Contents Ocean Engineering, Volume 24, Numbers 1-10, 1997

(1)

Volume 24 Number 1

( P u b l i s h e d 17 S e p t e m b e r 1996)

January 1997

C o n t e n t s

J . - W . Chen and C.-Y. Lee

1 Representing Grain Size of Bed Material

R. 0. Grossi, B. del V. Arenas

and P. A. A. Laura

19 Free Vibration of Rectangular Plates w i t h Circular

Openings

T.-W. Hsu and S.-H. Ou

25 Wave Boundary Layers in Rough Turbulent Flow

D. V. Bambill, R. E. Rossi,

V. Jederlinic and C. A. Rossit

45 Vibrations of a Rectangular Plate w i t h a Free Edge in

the Case of Discontinuously Varying Thickness

P. A. A. Laura, R. H. Gutierrez,

V. Sonzogni and S. Idelsohn

51 Buckling of Circular, Annular Plates of N o n - u n i f o r m

Thickness

A. G. Abul-Azm and

A. N. Williams

63 Oblique Wave Diffraction by Segmented Offshore

Breakwaters

Technical Note

H. T. Wang and

R. B. Guenther

83 Calculation of the Far Field Finite Depth Green's

Function

I Publications Received

11 Conference

II News item

C O N T E N T S

DIRECT

ContentsDirect delivers ttie table of contents of this journal, by e-mail, approximately t w o to four weeks prior to each issue's publication. To subscribe to this free service, complete and return the form at the back of this issue or send an e-mail message to j.enderby@elsevier.co.uk

P E R G A M O N

Indexed/abstracted in: Current Contents, Sfiock and Vibration

Digest, Engrg Ind IVIonthly & Author Index, PASCALICNRS

Database, INSPEC, Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries Abstracts, Oceanic Abstracts, ISMEC, Fluid Abstracts, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts

0 0 2 9 - 8 0 1 8 ( 1 9 9 6 ) 2 4 : 1 ; 1 - V OCENBQ 24 (1) 1 - 9 4 ( 1 9 9 7 ) ISSIM 0 0 2 9 - 8 0 1 8

(2)

Volume 24 Number 2

_{( P u b l i s h e d 11 O c t o b e r 1996) February 1997}

C o n t e n t s

J. A. Smith and K. F. Rieder

95 Wave Induced M o t i o n of FLIP

A. S. Atadan, S. M. Calisal,

V. J. Modi and Y. Guo

111 Analytical and Numerical Analysis of the Dynamics

of a Marine Riser Connected to a Floating Platform

D. Boote, D. Mascia,

M. Monti, E. Rizzuto and

R. Tedeschi

133 Elastic Instability of Thin Cylindrical Shells:

Numerical and Experimental Investigation

R. La tone

161 Ship Hull Drag Reduction Using Bottom Air

Injection

H.-H. Hsu and Y.-C. Wu

177 The Hydrodynamic Coefficients for an Oscillating

Rectangular Structure on a Free Surface w i t h

Sidewall

1 Erratum

ContentsDirect delivers tiie table of contents of this journal, by e-mail, approximately two to four weeks prior to each issue's publication. To subscribe to this free service, complete and return the form at the back of this issue or send an e-mail message to j.enderby@elsevier.co.uk

P E R G A M O N

Indexed/abstracted in: Current

Contents, Shock and Vibration Digest, Engrg Ind Monthly & Author Index, PASCALICNRS

0 0 2 9 - 8 0 1 8 ( 1 9 9 6 ) 2 4 : 2 ; 1 - U OCENBQ 24 (2) 9 5 - 2 0 0 ( 1 9 9 7 )

(3)

Volume 24 Number 3

( P u b l i s h e d 22 N o v e m b e r 1996)

March 1 997

C o n t e n t s

B. -F. Chen and

C. -F. Huang

201 Nonlinear Hydrodynamic Pressures Generated by a

M o v i n g High-rise Offshore Cylinder

R. S. Alassar and

H. M. Badr

217 Analytical Solution of Oscillating Inviscid Flow Over

Oblate Spheroids w i t h Spheres and Flat Disks as

Special Cases

G. Rajasekaran, K. Murali

and R. Srinivasaraghavan

227 Fabric and Mineralogical Studies on Lime Treated

Marine Clays

P. R. Payne

235 The Response of a Hydrofoil to Wave Orbital

Velocity Fields

P. Boccotti

265 A General Theory of the Three-dimensional Wave

Groups. Part 1: The Formal Derivation

P. Boccotti

281 A General Theory of the Three-dimensional Wave

Groups. Part II: Interaction w i t h a Breakwater

C O N T E N T S

DIRECT

ContentsDirect delivers tine table of contents of this journal, by e-nnail, approximately two to four weeks prior to each issue's publication. To subscribe to this free service, complete and return the form at the back of this issue or send an e-mail message to j.enderby@elsevier.co.uk

Indexed/abstracted in: Current

Contents. Shock and Vibration Digest. Engrg Ind Monthly & Author Index. PASCALICNRS

Database. INSPEC. Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries Abstracts,

p^f\QJ\fJ\Ofi ' Oceanic Abstracts. ISMEC,

Fluid Abstracts, Cambridge

,._ Scientific Abstracts

0 0 2 9 - 8 0 1 8 ( 1 9 9 6 ) 2 4 : 3 ; 1 - T O C E N B Q 24 ( 3 ) 201 - 3 0 0 ( 1 9 9 7 )

(4)

Volume 24 Number 4

( P u b l i s h e d 20 D e c e m b e r 1996)

April 1997

C o n t e n t s

D. S. Zhu and Y. K. Cheung 301

Optimization of Buoyancy of an Articulated Stinger

on Submerged Pipelines Laid w i t h a Barge

P. C. Chatterjee, P. K. Das

and D. Faulkner

313 A Hydro-structural Analysis Program for TLPs

X. Pen, K.-H. Wang and

K.-R. Jin

335 A Boussinesq Model for Simulating Wave and

Current Interaction

B. Carstens and P. G. Sayer

351 Hydrodynamic Interactions Between T w o Vertical

Circular Cylinders in Linear Oscillatory Flow

S. A. Mavrakos

381 Hydrodynamic Characteristics of Floating Toroidal

Bodies

C O N T E N T S

D I R E C T

^ ContentsDirect delivers ttie table of contents of this journal, by e-mail, approximately two to four weel<s prior to each issue's publication. To subscribe to this free service, complete and return the form at the back of this issue or send an e-mail message to j.enderby@elsevier.co.uk /

P E R G A M O N

Indexed/abstracted in: Current Contents, Shock and Vibration

Digest, Engrg Ind IVIonthly & Author Index, PASCALICNRS

0 0 2 9 - 8 0 1 8 ( 1 9 9 6 ) 2 4 : 4 ; 1 - S O C E N B Q 24 ( 4 ) 301 - 4 0 0 ( 1 9 9 7 )

(5)

Volume 24 Number 5

( P u b l i s h e d 12 F e b r u a r y 1997)

May 1 997

C o n t e n t s

A. P. Shashikala,

R. Sundaravadivelu and

C. Ganapathy

401 Dynamics of a IVloored Barge Under Regular and

Random Waves

L. Huyse, M. C. Singh and

IVI. A. Maes

431 A Static Drilling Riser Model Using Free Boundary

Conditions

K. Idris, J. W. Leonard and

S. C. S. Yim

445 Coupled Dynamics of Tethered Buoy Systems

A. N. Williams and

A. G. Abul-Azm

465 Dual Pontoon Floating Breakwater

0. Gottlieb and

S. C. S. Yim

479 Nonlinear Dynamics of a Coupled Surge-Heave

Small-body Ocean Mooring System

497 Corrigendum

499 Conference

500 Publications Received

C O N T E N T S

DIRECT

^ ContentsDirect delivers ttie tabie of contents of this journal, by e-mail, approximately two to four ^ weeks prior to each issue's publication. To subscribe to this free service, complete and return the

form at the back of this issue or send an e-mail niessage to j.enderby@elsevier.co.uk

Indexed/abstracted in: Current Contents. Shock and Vibration Digest. Engrg Ind Monthly & Author Index.

PASCALICNRS Database. INSPEC, Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries Abstracts. Oceanic Abstracts, ISMEC. Fluid Abstracts, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, Applied Science & Technology Index, Applied Science &

Technology Abstracts

P E R G A M O N

OCENBQ 24 (5) 401 - 5 0 0 ( 1 9 9 7 )

(6)

Volume 24 Number 6

( P u b l i s h e d 1.4 F e b r u a r y 1997)

June 1997

C o n t e n t s

i

vo

/. Sahin, J. W. Crane and

_{K. P. Watson}

501 Application of a- Panel Method t o Hydrodynamics of

_{Underwater Vehicles}

S. Aranuvachapun,

S. J. IVIasl<ell and

C Griffiths

513 Spatial Length Scale Analysis of Data from

Observations and a Model of the Iceland-Faeroes

Front

IVI. A. Zumberge

531 Precise Optical Path Length

Measurement Through

an Optical Fiber: Application to

Seafloor Strain

M o n i t o r i n g

C. A. Rossit and

P. A. A. Laura

543 A Unified, Polynomial Approach for the Approximate

Solution of Thermoelastic Problems in Rectangular

Plates

—

W. Mag da

551 Wave-induced Uplift Force on a Submarine Pipeline

Buried in a Compressible Seabed

ContentsDirect deiivers ttie table of contents of ttiis journal, by e-mail, approximately two to four weeks prior to each issue's publication. To subscribe to this free service, complete and return the form at the back of this issue or send an e-mail message to j.enderby@elsevier.co.uk

Indexed/abstracted in: Current Contents. Shock and Vibration Digest. Engrg Ind Monthly & Author Index.

PASCALICNRS Database. INSPEC. Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries Abstracts, Oceanic Abstracts. ISMEC.

Fluid Abstracts. Cambridge Sciendfic Abstracts. Applied Science & Technology Index. Applied Science &

O C E N B Q 2 4 (6) 501 - 5 7 6 ( 1 9 9 7 )

I S S N 0 0 2 9 - 8 0 1 8

P E R G A M O N

(7)

Volume 24 Number 7

( P u b l i s h e d 14 M a r c h 1997)

July 1997

C o n t e n t s

A. K. Jain

Nonlinear Coupled Response of Offshore Tension

Leg Platforms to Regular Wave Forces

S. Wu, J. J. IVIurray and

G. S. Virl<

593 The Motions and Internal Forces of a Moored

Semi-submersible in Regular Waves

V. S. Ti/Jionov,

V. 1. Lebedev and

A. V. Kotov

605 Numerical Simulation of Longitudinal Tackle

Oscillations w h e n Salvaging Sunken Vessels from

Deep Water

Y. S. Lin and D. S. Jeng

623 The Effects of Variable Permeability on the

Wave-induced Seabed Response

J.-M. Lo

645 The Effect of A i r - b u b b l e Barriers in Containing

Oil-slick Movement

R. Natarajan and

C. Ganapathy

665 Technical Note

Model Experiments on Moored Ships

ContentsDirect delivers the table of contents of this journal, by e-mail, approximately two to four weeks prior to each issue's publication, To subscribe to this free service, complete and return the form at the back of this issue or send an e-mail message to j.enderby@elsevier.co.uk

Indexed/abstracted in: Current Contents, Shock and Vibration Digest, Engrg Ind Monthly & Author Index,

PASCALICNRS Database, INSPEC, Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries Abstracts, Oceanic Abstracts, ISMEC, Fluid Abstracts, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, Applied Science & Technology Index, Applied Science &

P E R G A M O N

0 0 2 9 - 8 0 1 8 ( 1 9 9 7 ) 2 4 : 7 ; 1-M

OCENBQ 2 4 (7) 577 - 676 (1 997) I S S N 0 0 2 9 - 8 0 1 8

(8)

Volume 24 Number 8

( P u b l i s h e d 19 M a y 1997)

August 1997

C o n t e n t s

P. Nguyen and S. Kocabiyik 677

On a Translating and Transversely Oscillating

Cylinder. Part 1—the Effect of the Strouhal Number

on the Hydrodynamic Forces and the Near-wake

Structure

M. Söylemez and A. Incecik 695

Identification of Non-linear Effects in Predicting the

M o t i o n Response of an Offshore Platform

S. Aranuvachapun and

S. J. Maskell

721 A Residual Analysis Method for Quantitative C o m

-parison of Spatial Data from the Iceland-Faeroes

Front

J. Ramos and

C. Guedes Soares

743 On the Assessment of Hydrodynamic Coefficients of

Cylinders in Heaving

P. S. Hover 765 Simulation of Stiff Massless Tethers

ContentsDirect delivers the table of contents of this journal, by e-mail, approximately t w o to four weel<s prior to each issue's publication. To subscribe to this free service, complete and return the form at the back of this issue or send an e-mail message to j.enderby@eisevier.co.uk

Indexed/abstracted in: Current Contents, Shock and Vibration Digest, Engrg Ind iVIonthly & Author Index,

PASCALICNRS Database, INSPEC, Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries Abstracts, Oceanic Abstracts, ISMEC, Fluid Abstracts, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, Applied Science & Technology Index, Applied Science & Technology Abstracts

P E R G A M O N

0 0 2 9 - 8 0 1 8 ( 1 9 9 7 ) 2 4 : 8 ; 1 - L

OCENBQ 2 4 (8) 6 7 7 - 7 8 4 ( 1 9 9 7 )

(9)

Volume 24 Number 9

( P u b l i s h e d 23 J u n e 1997)

October 1 997

C o n t e n t s

N. J. Shankar, H. F. Cheong 785

and S. Sankaranarayanan

Multilevel finite-difference model for

three-dimensional hydrodynamic circulation

H. H. Lee

817 Stochastic analysis for offshore structures w i t h

added mechanical dampers

S. K. Chakrabarti and

D. Kriebel

835 Wave kinematics for simulated shallow water storm

waves — analysis and experiments

G. Rajasekaran and

S. Narasimha Rao

867 The microstructure of lime-stabilized marine clay

A. Sarkar, M. Mohan and

R. Kumar

879 Technical Note

Inter-comparison of model-predicted wave heights

w i t h satellite altimeter measurements in the north

Indian Ocean

É

ContentsDirect delivers ttie table of contents of this journal, by e-mail, approximately t w o to four weeks prior to each issue's publication. To subscritie to this free service, complete and return the form at the back of this issue or send an e-mail message to cdsubs@elsevier.co.uk

Indexed/abstracted in: Current Contents, Shock and Vibratton Digest, Engrg Ind Monthly & Author Index,

PASCALICNRS Database, INSPEC, Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries Abstracts, Oceanic Abstracts, ISMEC, Fluid Abstracts, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, Applied Science & Technology Index, Applied Science & Technology Abstracts

P E R G A M O N

0 0 2 9 - 8 0 1 8 ( 1 9 9 7 ) 2 4 : 9 ; 1 - K

OCENBQ 24 (9) 7 8 5 - 8 8 6 ( 1 9 9 7 )

(10)

Volume 24 Number 10

( P u b l i s h e d 23 J u l y 1997)

November 1997

C o n t e n t s

D. S. Jeng

887 Wave-induced Seabed

instability in Front of a

Breakwater

N. Chioukh and

R. Narayanan

919 Computation of the Inertia-dominated Forces on

Horizontal Circular Cylinders Placed in Oblique

Waves and Near to a Plane Bed

N. F. Casey and

P. A. A. Laura

935 A Review of the Acoustic-emission M o n i t o r i n g of

Wire Rope

C. C. Fang, H. S. Chan and

A. Incecik

949 Investigation of M o t i o n s of Catamarans in Regular

Waves — 11

Technical Note

J. S. Mani, K. Murali and

K. Chitra

967 Prediction of Shoreline Behaviour for Madras,

India — a Numerical Approach

Technical Note

P. A. A. Laura and

v. Sonzogni

985 Kirsch Problem and the Lower Natural Frequencies

of a Clamped Square-plate

989 Book Review

991 News and Notices

995 Publications Received

Volume 24 Contents and I

Author Index

ContentsDirect delivers the table of contents of this journal, by e-mail, approximately two to four weel<s prior to each issue's publication. To subscribe to this free service, complete and return the form at the back of this issue or send an e-mail message to cdsubs@elsevier.co.uk

Indexed/abstracted in: Current Contents, Shock and Vibration Digest. Engrg ind Monthly & Author index,

PASCALICNRS Database. INSPEC. Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries Abstracts. Oceanic Abstracts. ISMEC. Fluid Abstracts. Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, Applied Science & Technology index. Applied Science &

Illl • • • • • • • • II Ill • • • • • • • • • • • • Illl • • • •

P E R G A M O N

0 0 2 9 - 8 0 1 8 ( 1 9 9 7 ) 2 4 : 1 0 ; 1 - D

O C E N B Q 2 4 (10) 8 8 7 - 9 9 6 ( 1 9 9 7 )