Abstract: The behavior of waves interacting with islands has gained renewed interest with the construction of exploratory drilling islands in the Arctic. This paper focuses upon the behavior of waves ...

Abstract: As ocean engineers begin to extend their analytical and design capabilities from the shallow regions of the oceans to the deep regions it becomes necessary to examine the established computational ...

Abstract: A large-scale experimental study to investigate the dynamic response of a single flexible cylinder in waves is presented. The cylinder was designed to exhibit the dynamic characteristics of a ...

Abstract: The response of a nonlinear marine riser model to both parametric and external excitation is examined using Markov methods. Moment‐closure techniques are used to predict the response of the riser in a random seaway. An ...

Abstract: This article explores the issue of drag-force approximation through the examination of dimensionless spectral wave-force ratios. These dimensionless ratios were developed in an attempt to clarify when third-order approximations ...

Abstract: This research study investigates the practicality of using a Slepian model to model the earthquake excitation and structural response behavior of structures during the strong ground motion portion and entire duration of ...

Abstract: A finite-difference scheme and a modified marker-and-cell (MAC) method are used for numerical wave tank (NWT) simulations to investigate the characteristics of nonlinear multidirectional waves. The ...