The present paper targets uncertainties of wave-induced rigid-body ship responses with a focus on global wave loads. review presents general concepts and modelling the uncertainty in linear non-linear low-frequency relevance these for practical applications shipping industry as rule development process, structural reliability analysis, uncertainty-based decision support systems, health monitori...

The current work adds on previous research and presents large scale experimental results of wave induced forces a recurve atop seawall at the end sloped approaching bed. In addition to theoretical expression for predicting violent loads is also reported.

One of the most important decisions that a backplane designer makes when defining system performance is the selection of the driver integrated circuit (IC) or IC input/output (I/O) technology. To achieve a high level of signal integrity, the physical backplane must be designed with specific signal behavior in mind. The physical backplane includes, but is not limited to, the number of loads, the...

The development is presented of two low weight, motion resistant stiff floating wind turbine concepts for deployment in water depths ranging from 30 to several hundred meters in seastates with wave heights up to 30 meters supporting 3-5 MW onshore wind turbines. The floating wind turbines may be fully assembled at a coastal facility in their upright position prior to being towed to the offshore...

Acoustoelasticity, or the change in elastic wave speeds with stress, is a well-studied phenomenon for bulk waves. The effect of stress on Lamb waves is not as well understood, although it is clear that anisotropic stresses will produce anisotropy in the Lamb wave dispersion curves. Here the theory of acoustoelastic Lamb wave propagation is developed for isotropic media subjected to a biaxial, h...

Recent studies suggest that wave motions of the tectorial membrane (TM) play a critical role in determining the frequency selectivity of hearing. However, frequency tuning is also thought to be limited by viscous loss in subtectorial fluid. Here, we analyze effects of this loss and other cochlear loads on TM traveling waves. Using a viscoelastic model, we demonstrate that hair bundle stiffness ...