Analyses of Multiple-Float-Supported Platforms in Waves 



SUPERSCRIPTS 

 e indicating even function 



o indicating odd function 



m indicating mode of motion 



GREEK LETTERS 



a slope of a segment 



]8 suffix standing for e,o or (e+o) 



7 suffix standing for m for radiation and /3 for diffraction 



8 non-dimensional damping coefficient 

 e phase angle 



<P velocity potential 



X wave length 



v wave number 



p water density 



V the y-coordinate of source distribution, swaying motion or 



suffix denoting swaying 



f the z -coordinate of source distribution, heaving motion or 



suffix denoting heaving 



w circular frequency 



FOR SLENDER VERTICAL FLOATS AND LARGE ARRAYS 



A frontal area of appendages, Eq. (43) 



A n model static deflection, Eq. (48) 



A w waterplane area 



Ctttt added mass coefficient for heave 



C m damping moment coefficient, Eq. (43) 



C yp vertical prismatic coefficient, V/A T 



c 1 ratio of added mass of damping devices to added mass of at- 



tenuation, Eq.(36) 



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