER LEVELS;

BOUSSINESQ-TYPE EQUATIONS; CIRCULATION PATTERNS; MATCHED ASYMPTOTIC EXPANSION; NAVIGATION CHANNELS; REFLECTIVE PROPERTIES; SHALLOW WATER APPROXIMATION; WATER-LEVEL FLUCTUATION; WAVES AND CURRENTS;

NUMERICAL MODELS;

EID: 84950324731     PISSN: 01613782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1142/9789812701916-0019     Document Type: Conference Paper

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