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On Irregular, Nonlinear Waves in a Spread Sea

1997; ASM International; Volume: 119; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1115/1.2829043

1528-896X

Philip Jonathan, Paul H. Taylor,

Coastal and Marine Dynamics

Abstract Optimal design and reassessment of offshore structures requires a good understanding of the ocean environment. The motion of the sea surface can be viewed as a three-dimensional, nonlinear stochastic process in time. In order to characterize the wave environment adequately, we need to model its random, nonlinear, and spread nature. In this paper, we address: • the expected shape of a wave near a crest or trough, • the expected shape of the ocean surface at one point, given a crest at a different point, • an efficient method to incorporate nonlinear effects within linear wave simulations, • the magnitude of wave nonlinearity as a function of wave amplitude. Detailed comparison of theory and full-scale offshore measurements at the Shell Expro Tern platform show good agreement.