Abstract: A theoretical analysis of a stationary pneumatic wave-energy conversion device is presented. Results obtained from the analysis show that the power converted is proportional to the cube of the ...

Abstract: An acoustic-pressure method is used to derive the expression for the added mass of a radially vibrating cylinder in an infinite fluid. The method is shown to yield finite results; whereas the ...

Abstract: The performance of two single degree‐of‐freedom systems—the heaving vertical circular cylinder and the vertical oscillating water column—are theoretically studied. The systems are optimized by using impedance‐matching at ...

Abstract: A method of analysis of the nonproportionally damped motions of fixed offshore structures in waves is presented. The damping considered is that due only to radiation, and is assumed to be linear. Since both the radiation ...

Abstract: An empirical analysis of the shoreline response to both single and multiple detached breakwaters is presented. In the analysis, equilibrium conditions are assumed. The analysis is based, in part, on previously published ...

Abstract: As the operational speeds of surface ships and submarines increase, so does the probability that unwanted vibrations caused by the hydroelastic instability (flutter) of the special class of ...

Abstract: Results of an experimental and theoretical study of the positive drift of a 1.7-m model of a backward-bent duct barge (BBDB) wave energy conversion system are presented. The results show that the positive drift of the BBDB ...