EXPERIMENTAL AND ANALYTICAL STUDIES OF BUOY HULL MOTIONS IN WAVES

The document studies and formulates a mathematical model for use in predicting the dynamic response of four particular buoy types, under various sea states, allowing the buoys 3 degrees of freedom (i.e. heave, surge, and pitch). The buoy hull forms are described, scale model test is documented, and mathematical models of buoy motion are developed assuming linearity. A comparison between theory and experiment is presented for means of validating the mathematical model. It is assumed that the forces such as current, wind, wave excitation, and cable response all lie in the vertical plane parallel to the buoy's longest dimension.(Author)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Prepared in cooperation with Sperry Rand Corporation, Great Neck, New York. Sperry Systems Management Division. See also MRIS 041441.
• Corporate Authors:

  Oceanics, Incorporated

  Plainview, NY  United States 
• Authors:
  • Kaplan, P
  • Raff, A I
  • Sargent, T P
• Publication Date: 1972-4

Media Info

• Pagination: 169 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Buoys; Cables; Dynamics; Force; Hydrodynamics; Mooring buoys; Waves
• Old TRIS Terms: Buoy hydrodynamics; Cable dynamics; Wave forces on structures
• Subject Areas: Hydraulics and Hydrology; Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00041455
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: NOAA-72090839 Final Rpt
• Contract Numbers: NAS8-26879
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 2 1973 12:00AM