Abstract
Wave cycle distributions are notoriously difficult to calculate. Available analytic approximations, like those suggested by Longuet-Higgins (1983) and Cavanie, Arhan and Ezraty (1976) make use only of a few spectral moments, and are unreliable for moderate waves. To find distributions under general spectrum shape and parameters one has to use efficient numerical algorithms based on high-dimensional integrals. The paper presents a number of examples of wave cycle distributions computed by the software package WAFO developed at Lund Institute of Technology; http://www.maths.lth.se/matstat/wafo/. All results are compared to simulated or real data. The wave cycles studied are the max-min cycle, the crest-trough wave cycles, the rainflow cycle distribution, and the mean-separated max-min cycle.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of The Fourteenth (2004) International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, vol 3 |
| Publisher | The International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers |
| Pages | 112-119 |
| Publication status | Published - 2004 |
| Event | 14th International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference (ISOPE 2004) - Toulon, France Duration: 2004 May 23 → 2004 May 28 |
Conference
| Conference | 14th International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference (ISOPE 2004) |
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| Country/Territory | France |
| City | Toulon |
| Period | 2004/05/23 → 2004/05/28 |
Subject classification (UKÄ)
- Probability Theory and Statistics
Free keywords
- wave period
- stationary Gaussian process
- density
- spectral
- random fatigue
- rainflow cycles
- crest-trough
- max-min