TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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ABSTRACT 1 



ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION 1 



INTRODUCTION 1 



MODELS 3 



SCALING CONSIDERATIONS 3 



DESCRIPTION OF MODELS S 



EXPERIMENTAL ARRANGEMENT 8 



MODEL CONFIGURATIONS 8 



INSTRUMENTATION 16 



EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE 16 



DATA REDUCTION TECHNIQUE 19 



WAVEFORM CONSIDERATIONS 19 



DATA ANALYSIS 24 



RESPONSE RATIOS 21 



ERROR AM,V.Y£IS 28 



EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 29 



CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 45 



REFERENCES 50 



APPENDIX A - MEASURED DYNAMIC LOAD RESPONSES ON MODEL MOORINGS .... 51 



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