seastates
seastates
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Sometimes a seastate is defined by significant wave height only without a significant period.Can anybody comment ?
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RE: seastates
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RE: seastates
On the other hand, a 1.5m Hsig sea state can be found in sheltered coastal waters with a short wave period of 6s or less (due to moderate/high wind blowing over short fetch).
The response of your ocean structure depends on the PERIOD as well as the height of the seastate. So you need to know the period range that applies to the sea area of your project.
The WAVE SCATTER DIAGRAM for the oilfield will show the range of wave periods associated with the significant wave height you are working with.
RE: seastates
However, from the understanding of significant wave height which is often assumed to be equal to H1/3, there exist a corresponding period for the wave distributions
(H1/3 is defined as the average height of the one-third highest waves and its corresponding period is TH1/3 average period of these waves)