... the results from full-scale experiments of the quasi-static and dynamic behavior of a long vertical tow cable during steady and unsteady towing operations. The overall motivation for the experiments was to improve performance in the positioning of towed vehicles, for example, ARGO - the Deep Submergence...

... bi-frequency domain sum frequency frequency monochromatic wave mooring system equation upstream oil & gas surge response experiment dual wave subsea system coefficient drift force drift motion wave drift amplitude surge drift motion prediction excitation slow drift motion...

... forces. The experiments were conducted in an experimental apparatus capable of generating either sinusoidal or random planar oscillatory flow. The inline force per unit length on a cylinder, F(t), subjected to planar oscillatory flow is customarily estimated by a version of the Morison's equation given...

.... The validity of the proposed procedure is shown by compartng full-scale and scaled-down numerical results concerning dynamic amplification for a number of configurations. Prellminary experimental results are also discussed. KEY WORDS: Catenary mooring; Mooring dynamics; Moortng experiments INTRODUCTION...

... and angular displacements of the platform; - analysis of bearing capacity and stress-strain state of the soil base during the operation of the platform. This paper presents some results of large scale laboratory tests, carried out on the experimental soil set-up of Moscow Civil Engineering Institute...

...-domain. The hydrodynamic coefficients obtained from the first experiment were used and the structural responses were compared for cases without/with the attachment of the devIce. BACK GROUND Experimental studIes for the Cm and Cd analysis have been conducted for many years. Both U-tube apparatus and wve...

... acting on weakly buoyant pipelines under tow. Experiments have been made at a scale of about 1/13 in a wave flume, of a prototype pipeline of diameter D = 0.8 m. Unfortunately the prototype length of the test cylinder was only about 70 m and the model was therefore moving appreciably in waves, even...