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Probability Analysis of the Wave-Slamming Pressure Values of the Horizontal Deck with Elastic Support

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This paper presents the probability distribution of the slamming pressure from an experimental study of regular wave slamming on an elastically supported horizontal deck. The time series of the slamming pressure during the wave impact were first obtained through statistical analyses on experimental data. The exceeding probability distribution of the maximum slamming pressure peak and distribution parameters were analyzed, and the results show that the exceeding probability distribution of the maximum slamming pressure peak accords with the three-parameter Weibull distribution. Furthermore, the range and relationships of the distribution parameters were studied. The sum of the location parameter D and the scale parameter L was approximately equal to 1.0, and the exceeding probability was more than 36.79% when the random peak was equal to the sample average during the wave impact. The variation of the distribution parameters and slamming pressure under different model conditions were comprehensively presented, and the parameter values of the Weibull distribution of wave-slamming pressure peaks were different due to different test models. The parameter values were found to decrease due to the increased stiffness of the elastic support. The damage criterion of the structure model caused by the wave impact was initially discussed, and the structure model was destroyed when the average slamming time was greater than a certain value during the duration of the wave impact. The conclusions of the experimental study were then described.

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The authors would like to acknowledge the support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51579103 and 51709118), the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. 2017M612669), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. 2017 BQ089), the Key Scientific Research Projects in Henan Province (No. 18B570005), and the Open Research Foundation of Key Laboratory of the Pearl River Estuarine Dynamics and Associated Process Regulation, Ministry of Water Resources ([2017]KJ01).

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    Weiguang Zuo & Pengtao Wang

  2. CCCC First Harbor Engineering Company Ltd., Tianjin, 300461, China

    Ming Liu

  3. South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China

    Tianhui Fan

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Zuo, W., Liu, M., Fan, T. et al. Probability Analysis of the Wave-Slamming Pressure Values of the Horizontal Deck with Elastic Support. J. Ocean Univ. China 17, 507–515 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11802-018-3356-6

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