Naslov
Wave height statistics for seakeeping assessment of ships in the Adriatic Sea

Autori
Parunov, Joško ; Ćorak, Maro ; Pensa, Marina

Izvornik
Ocean engineering (0029-8018) 38 (2011), 11/12; 1323-1330

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Adriatic Sea; wave statistics

Sažetak
The paper presents methodology and results of the development of sea states statistics for the Adriatic Sea. Such statistics is still lacking despite a need of the shipping industry. The presented study is based on the Atlas of Climatology containing statistics of sea states observations in the Adriatic Sea made by merchant ships during the period of 15 years. The results, presented in the Atlas in the form of “wave roses”, are digitalized and empirical frequencies of sea state occurrences are obtained. The 3-parametric Weibull distribution is then fitted through empirical data points enabling the “smoothening” of the histogram. The resulting histogram is compared with other studies for the long-term prediction of the sea states in the Adriatic Sea. The paper concludes with the discussion on the accuracy and applicability of the results.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Brodogradnja

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