TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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ABSTRACT 1 



INTRODUCTION 1 



THE FIRST-ORDER VELOCITY POTENTIAL 2 



THE FIRST-ORDER FORCES AND EQUATIONS OF MOTION 9 



THE DAMPING FORCES 14 



CALCULATIONS FOR THE CIRCULAR CYLINDER 17 



DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS 21 



ACKNOWLEDGMENT 22 



APPENDIX 2 3 



REFERENCES 27 



