The maximum wave heave force can be determined from a wave heave force Response Amplitude Operator (RAO) by following the next steps:
STEP 1: From the maximum significant wave height HS a Bretschneider Wave Spectrum will be generated with the mean centroid period T1 and the mean zero-crossing wave period T2
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STEP 2:
For each wave frequency the outcome of Sz(w) is calculated
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STEP 3: For each wave frequency the wave spectrum is transformed into a heave force spectrum by multiplying it with the RAO squared

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STEP 4:
Finally the amplitude of the wave heave force is calculated from the area under the heave force spectrum
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Back to the wave parameters.
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