Dynamic Stability Analysis of Caisson Breakwater in Lifetime Considering the Annual Frequency of Severe Storm

In the dynamic stability analysis of a caisson breakwater, most of current studies pay attention to the motion characteristics of caisson breakwaters under a single periodical breaking wave excitation. And in the lifetime stability analysis of caisson breakwater, it is assumed that the caisson breakwater suffers storm wave excitation once annually in the design lifetime. However, the number of annual severe storm occurrence is a random variable. In this paper, a series of random waves are generated by the Wen Sheng-chang wave spectrum, and the histories of successive and long-term random wave forces are built up by using the improved Goda wave force model. It is assumed that the number of annual severe storm occurrence is in the Poisson distribution over the 50-year design lifetime, and the history of random wave excitation is generated for each storm by the wave spectrum. The response histories of the caisson breakwater to the random waves over 50-year design lifetime are calculated and taken as a set of samples. On the basis of the Monte Carlo simulation technique, a large number of samples can be obtained, and the probability assessment of the safety of the breakwater during the complete design lifetime is obtained by statistical analysis of a large number of samples. Finally, the procedure of probability assessment of the breakwater safety is illustrated by an example.

Passive sonar identification (Ⅱ): Stability and uniqueness of line spectrum

This series of papers deal with vessel recoghtion. This paper is the second of the paper series. It focuses on how to memorize the stable features of line spectrum of specific vessels by using line spectrum pattern plate and on related problems. This paper examines the analyzing parameters of line spectrum: average times, time length and their impact on the occurrence of stable lines. It compares the impact of two dtherellt average times on the occurrence of stable lines (occurrence ratio > 70%) and unstable lines, and shows that it takes longer time span for average when stable lines for recoghtion are used. Moreover, the paper discusses the statistic methods of establishing line spectrum pattern plate usihg stable lines,including the definition of stability and related para-meters. The stability of line spectrum and the uniqueness of stable lines are investigated in over 1000 samples gathered from 43 vessels in 65 operating conditions (with an original recording time of 3.5 hours). The results demonstrate the statistical implication of such uniqueness. The average overlapping ratio is 5 %; the proportion of vessels without stable lines is 8 %. Studies also show that the richness of line spectrums is not an identifying feature, distinguishing type A vessels from type B vessels