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Approximate Methods

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Calame and Gaden1 introduced relative values as follows:

Dimensions of length are related to the amplitude of undamped oscillation, y* = v0√(Lr/Ar) (equation 10.5) giving the ratios yr = y/y* and Fr = FPv2/y*.

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  1. Department of Civil Engineering, Loughborough University of Technology, Loughborough, UK

    John Pickford M.Sc.(Eng.), C.Eng., M.I.C.E.

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Pickford, J. (1969). Approximate Methods. In: Analysis of Surge. Macmillan Civil Engineering Hydraulics. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-00160-6_13

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