A review of ship mooring systems

R Villa-Caro, JC Carral, JÁ Fraguela… - … International Journal of …, 2018 - hrcak.srce.hr
Sažetak The physical principle that governs how ships are moored to a port has changed
little over the years. Nevertheless, in recent decades, there have been developments in …

Numerical investigation on effects of fringing reefs on low-frequency oscillations within a harbor

J Gao, X Zhou, L Zhou, J Zang, H Chen - Ocean engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
The low-frequency (LF) oscillations inside an elongated rectangular harbor near the offshore
fringing reef excited by bi-chromatic short wave groups are simulated using a fully nonlinear …

Long wave absorption by a dual purpose Helmholtz resonance OWC breakwater

X Zhao, Y Li, Q Zou, D Han, J Geng - Coastal Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper, a novel hybrid breakwater-WEC system consisting of a Helmholtz resonance
oscillating water column (OWC) caisson array and a perforated wall is proposed to attenuate …

Numerical investigations on harbor oscillations induced by falling objects

J Gao, W Bi, J Zhang, J Zang - China Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Springer
In this paper, the open-sourced computational fluid dynamics software, OpenFOAM®, is
used to study the fluctuation phenomenon of the water body inside a horizontally one …

Infragravity waves at the Hambantota port located in the North Indian Ocean

Z Zheng, G Dong, X Huang, X Ma, L Guo - Applied Ocean Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Infragravity (IG) waves are the primary cause of harbor oscillations. The Hambantota port
located in the North Indian Ocean is taken as an example to study the IG waves in the …

Modelling the impact of climate change on harbour operability: The Barcelona port case study

JP Sierra, A Genius, P Lionello, M Mestres, C Mösso… - Ocean …, 2017 - Elsevier
Harbours are essential infrastructures for economic activity that are susceptible to impacts
from climate change driven processes, like sea level rise (SLR), or alterations in wave …

[HTML][HTML] Integrated approach to assess resonance between basin eigenmodes and moored ship motions with wavelet transform analysis and proposal of operational …

R Costas, A Figuero, E Peña, J Sande… - Ocean Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Waves with periods between 25 s and some minutes can amplify the motions of moored
ships, which may result in terminal downtimes and compromise safety. The purpose of this …

Mathematical modelling of nonlinear pressure drops in arbitrarily shaped port utilizing dual boundary element method

P Priya, P Kumar - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
A mathematical model is developed to analyze the wave-trapping characteristics of different
types of porous and non-porous barriers in arbitrarily shaped domains utilizing the iterative …

Impact of climate change on berthing areas in ports of the Balearic Islands: adaptation measures

JP Sierra, A Sánchez-Arcilla, X Gironella… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Climate change generates impacts on coastal areas due to sea-level rise and potential
modifications in wave and storm surge patterns. Since harbours are located in littoral areas …

Experimental investigation on the hydrodynamic response of a moored ship to low-frequency harbor oscillations

G Dong, M Yan, Z Zheng, X Ma, Z Sun, J Gao - Ocean Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Low-frequency harbor oscillations can lead to large motions of moored vessels, resulting in
port downtime, damage to ships, and even casualties. Aiming at the operational problems …