TY - JOUR T1 - Sea state conditions for marine structures' analysis and model tests A1 - Bitner-Gregersen,Elzbieta M. A1 - Dong,Sheng A1 - Fu,Thomas A1 - Ma,Ning A1 - Maisondieu,Christophe A1 - Miyake,Ryuji A1 - Rychlik,Igor AD - DNV GL Strateg Res & Innovat, N-1322 Hovik, Norway. AD - Ocean Univ China, Qingdao, Peoples R China. AD - Off Naval Res, Arlington, VA 22217 USA. AD - Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ, Shanghai 200030, Peoples R China. AD - IFREMER, Brest, France. AD - ClassNK, Tokyo, Japan. AD - Chalmers, Dept Math Sci, S-41296 Gothenburg, Sweden. UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2016.03.024 DO - 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2016.03.024 KW - Uncertainties KW - Wave data and models KW - Design and operations of marine structures N2 - The study reviews, based on the state-of-the-art findings, some uncertainties associated with wave data and models currently used in design and operation procedures of ship and offshore structures. Although the same basic principles prevail for hydrodynamic loads on ships and offshore structures, actual problems and methods for assessing these loads in the design and operation stage are not the same. Different wave data and models are used for specifying design and operational criteria for these two types of platforms and different uncertainties are related to them. Wave data and models used to define sea state characteristics are discussed and particular attention is given to the associated sources of uncertainties. Some weaknesses of wave input used in design and operational procedures for marine structures are pointed out. Focus is also given on uncertainties related to model tests as tank testing is an important supporting tool for design and operation. Impact of some selected uncertainties on wave description and wave loads is demonstrated by examples. Y1 - 2016/06 PB - Pergamon-elsevier Science Ltd JF - Ocean Engineering SN - 0029-8018 VL - 119 SP - 309 EP - 322 ID - 43514 ER -