Mathematical Modeling of Marine Structures

1 Department of Marine Technology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway 2 Department of Naval Architecture andMarine Engineering, University Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48 109, USA 3 Department of Mechanical Engineering and Graduate Program in Ocean Engineering, University of Sao Paulo, 05508-900, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil 4 Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 10682 Athens, Greece