Abstract: A linear theory is developed to obtain the motions of a two-dimensional, freely floating body (from which steady intake/discharge flows originate) that encounters incoming waves. The boundary-value ...

Abstract: A variety of applications for variable-geometry truss manipulators (VGTMs) have been demonstrated or proposed in the literature. Most of these applications require solution to the inverse kinematic ...

Abstract: A linear ray theory is developed to study the interaction of water waves with a steady intake-pipe flow in deep water. The wave-current interaction model is based on the assumption that the ...