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Interaction forces between ships. (1974) read it

Predicton of steady and unsteady performance of marine propellers with or without cavitation by numerical lifting-surface theory.

Lee, Chang-Sup (1979)

  • Advisor: Justin E. Kerwin
  • Department of Ocean Engineering
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A method for determining airdrop system characteristics for minimum altitude loss to equilibrium.

Gionfriddo, Maurice Paul (1969)

  • Advisor: Eugene E. Covert
  • Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
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Sailing vessel dynamics : investigations into aero-hydrodynamic coupling

Skinner, Graham Taber (1982)

  • Advisor: Justin E. Kerwin
  • Department of Mechanical Engineering; Department of Ocean Engineering
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Optimization of an advanced high speed hull form

Zajic, Henri W. (Henri William) (1995)

  • Advisor: Alan J. Brown, Victor W. Wong
  • Department of Ocean Engineering
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Capsizing of ships : static and dynamic analysis of wind effect and cost implications

Antonopoulos, Angelo (2006)

  • Advisors: Henry S. Marcus; Jerome H. Milgram
  • Department of Mechanical Engineering
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An evaluation of the predictions of near bottom interaction forces and moments on unmanned undersea vehicles : validation, reduction, and implementation of the results of a computer code into a real-time simulation

Chatterton, Jacqueline Ruth (1994)

  • Advisor: Michael S. Triantafyllou
  • Department of Ocean Engineering
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A computational and experimental study of viscous flow around cavitating propulsors

Brewer, Wesley H. (Wesley Huntington) (1995)

  • Advisor: Kinnas, Spyridon Athanasios (Spyros)
  • Department of Ocean Engineering
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Calculation of the second order mean force on a ship in oblique seas.

Erb, Paul Ross (1977)

  • Advisor: Chryssostomos Chryssostomidis
  • Department of Mechanical Engineering; Department of Ocean Engineering
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Force and moment on a slender body of revolution moving in water of finite depth.

McCreight, William Robert (1970)

  • Advisor: John Nicholas Newman
  • Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
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A study of a direct method for measuring the vorticity and divergence at the free surface in a dishpan experiment

Mihaljan, John Manuel, 1932- (1954)

  • Advisor: Victor P. Starr
  • Department of Meteorology
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