CONTENTS 



PART I. HYDRAULIC SCALE MODEL STUDY 



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INTRODUCTION 1 



BACKGROUND 1 



PRELIMINARY TESTS - DRIFT OBSERVATIONS 4 



PRINCIPAL TESTS - WAVE FORCE MEASUREMENTS 11 



RESULTS 16 



FINDINGS 17 



CONCLUSIONS OF HYDRAULIC MODEL STUDIES 18 



REFERENCES 39 



NOMENCLATURE 40 



PART II, THE FEASIBILITY OF HYDRODYNAMIC FORMS FOR STATION 

 KEEPING OF A LARGE FLOATING PLATFORM 



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INTRODUCTION 43 



ESTIMATION OF HYDRODYNAMIC FORM EFFECTIVENESS 44 



MODEL TEST 48 



CONCLUSIONS 50 



APPENDIX A 55 



APPENDIX B 56 



REFERENCES 58 



MBL/WHOI 



D3D1 0D4DEM3 ^ 



