Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1726930 | Ocean Engineering | 2008 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
Steep wave impact pressures and the structural dynamic response of floating production storage and offloading platform (FPSO) bows are studied using 1:80 scale segmented, instrumented models. The construction of these segmented models is discussed. The 'new-wave' theory is adopted and extended to generate steep waves and a limiting form of steep wave that might be found in deep water is proposed. A comparison between linear theoretical, experimental and suggested wave models is made. Experimental results with systemically varying parameters are presented.
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Authors
L. Xu, N. Barltrop, B. Okan,