The influence of a square base placed at the bottom of a vertical cylinder on the wave induced forces and pressures on the cylinder is reported in this paper. In order to carry out this study, initially, the two dynamic variables on the cylinder in the absence of the base was studied so as to make sure the quality of measurements is satisfactory. The experimental results are compared with MacCamy and Fuchs' theory and the agreement found good. © 1988.

V Sundar

Department of Ocean Engineering

C. Ramachandran

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Journal	Ocean Engineering
ISSN	00298018
Open Access	No