A comparison of a heuristic wave drift damping formula with experimental results

Thispaperreviewsseveralapproachestowavedriftdampingexperiencedbyfloatingbodies.AheuristicapproachfirstintroducedbyAranhagivingthewavedriftdampingtensorforthesurgeandswaymodesofmotioninfinitedepthisused.Resultsforthesurgewavedriftdampingarecomparedwithexperimentalresultsfrommodelte