Contents Ocean Engineering, Volume 23, Numbers 1-8, 1996

Volume 23 Number 1

_{January 1996}

C o n t e n t s

P. A. A. Laura,

R. H. Gutierrez and

R. E. Rossi

Free Vibrations of Beams of Bilinearly Varying

Thickness

M. A. Grosenbaugh

7 On the Dynamics of Oceanographic Surface

Moorings

B. R. Seymour,

D. S. Jeng and

J. R. C. Hsu

27 Transient Soil Response In a Porous Seabed w i t h

Variable Permeability

H. A. Scfiaffer

47 Second-order Wavemaker Theory for Irregular

Waves

C. C. Fang,

H. S. Chan and

A. Incecil<

89 Investigation of Motions of Catamarans in Regular

Waves — I

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Volume 23 Number 2

February 1996

C o n t e n t s

Jeom Kee Paik and

P. T. Pedersen

107

Modelling of the Internal Mechanics In Ship

Collisions

Jaw-Fang Lee and

Yuan-Jyti Lan

143 A Second-order Solution of Waves Passing Porous

Structures

P. J. van Leeuwen and

G. Klopman

167 A New Method for the Generation of Second-order

Random Waves

D. Cortazar, H. A. Larrondo,

P. A. A. Laura and

D. R. Avalos

193

A L o w - c o s t Fiber-optic System for M o n i t o r i n g the

State of Structural Health of a Mechanical Cable

N. IVIcLaren and C. Kuo

201

Geometrical Aspects of a Sonar-based Navigation

System for Underwater Vehicles

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Volume 23 Number 3

April 1996

C o n t e n t s

C. A. Rossit, P. A. A. Laura

and D. V. Bambill

219

Dynamic Response of tlie Leg of a Tension Leg

Platform Subjected to an Axial, Suddenly Applied

Load at One End

Zai-Jin You

225

Movable Bed Roughness and Current Profiles in the

Presence of Irregular Waves w i t h an Arbitrary Angle

to Currents

Kwan Hyoung Kang and

Choung Mook Lee

243

Prediction of Drift In a Free Surface

B. M. Perlov and

M

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B

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Alesov

257

Mathematical Modeling of Spatial Vibrations of

Lengthy Hose Structures

R. E. Rossi, P. IVI. Belles,

P. A. A. Laura, S. La Malfa,

L. Ercoli and D. Pasqua

271

Technical Note

Transverse Vibrations of a Rectangular Cantilever

Plate w i t h Thickness Varying in a Discontinuous

Fashion

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Volume 23 Number 4

May 1996

C o n t e n t s

J. K. Longridge,

R. E. Randall and

J. Zhang

277

Comparison of Experimental Irregular Water Wave

Elevation and Kinematic Data w i t h N e w Hybrid

Wave Model Predictions

L. Jiang, X. Ren,

K.-H. Wang and K.-R. Jin

309

Generalized Boussinesq Model for Periodic N o n

-linear Sfiallow-water Waves

G. Rajasekaran and

S. Narasimha Rao

325

Lime Migration Studies in Marine Clays

357

Books Received

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Volume 23 Number 5

July 1996

C o n t e n t s

0. M. Griffin, H. T. Wang

and G. A. IVIeadows

363

Ship Hull Characteristics from Surface Wake

Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Imagery

J. K. Nelson Jr,

P. J. Waugh and

A. J. Schweickhardt

385

Injury Criteria of the I M O and the Hybrid III Dummy

as Indicators of Injury Potential in Free-fall Lifeboats

A. G. Abul-Azm

403

Wave Diffraction Through Submerged Flexible

Breakwaters

M. Söylemez

423

A General Method for Calculating Hydrodynamic

Forces

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Volume 23 Number 6

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C o n t e n t s

/. Rychlik

447

A Note on Significant Wave Height

K. Chen and S. Zhang

4 5 5

_{Semi-Probabilistic Method of Evaluation System}

Redundancy of Existing Offshore Structures

D. Shonting, F. Middleton,

J. Knox and P. Heb da

465

A Submarine-Launched Wave Measuring Buoy

Y. Zhao and

J. M. R. Graham

483

A n Interactive Method for Boundary Element

Solution of Large Offshore Structures Using the

GMRES Solver

0. Yilmaz and A. Incecik

497

Extreme M o t i o n Response Analysis of Moored

Semi-submersibles

J.-M. Lo

519

Laboratory Investigation of Single Floating Boom

and a Series of Booms in the Prevention of Oil Slick

and Jellyfish Movement

M. Y. Zhang and Y. S. Li

533

_{The Synchronous Coupling of a Third-generation}

Wave Model and a Two-dimensional Storm Surge

Model

H. Wibisono

545

Technical Note

A n Alternative Structural System for Offshore Airport

551

Publications Received

552

Conferences

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Volume 23 Number 7

( P u b l i s h e d 17 J u l y 1996) October 1 996

C o n t e n t s

S. R. Massel

553

On the Largest Wave Height in Water of Constant

Depth

C. Shumin,

A. S. J. Swamidas and

J. J. Stiarp

575

Similarity M e t h o d for Modelling Hydroelastic

Offshore Platforms

G. Contento,

A. Francescutto and

M. Piciullo

597

On the Effectiveness of Constant Coefficients Roll

M o t i o n Equation

Z.-Y. You

619

The Effect of Wave-induced Stress on Current

Profiles

P. Boccotti

629

Inertial Wave Loads on Horizontal Cylinders: a Field

Experiment

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Volume 23 Number 8

( P u b l i s h e d 19 A u g u s t 1996) November 1996

C o n t e n t s

H.-F. Cheong,

N. J. Shankar and

S. Nallayarasu

649

Analysis of Submerged Platform Breakwater by

Eigenfunction Expansion M e t h o d

1. R. Young and

T. J. Glowacki

667

Assimilation of Altimeter Wave Height Data into

a Spectral Wave Model Using Statistical

Inter-polation

S. Beji and K. N a da oka

691

A Formal Derivation and Numerical Modelling of the

Improved Boussinesq Equations for Varying Depth

V. Armenio and

M. La Rocca

705

On the Analysis of Sloshing of Water in Rectangular

Containers: Numerical Study and Experimental

Validation

hi. H. Lee and R

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-J

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Wu

741

Vibration Mitigation of Structures in the Marine

Environment

/. R. Young and

G. P. Burchell

761

Hurricane Generated Waves as Observed by Satellite

P. A. A. Laura

777

Letter to the Editor

Comments on 'On the Dynamics of Oceanographic

Surface M o o r i n g s '

Volume 23 Contents

and Author Index

779

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