Differences between linear airy wave theory and Stokes' 5 wave theory? and it's application

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What is the difference between linear airy wave theory and 5th order Stokes wave theory? What is the differences in terms of application. I am looking more on offshore structure analysis aspects.

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score -2 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 12 '18 at 07:41

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You should find what you're after within the following:

https://rules.dnvgl.com/docs/pdf/DNV/codes/docs/2014-04/RP-C205.pdf

If not, one of their other documents should contain the information. I hope this finds you well.

answered Jul 12 '18 at 07:41

Ezekiel

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Welcome to EarthScience.SE! Please try to answer the question in your post instead of posting an URL to a document. – daniel.heydebreck Jul 12 '18 at 07:59

Differences between linear airy wave theory and Stokes' 5 wave theory? and it's application

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