A prototype ocean platform piling is expected to encountercurrents of 150 cm/s and waves of 12-s period and 3-mheight. If a one-fifteenth-scale model is tested in a wavethe channel, what current speed, wave period, and wave heightshould be encountered by the model?

A prototype ocean platform piling is expected to encountercurrents of 150 cm/s and waves of 12-s period and 3-mheight. If a one-fifteenth-scale model is tested in a wavethe channel, what current speed, wave period, and wave heightshould be encountered by the model?

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A prototype ocean platform piling is expected to encounter
currents of 150 cm/s and waves of 12-s period and 3-m
height. If a one-fifteenth-scale model is tested in a wave
the channel, what current speed, wave period, and wave height
should be encountered by the model?

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