Wave and current forces on fixed offshore structures

Abstract

The Canadian Standards Association standard S471 "General requirements, design criteria, environment, and loads, Part 1 of the CSA code for the design, construction and installation of fixed offshore structures" contains an appendix "Wave and current loads." To compliment this appendix, the present paper provides a more detailed survey of this topic with a review of the recent literature and recommendations of hydrodynamic data needed in offshore design. In addition, hydrodynamic considerations in the calculation of earthquake and ice loads are mentioned. Key words: currents, current forces, hydrodynamics, ocean engineering, offshore structures, waves, wave forces.