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3.7 Absorbed Wave Power ....................................................................................... 523.8 Maximum Power Absorption Efficiency ........................................................... 54CHAPTER 4. NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS .......................................................................... 554.1 Numerical Procedure ......................................................................................... 554.2 AQWA Modeling Procedure .............................................................................. 564.3 Numerical Validation ......................................................................................... 734.4 Numerical Results.............................................................................................. 75CHAPTER 5. PROPOSED EXPERIMENTAL SET-UP AND MEASUREMENT .......... 835.1 Experimental Procedure .................................................................................... 835.2 Experimental Set-up .......................................................................................... 855.3 Body Parameters ................................................................................................ 875.4 Excitation Force Data Collection ...................................................................... 885.5 Wave Gage Data Collection .............................................................................. 1035.6 Data Processing ................................................................................................ 1045.7 Experimental Validation ................................................................................... 1045.8 Experimental Discussion .................................................................................. 106APPENDIX A: MATHEMATICAL DERIVATIONS ........................................................... 109APPENDIX B: FAST FOURIER TRANSFORM MATLAB CODE .................................. 113BIBILIOGRAPHY ......................................................................................................................... 1145