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Effect of viscous damping on the heading stability of turret-moored tankers

Razieh ZangenehDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maine, Orono, ME, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Krish P. ThiagarajanDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maine, Orono, ME, USA
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Raul UrbinaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maine, Orono, ME, USA
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Zhigang TianExmar Offshore Company, Houston, TX, USA
Pages 360-369 | Received 20 Mar 2015, Accepted 25 Aug 2015, Published online: 06 Jun 2016

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