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TY - GEN
T1 - Estimation of storm peak and intra-storm directional-seasonal design conditions in the North Sea
AU - Feld, G.
AU - Randell, D.
AU - Wu, Y.
AU - Ewans, K.
AU - Jonathan, P.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Specification of realistic environmental design conditions for marine structures is of fundamental importance to their reliability over time. Design conditions for extreme waves and storm severities are typically estimated by extreme value analysis of time series of measured or hindcast significant wave height, HS. This analysis is complicated by two effects. Firstly, HS exhibits temporal dependence. Secondly, the characteristics of HS sp are non-stationary with respect to multiple covariates, particularly wave direction and season. We develop directional-seasonal design values for storm peak significant wave height (HS sp) by estimation of, and simulation under a non-stationary extreme value model for HS sp. Design values for significant wave height (HS) are estimated by simulating storm trajectories of HS consistent with the simulated storm peak events. Design distributions for individual maximum wave height (Hmax) are estimated by marginalisation using the known conditional distribution for Hmax given HS. Particular attention is paid to the assessment of model bias and quantification of model parameter and design value uncertainty using bootstrap resampling. We also outline existing work on extension to estimation of maximum crest elevation and total extreme water level. Copyright © 2014 by ASME.
AB - Specification of realistic environmental design conditions for marine structures is of fundamental importance to their reliability over time. Design conditions for extreme waves and storm severities are typically estimated by extreme value analysis of time series of measured or hindcast significant wave height, HS. This analysis is complicated by two effects. Firstly, HS exhibits temporal dependence. Secondly, the characteristics of HS sp are non-stationary with respect to multiple covariates, particularly wave direction and season. We develop directional-seasonal design values for storm peak significant wave height (HS sp) by estimation of, and simulation under a non-stationary extreme value model for HS sp. Design values for significant wave height (HS) are estimated by simulating storm trajectories of HS consistent with the simulated storm peak events. Design distributions for individual maximum wave height (Hmax) are estimated by marginalisation using the known conditional distribution for Hmax given HS. Particular attention is paid to the assessment of model bias and quantification of model parameter and design value uncertainty using bootstrap resampling. We also outline existing work on extension to estimation of maximum crest elevation and total extreme water level. Copyright © 2014 by ASME.
KW - Ocean currents
KW - Offshore structures
KW - Storms
KW - Time series analysis
KW - Water levels
KW - Water waves
KW - Bootstrap resampling
KW - Conditional distribution
KW - Design condition
KW - Extreme value analysis
KW - Maximum wave height
KW - Significant wave height
KW - Storm trajectories
KW - Temporal dependence
KW - Structural design
U2 - 10.1115/OMAE2014-23157
DO - 10.1115/OMAE2014-23157
M3 - Conference contribution/Paper
SN - 9780791845424
BT - ASME 2014 33rd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering
PB - ASME
ER -