International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering (IJOPE)

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Vol. 6, No. 1, March 1996

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Table of Contents

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Underwater Laser Viewing System

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Hidetoshi Takahashi, Hisao Kato, Masato Nakamichi, Masaki Tamuro, Yoichi Kemmochi, Toshitaka Saito, Mikio Mori, Yoshiaki Takahashi, Harukazu Asatsuma and Shiro Ishida

Map Based Navigation for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles

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S.T. Tuohy, J.J. Leonard, J.G. Bellingham, N.M. Patrikalakis and C. Chryssostomidis

Wave Forces on a Horizontal Plate

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Michael Isaacson and Shankar Bhat

Responses of a Spar Platform in Random Waves and Currents (Experiment Vs. Theory)

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Z. Ran, M.H. Kim, J.M. Niedzwecki and S.P. Johnson

Wave Radiation by a Submerged Elliptical Disk

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S. Zhang and A.N. Williams

Effects of Free Surface Fluctuation on Total Wave Force on Structures

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S.C. Yeh and C.C. Tung

Performance of a Submerged Wave Focusing Structure in a Current

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Kwok Fai Cheung and Joong Woo Lee

Nonlinear Coupled Responses to Impact Loads on Free-Span Pipeline: Torsional Coupling, Load Steps and Boundary Conditions

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Jin S. Chung and Bao-rong Cheng

Simplified Failure-Load Envelopes for Shallow Foundation on Dense Sand

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Roy Butterfied and Guido Gottardi

Performance of the Contrarotating Wells Turbine

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L.M.C. Gato and R. Curran

Impulse Turbine with Self-Pitch-Controlled Guide Vanes for Wave Power Conversion: Guide Vanes Connected by Links

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T. Setoguchi, K. Kaneko, H. Taniyama, H. Maeda and M. Inoue