LABORATORY MODELLING OF STRUCTURAL RESPONSE TO OCEAN WAVE EXCITATION

Research on the development of a system to obtain and analyze data pertaining to the response of fixed structures to wind-generated water waves was performed at the University of Massachusetts Wind Wave Research Facility. The report reviews various systems that have been used elsewhere, describes the equipment available at the University of Massachusetts, outlines the systems that were considered, and details the actual system that was developed. Also included are operational procedures for collection and processing of the data and a summary of the results obtained from a series of tests performed with the system on a vertical cylindrical column.

• Corporate Authors:

  University of Massachusetts, Amherst

  School of Engineering
  Amherst, MA  United States 
• Authors:
  • Clines, C A
  • Colonell, J M
• Publication Date: 1972-4

Media Info

• Pagination: 111 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Force; Technology; Wave measurement; Waves; Wind waves
• Uncontrolled Terms: Wave forces
• Old TRIS Terms: Wave forces on structures
• Subject Areas: Design; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00035584
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: UM-72-3
• Contract Numbers: N00014-68-A-0146
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 27 1973 12:00AM