简介：Existingfarfieldexpressionsofsecondorderpotentialsarebynomeanscomplete.Hencetherehasbeennoexactfarfieldexpressionofsecondorderpotentials.InthispaperthefarfieldexpressionforΦd（2）ispurposelyavoidedindeducingtheformulaeofsecondorderforcesandaseriesoffunctionsΦdRnareused.Thefarfieldexpressionofisgiven,whichfor（x,U,z）∈Σ,φdRn（2）φd（2）.Usingthesepropertiesformulaeforcalculatingsecondorderdiffractionforcesareobtained.Tocalculatetheintegral∫∫1/gfΨdsitisdividedintotwoparts.Oneistheintegraloverafinitedomainandthefunctionundertheintegraliscontinuous,sotheusualapproximateintegrationformulaemaybeused.Theotheristheintegraloveraninfinitedomain.Usingthefarfieldexpressionoffirstorderpotentials,formulaeforcalculatingtheintegraltomeetgivenaccuraciesaregiven.Themooringforceinsurgedirectionisusedforcomparisonbetweennumericalpredictionsandexperimentalmeasurements.Thepredictedresultsarecheckedagainstthemeasuredvalueinaspeciallydesignedtest.Inthelowfrequencydomainofinterest,themooringforcesinsurge,forcalculatedandexperimentalspectraareingoodconsistencysolongasthedampingcoefficientsischoosenappropriately.