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...Lyuben D. Ivanov; Ge Wang This paper analyzes the state-of-the-art concerning this subject. The objectives are (1) to provide data of still water bending moments and shear forces that were collected from loading manuals of dozens of tankers, (2) to conduct statistical analysis of the loading cases...

... 2008 30 03 2011 30 03 2011 ocean waves response surface methodology statistical analysis Current engineering practice is to estimate extreme wave crests to the second order, which seems to be satisfactory in explaining most field wave measurements (e.g., Ref. 1...

... segments associated with observed lock-in response. 27 06 2007 07 09 2008 26 02 2009 oil drilling statistical analysis vibrations vortices This study, divided into three parts, is concerned with the analysis of riser acceleration data and accompanying current velocity data...

... with anticorrosive and antifouling paints. An electrochemical workstation capable of collecting data from specimens coated with paint was used for noise data collection. Static corrosion tests have been done and the corrosion rate and corrosion resistance of the coatings were assessed using the statistical analysis...

... because measurements of wave profile in such facilities can be more precise than in full scale and parameters of the generated sea states can be controlled and repeated if necessary. ocean waves offshore installations statistical analysis tanks (containers) 01 11 2006 17 04 2007...

..., Garrad Hassan and Partners Ltd. , Bristol, UK. Efron , B. , and Tibshirani , R. J. , 1993 , An Introduction to the Bootstrap , Chapman & Hall , New York. 08 07 2007 21 10 2007 29 01 2008 design engineering extrapolation offshore installations statistical...

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... filling level. Results. Our main contribution in the paper includes the statistical analysis of experimental short term pressure distribution. The choice and fit of probability distribution models is addressed, with due account of different physical mechanisms causing impacts. The models are evaluated...

... for the decision process. risk analysis decision theory cost-benefit analysis regulation statistical analysis government policies safety 01 September 2002 01 February 2003 02 03 2004 Contributed by the OOAE Division for publication in the JOURNAL OF OFFSHORE MECHANICS...

... mechanical engineering statistical analysis wind ocean waves height measurement Most work on developing probabilistic models of short-term sea state characteristics has concentrated on wind waves in single wave systems, which are appropriately described by single peaked spectra. However...

... atlases renewable energy sources electrical engineering computing ocean waves statistical analysis The knowledge of nearshore wave statistics is needed for many purposes in coastal engineering. However, experimental data (buoy measurements, in particular) are rarely available. Even when...

... revision, November 2001. Associate Editor: R. Bea. 01 July 2001 01 November 2001 22 10 2002 marine vehicles step response reliability sensitivity analysis statistical analysis stress analysis naval engineering structural engineering Structural Reliability Response...

... ocean waves surface waves (fluid) height measurement statistical analysis spectral analysis modelling The probabilistic distribution of wave heights is of great importance in ocean and coastal engineering applications. It plays a key role in the stability of coastal and offshore structure...

... predictions of long return period extreme values for specific types of estimators combined with the POT method. A brief discussion of the implication for the estimation of confidence intervals on the various estimates will also be given. data analysis statistical analysis estimation theory parameter...

.... 2001; final revision, Sept. 2001. Guest Associate Editor: C. G. Soares. 01 Aug 2001 01 Sept 2001 data analysis statistical analysis estimation theory parameter estimation stochastic processes probability transforms The prediction of long return period characteristic...

... regions spectral analysis data analysis scaling phenomena statistical analysis oceanographic techniques In the North Atlantic, Dobson et al. 1 found no significant influence on the fetch laws proposed by Donelan et al. 2 after removing the swell from the spectra. However, both works were...

... equations statistical analysis force drag In recent years, several studies have proposed statistical quadratization and cubicization methods to analyze the response of offshore structures to stochastic wave loading 1 2 3 4 . In this context, the Morison drag force is replaced by equivalent...

.... The analysis omits this resonant effect, as no model of slow drift motions was available. Inclusion of the effects of vessel motion in the statistical analysis is straightforward 2 , and is a topic of ongoing study. 10 Theory versus data: relative wave amplification Finally, Fig. 10 shows...