Abstract: In the past years the existence of freak waves has been affirmed by observations, registrations, and severe accidents. Many publications investigated the occurrence of extreme waves, their ...

Abstract: Broaching, surf-riding, and capsizing of ships and offshore structures are transient wave-structure interactions which imply high risks for crew, vessel and cargo. As nonlinear effects are of ...

Abstract: For the deterministic analysis of wave/structure interaction in the sense of cause-reaction chains, and for analyzing structure responses due to special wave sequences (e.g., three sisters phenomenon ...

Abstract: The encounter of extreme waves, extreme wave groups, or unfavorable wave sequences poses dangerous threats for ships and floating/stationary marine structures. The impact of extreme waves causes ...

Abstract: For an improved design of ships and offshore structures with regard to their behavior under severe weather conditions, wave height and steepness as well as the shape of the wave profile have ...