Safer Operations at Sea - Supported by Operational Simulations (SOS-SOS)

安全是海上运营商的首要考虑因素。包括石油和天然气勘探/生产、海洋可再生能源和航运在内的近海工业必须遵守考虑到恶劣工作环境对结构和船舶的影响的行业条例。该项目的主要目的是确定一个合理和实用的数据查询程序，以便在结构分析中包括真实的波浪和海流，沿着风和海冰条件。该项目将物理海洋学和流体结构相互作用的数学结合起来，以解决在各种近海环境中选择的结构和船舶上可能的极端载荷。这种综合方法需要协同和协作的努力，在这里提出的，与工业合作伙伴关系的海洋咨询和安全。大量的和不同的数据集用于此分析是从国家的最先进的海洋和波浪模型，在后报和预测模式下运行。我们将使用来自具有“高到非常高”空间分辨率的模型的数据，以高时间频率（每小时到每天）采样，以捕获结构和船舶上的极端力。我们的创新分析将完善结构完整性的评估，这是船舶和海洋结构物船级社特别感兴趣的问题。在开发海洋和波浪预报数据的吞吐量和使用方面，这些评估也可能用于实时海上作业，我们将开发这一能力。总之，我们将整合各种环境中海流、潮汐和波浪的高质量后报和预报，包括高纬度海冰的影响。通过这种方式，我们将为海上结构物和船舶所经历的力和环境条件提供最好的建议，用于分类和操作目的。

Safety is a paramount consideration for offshore operators. Offshore industries, including oil and gas exploration/production, marine renewable energy and shipping, must abide by industry regulations that take into account the effects of a hostile working environment on structures and ships. The principal aim of this project is to identify a rational and practical data interrogation procedure so that realistic waves and currents can be included, along with winds and sea ice conditions, in structural analysis.This project brings together physical oceanography and the mathematics of fluid structure interaction, to address the likely extreme loads on a selection of structures and ships, in a wide range of offshore environments. This integrated approach requires a synergistic and collaborative effort proposed here, in partnership with industrial partners concerned with marine advice and safety.The substantial and varied datasets to be used for this analysis are obtained from state-of-the-art ocean and wave models, running in both hindcast and forecast mode. We will use data from models with "high to very high" spatial resolution, sampled at high time frequency (ranging hourly to daily), in order to capture extreme forces on structures and ships. Our innovative analysis will refine assessments of structural integrity, a matter of specific interest to ship and offshore structure classification societies. In developing the throughput and use of ocean and wave forecast data, these assessments may also be of use in real-time offshore operations, and we will develop this capability.In summary, we will integrate high-quality hindcasts and forecasts of ocean currents, tides and waves, in a variety of environments, including the effects of sea ice in high latitudes. In this way, we will provide the best possible advice on forces and environmental conditions experienced by offshore structures and ships, for both classification and operational purposes.