LΓ©vy statistics of water wave forces
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Bruce J. West
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Article
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1996
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Elsevier Science
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English
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A newly developed technique for determining the statistical properties of random forces with long-range and long-time correlations is applied to the loading of ships and platforms by windgenerated water waves. Using empirical spectra for the vertical displacement of the sea surface we find that the