UNIVERSfTY OF HAWAI" LIBRARY AN INTERFACING STRATEGY FOR FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTION WITH APPLICATION TO LINEAR HYDROELASTICITY A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE GRADUATE DIVISION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI'I IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PIDLOSOPHY IN CIVIL ENGINEERING MAY 2004 BY Linlin Huang Dissertation Committee: H. Ronald Riggs, Chairperson R. Cengiz Ertekin Craig M. Newtson Ian N. Robertson Kwok Fai Cheung