Ship safety in open ports

Ports and terminals open to prevailing winds can cause problems to moored ships with a high freeboard. Such ships, i.e. ship and berth mooring systems, have to deal with significant aerodynamic loads.This paper addresses the theoretical approach of the influence of aerodynamic loads on a mooring sys...

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Main Authors: V. Paulauskas, D. Paulauskas, J. Wijffels
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vilnius Gediminas Technical University 2009-06-01
Series:Transport
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Online Access:http://www.transport.vgtu.lt/upload/tif_zur/2009-2-paulauskas_paulauskas_wijffels.pdf