Fieldwork Coastal Engineering: Varna (Bulgaria)

A series of hydraulic measurements were carried out during the field trip, ranging from beach profiles to wave data collection and suitability of stones from local quarries for hydraulic purposes. In chapter 2 something is told about the tetrapods. At Sunny Day Beach in St. Constantine some sightseeing has been done on a breakwater. The quality...

The influence of Mooring Lines on the Damping of Low Frequency Motions of Moored Offshore Structures

For years it has been customary, in the prediction the Low Frequency (LF) dynamic behaviour of moored offshore structures, to assume that the mooring system only influences the restoring force characteristics. The contribution of the mooring system to the total system damping was neglected. Research and model tests in recent years have shown...