Hurricane wave height and forces--1: Design criteria overcorrected after Hurricane Hilda

Journal Article · Mon Sep 12 00:00:00 EDT 1983 · Oil Gas J.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6886310

Bea, R G

Storm waves are attenuated by a variety of processes as they propagate across the relatively shallow depths of the Texas and Louisiana continental shelf. Present shallow water wave force guidelines contained in API RP 2A (Fig. 1), were developed as simplified, judgment-based interpolation into water depths less than 300 ft. Shallow water design wave force levels adopted by many companies reflect the questionable adjustments made after many platform losses and significant damages incurred during Hurricane Hilda in 1964. Subsequent tests of the new generation of shallow water platforms by other hurricanes indicate acceptable performance of the structures. However, costs of these structures, as well as results of recent studies, indicate an overcorrection in the process of revising industry's shallow water design criteria after Hurricane Hilda.

• Research Organization: PMB Systems Eng, Inc., San Francisco, CA
• OSTI ID: 6886310
• Journal Information: Oil Gas J.; (United States), Vol. 81:37
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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