TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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INTRODUCTION 1 



STATISTICAL BACKGROUND 3 



SOURCES OF DATA 8 



Stresses • 8 



Vlotions • 8 



Wave Data 10 



ANALYSIS OF SHORT-TERM DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS 10 



ANALYSIS OF LONG-TERM DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS 15 



Background 15 



Heights and Lengths of Ocean Waves 15 



Stress Variations 22 



Esso Asheville 22 



USS Fessenden 29 



SS Ocean Vulcan 29 



SS Gopher Mariner 29 



Destroyer 29 



Aircraft Carrier 31 



USCGCUnimak 31 



Ship Motions 31 



APPLICATIONS OF STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS 33 



Specification of Engineering Requirements 33 



Prediction of Life Expectancy of Structures 36 



Prediction of Optimum Operating Conditions 37 



DISCUSSION 38 



SUMMARY 39 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 40 



BIBLIOGRAPHY *0 



DISCUSSION 41 



