zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades

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of conducting the dissertation and scientific freedom I have been granted. I am grateful for being part of the Ocean Engineering Group. For further support and taking interest in this work many thanks as well go to the second promoter, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thamsen and the chair doctoral comity Prof. Dr.-Ing. Holbach. Many thanks go to my colleagues and the staff of the Ocean Engineering Group of the TU-Berlin for great teamwork, vivid discussions, and the great time I have had during the years. Namely, I wish to thank Marco Klein and Dr. Robert Stück and Matthias Dudek for the great cooperation, as well as André Kauffeldt, Sascha Kosleck, Nils Otten, Daniel Testa and Kornelia Tietze. Dr. Janou Hennig and Dr. Christian Schmittner I which to thank for the comments and the encouragement as well as Prof. Guedes Soares and Prof. Molin for valuable advice. Most importantly, I thank my dear wife Mahboubeh and my parents for their everlasting patience and support. i