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Design Wave Specification

An Introduction
Professor Andrew J Chadwick
•
Design Wave Specification

• Characteristics of waves, overview of design processes.

• Analysis of wave records; short term statistics.

• Analysis of wave records; long term statistics.

• Wave prediction from wind records.


Expected learning
outcomes
The student should:
• Be aware of the mechanisms of wave generation and
dispersion.
• Be aware of the characteristics of wind waves and swell
waves.
• Be aware of wave transformation processes.
• Be aware of the concepts of design wave estimation and the
importance of random sea states in the design process.
Wave generation and dispersion
• Waves generated by action of
wind on water in the storm
zone.
• Waves then spread across the
ocean, maintaining frequency
but reducing in height
• Each component frequency
travels at a different speed,
leading to dispersion
• Storms of the “roaring forties”
monitored all across the Pacific
ocean to Alaska
Characteristics of wind waves and swell
• Swell waves, regular in
period and height. Long
crested, small steepness,
small range of frequencies,
long period 12s to 25s.

• Wind waves, irregular in


period and height, short
crested, steep (H/L 0.04 to
0.06), large range of
frequencies and directions,
wave period 3s to 16s
Wave transformations
Wave prediction
From wind records
Wave transformations
Wave prediction
Short From wind records
term
wave
stats

Wave transformation
and attenuation
Wave transformations
Wave prediction
Short From wind records
term
wave
stats

Long term
Wave stats
Wave transformation
And attenuation
Design wave condition
The traditional approach
1. obtain a representative wave height, period and direction
offshore in deep water.
2. transform this representative wave by the processes of
refraction, shoaling, diffraction, reflection and wave
breaking to obtain the modified design wave at the point of
interest.
The modern approach :
• replace the representative wave with what is termed a
directional energy density curve. This is in recognition of
the fact that at any point in the sea, the sea state is
composed of a (largely) random periodic motion consisting
of a range of wave heights, periods and directions.

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