Advanced Series on Ocean Engineering Volume 24

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To my wife Karin

About the Author

Dr. Ib Arne Svendsen, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Ocean Engineering at the University of Delaware, was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, on July 19, 1937. He earned his M.Sc. degree in civil engineering in 1960 and his Ph.D. in wave mechanics in 1974, both at the Technical University of Denmark.

He began his career at the Technical University of...