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The analysis and design of offshore structures necessitates the consideration of wave loads. Realistic modeling of wave loads is particularly important to ensure reliable performance of these structures. Among the available methods for the modeling of the extreme significant wave height on a statistical basis, the peak over threshold method has attracted most attention. This method employs Poisson process to characterize time-varying properties in the parameters of an extreme value distribution. In this paper, the peak over threshold method is reviewed and extended to account for subjectivity in the modeling. The freedom in selecting the threshold and the time span to separate extremes from the original time series data is incorporated as imprecision in the model. This leads to an extension from random variables to random sets in the probabilistic model for the extreme significant wave height. The extended model is also applied to different periods of the sampled data to evaluate the significance of the climatic conditions on the uncertainties of the parameters.
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Foundation item: The Singapore Ministry of Education AcRF Project under contract NTU ref: RF20/10.
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Zhang, Y., Lam, J.S.L. Non-conventional modeling of extreme significant wave height through random sets. Acta Oceanol. Sin. 33, 125–130 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131-014-0508-4
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