Journal of the Visualization Society of Japan
Online ISSN : 1884-037X
Print ISSN : 0916-4731
ISSN-L : 0916-4731
Visualization of the ambient wave field and the elastic responses of a very large floating structure in waves by use of a very small water tank
Hiroshi KagemotoMotohiko MuraiMasataka FujinoTakayoshi KatoYoshikazu Kondo
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1999 Volume 19 Issue Supplement1 Pages 119-120

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Very large floating structures of several kilometers long and . wide are now considered as possible alternatives to such land-based big facilities as an airport. Since the principal horizontal dimension is so large that the conventional experimental tanks can not comply with the appropriate similarity law, an attempt is made to carry out experiments in a very small water tank. With the use of a very small tank, the entire wave field around a model or the entire response pattern of the model in waves can be visualized by making use of certain optical techniques, which can not be achieved if the conventional water tanks are used.
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