Statistical Analysis of Ocean Environmental Conditions With PTGEVD

Poisson Trivariate Gumbel Extreme Value Distribution (PTGEVD), a multivariate from of the Compound Extreme Value Distribution, is presented to solve for the ocean environmental design criteria in this paper. The proposed model is combined with a discrete distribution of storm frequency and a continuous trivariate extreme value distribution of environmental conditions simultaneously occurred in storm processes. Different from traditional univariate design method, the proposed design method with PTGEVD can reflect the combined effect of multi-loads on offshore structures and result in reasonable reduction of the design criteria. Validated with the synchronically measured significant wave heights, wind speeds and current velocities of 20 typhoon processes, PTGEVD model shows that it is easy to be applied and has considerable economic potential in the exploitation of ocean oil and gas, especially for marginal field.