... by Cheung Hun Kim and Jun Zou Department of Civil Engineering, Ocean Engineering Program Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas ABSTRACT A new empirical model is proposed for predicting particle kinematics and forces on a structure affected by measured nonlinear irregular waves. The predicted...

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