Trondheim Tekniske Fagskole The “Design Wave Philosophy’’ *****Calculation of the design wave ***** Wave forces on semi-submersible platforms Wave forces and bending moments in FPSO-ships Platform movements in large waves Examples of heavy weather damage What is a Rogue Wave ? Why, where and when ? Shall we design against Rogue and Freak Waves ? What can a platform master do against Rogue and Freak Waves ? Remote-sensing of sea conditions Search And Rescue and emergency operations Decision making in an emergency Calculation of the design wave
Trondheim Tekniske Fagskole Calculation of the design wave
Trondheim Tekniske Fagskole Calculation of the design wave Data collection Extrapolation to extremes Examples
Trondheim Tekniske Fagskole Data sources buoy - satellite - hindcast model
Trondheim Tekniske Fagskole Data sources Field measurements: costly short duration local validity often only synthetic parameters reasonably good…
Trondheim Tekniske Fagskole Data sources …but should one trust them at all times ?
Trondheim Tekniske Fagskole Data sources …but should one trust them at all times ?
Trondheim Tekniske Fagskole Data sources Satellite only significant wave height no wave direction very unreliable period estimates sparse sampling both in time and space yet available almost anywhere
Trondheim Tekniske Fagskole Data sources hindcast models costly better calibrated in common conditions than in extreme ones good length databases no individual wave data
Trondheim Tekniske Fagskole Data sources Reconciliation problems when merging buoy - satellite - hindcast model
Trondheim Tekniske Fagskole Calculation of the design wave Data collection Extrapolation to extremes Examples
Trondheim Tekniske Fagskole Database: 20 years of data available from Frigg QP platform in the North Sea
Trondheim Tekniske Fagskole Database: : mostly 3-hourly measurements, many time-series available : mostly 20-minute statistics, only reduced parameters
Trondheim Tekniske Fagskole Calculation of the design wave Empirical distribution and duration it represents
Trondheim Tekniske Fagskole Calculation of the design wave Fitted parametric model
Trondheim Tekniske Fagskole Calculation of the design wave Approximated model for maximum over observation duration
Trondheim Tekniske Fagskole Calculation of the design wave Extrapolation to planned duration
Trondheim Tekniske Fagskole Calculation of the design wave Data collection Extrapolation to extremes Example The Port-Louis case
Trondheim Tekniske Fagskole The Port-Louis case
Trondheim Tekniske Fagskole The Port-Louis case Build a wharf for a coal power generation facility
Trondheim Tekniske Fagskole The Port-Louis case Hs less than 1 m more than 99.7% of the time, yet once in a while...
Trondheim Tekniske Fagskole The Port-Louis case
Trondheim Tekniske Fagskole The Port-Louis case 6 in 40 years, and Port Louis was sheltered on some of them
Trondheim Tekniske Fagskole The Port-Louis case Variables not “i.i.d.” => 2 options: cheap one, consider a nearby more exposed location and define risk attenuation from that location expensive one, run hindcast again sending synthetic hurricanes into the area