Ameryoun, H.; Schoefs, F.; Barillé, L.; Thomas, Y. Stochastic Modeling of Forces on Jacket-Type Offshore Structures Colonized by Marine Growth. J. Mar. Sci. Eng.2019, 7, 158.
Ameryoun, H.; Schoefs, F.; Barillé, L.; Thomas, Y. Stochastic Modeling of Forces on Jacket-Type Offshore Structures Colonized by Marine Growth. J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2019, 7, 158.
Ameryoun, H.; Schoefs, F.; Barillé, L.; Thomas, Y. Stochastic Modeling of Forces on Jacket-Type Offshore Structures Colonized by Marine Growth. J. Mar. Sci. Eng.2019, 7, 158.
Ameryoun, H.; Schoefs, F.; Barillé, L.; Thomas, Y. Stochastic Modeling of Forces on Jacket-Type Offshore Structures Colonized by Marine Growth. J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2019, 7, 158.
Abstract
The present paper deals with the stochastic modeling of bio-colonization for the computation of stochastic hydrodynamic loading on jacket-type offshore structures. It relies on a multidisciplinary study gathering biological and physical research fields that accounts of uncertainties at all the levels. Indeed, bio-colonization of offshore structures is a complex phenomenon with two major but distinct domains (i) marine biology whose processes are modeled with biomathematics methods and (ii) hydrodynamic processes. This paper aims to connect these two domains. It proposes a stochastic model for the marine organism’s growth and then continues with transfers for assessment of drag coefficient and forces probability density functions that accounts for marine growth evolution. A case study relies on the characteristics (growth and shape) of the blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) in northeastern Atlantic.
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