Abstract: Optimal design and reassessment of offshore structures requires a good understanding of the ocean environment. The motion of the sea surface can be viewed as a three-dimensional, nonlinear ...

Abstract: Physical system modeling, whether automated or manual, requires a systematic procedure to choose the appropriate order of a system model. This can be most readily accomplished by determining the ...

Abstract: A study has been made into the average shape of large crests and troughs during several storms using wave elevation data from the WACSIS measurement program. The analysis techniques adopted ...

Abstract: Random simulations are often used to simulate the statistics of storm-driven waves. Work on Gaussian linear random signals has lead to a method for embedding a large wave into a random sequence ...

Abstract: A new systematic and algebraic linear control system design procedure for use with highly nonlinear plants is developed. This procedure is based on simultaneous stabilization theory and ...

Abstract: The Scattergood Steam Power Plant of the City of Los Angeles uses Pacific Ocean water as a heat sink. During the design of the circulating water system which conveys the ocean cooling water ...

Abstract: Aeration was measured and modeled at 28 navigation dams in the upper Ohio River basin. Dissolved oxygen (DO) deficits upstream and downstream of the dams, water temperatures, and flow rates were measured under a variety ...