Office/Division Program
TAP
Project Number
571
Category
Research Initiation Date (Award Date)
Research Performing Activity
Offshore Technology Research Center
Research Principal Investigator
Drs. Kunag-An Chang and Hamn-Ching Chen
Research Contracting Agency
Description
The Offshore Federal Oil & Gas infrastructure includes over 4,000 platforms, some extending in life over 40 years. Extreme wave crests and wave heights beyond those envisioned during of 100-year storm events were experienced during recent hurricane events and are believed to have resulted in the destruction and/or damage of hundreds of offshore fixed and floating structures.
The objective of this research proposal was to develop a procedure to estimate local and global green water loads at the point of contact between extreme wave crests and offshore structures.
Latest progress update
Project was initiated in may 2006 and completed in October 2008.