Abstract: Laboratory measurements of the total in-line forces on a fixed vertical 2-in-dia cylinder in deep-water regular and random waves are given and compared with predictions from the Morison equation. ...

Abstract: Applicability of extreme-value theory in predicting the maximum crest amplitude in runs of ocean waves is demonstrated using data from extensive computer simulations of random linear waves. ...

Abstract: The Longuet-Higgins connection between Markov description of runs of high waves and the truncated frequency spectrum of a given sea is developed in a simplified, experimentally based manner using ...

Abstract: A theoretical model is presented for the probability distribution of wave crest amplitudes in severe seas states with wave breaking. As the severity of a sea state increases, nonlinearities ...

Abstract: Laboratory simulations of extreme random seas reveal that high wave crests occur more frequently than predicted by the Rayleigh distribution. In this paper, a theory is presented to account for ...

Abstract: Markov description of wave-crest statistics is considered for the case of severe random seas where Stokes nonlinearities require crests to rise higher than troughs fall. Of interest are the ...