• Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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• v.38 no.2
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• pp.44-52
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• 2001

A modeling program was developed in Part I which represents the 3-D geometry, produces bill of material, automatically draws drawings and produces input data for structural analysis of Very High-rise Steel Artificial Reefs(VEHSAR). Model tests were carried out to measure drag forces acted on VEHSAR in the Ocean Engineering Wide Tank, the University of Ulsan and structural analyses were made to simulate structural behaviors of VEHSAR. The integrated package system is suggested to design VEHSAR with different geometries.

• Proceedings of the Korea Committee for Ocean Resources and Engineering Conference
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• 2002.10a
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• pp.273-276
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• 2002

Many artificial steel reefs are being built in Japan, however, in Korea, only few steel reefs were manufactured by POSCO, recently. In order to develop their novel types suitable for marine environments near the Korean Peninsula, it is very important to carry out model tests in the initial design stage. In the Ocean Engineering Wide Tank($L{\times}B{\times}D=30{\times}20{\times}2.5m$) and the Circulating Water Channel of the University of Ulsan, Korea, fluid drag forces acting on models of steel reefs with different sizes are measured in waves and currents. Also numerical predictions based on the Wavier-Stokes equation are made and compared with experimental results.