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F, 't iinstantanmua force at time t,<br />

", inltantanmus displacement at time t,<br />

B = modulus <strong>of</strong> elasticity <strong>of</strong> the structural material,<br />

8 = gravitational acceleration,<br />

v = kinematic viscosity <strong>of</strong> the liquid,<br />

11. = wave height,<br />

Tm = wave perid in anonds,<br />

1 = timc,<br />

p. = densily <strong>of</strong> liquid,<br />

1,. = characteristic length <strong>of</strong> structural component being invetigated,<br />

p, = clcnsity <strong>of</strong> structural component, and<br />

{ = rtructurai damping ratio (non-dimensional).<br />

Dcsides tho shapc ratios, there are eleven variables from which the func-<br />

tional rolnlionshio can be formed:<br />

The homogeneous equation is given as:<br />

Since ( and the shape ratios are dimensionless, they are ignored fmm the<br />

dimensional analysis, with the understanding that they will reappear after<br />

the above qt~ation has been non-dimensionalized.<br />

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