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This book focuses on: (1) the physics of the fundamental dynamics of fluids and of semi-immersed Lagrangian solid bodies that are responding to wave-induced loads; (2) the scaling of dimensional equations and boundary value problems in order to determine a small dimensionless parameter e that may be applied to linearize the equations and the boundary value problems so as to obtain a linear system; (3) the replacement of differential and integral calculus with algebraic equations that require only algebraic substitutions instead of differentiations and integrations; and (4) the importance of comparing numerical and analytical computations with data from laboratories and/or nature.
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Advanced Series on Ocean Engineering — Volume 21 WAVES AND WAVE FORCES ON COASTAL AND OCEAN STRUCTURES Robert T. Hudspeth World Scientific WAVES AND WAVE FORCES ON COASTAL AND OCEAN STRUCTURES ADVANCED SERIES ON OCEAN ENGINEERING Series Editor-in-Chief Philip L- F Liu (Cornell University) Vol. 9 Offshore Structure Modeling by Subrata K. Chakrabarti (Chicago Bridge & Iron Technical Services Co., USA) Vol. 10 Water Waves Generated by Underwater Explosion by Bernard Le Mehaute and Shen Wang (Univ. Miami) Vol. 11 Ocean Surface Waves; Their Physics and Prediction by Stanislaw R Massel (Australian Inst, of Marine Sci) Vol. 12 Hydrodynamics Around Cylindrical Structures by B Mutlu Sumer and Jorgen Fredsee (Tech. Univ. of Denmark) Vol. 13 Water Wave Propagation Over Uneven Bottoms Part I — Linear Wave Propagation by Maarten W Dingemans (Delft Hydraulics) Part II — Non-linear Wave Propagation by Maarten W Dingemans (Delft Hydraulics) Vol. 14 Coastal Stabilization by Richard Silvester and John R C Hsu (The Univ. of Western Australia) Vol. 15 Random Seas and Design of Maritime Structures (2nd Edition) by Yoshimi Goda (Yokohama National Unive