OPTIMUM ENVIRONMENTAL LOAD DESIGN CRITERION FOR MARINE STRUCTURES BASED ON INVESTMENT AND BENEFIT ANALYSIS

Authors
ZHANG SH YU YF LI BX
Citation
Sh. Zhang et al., OPTIMUM ENVIRONMENTAL LOAD DESIGN CRITERION FOR MARINE STRUCTURES BASED ON INVESTMENT AND BENEFIT ANALYSIS, China Ocean engineering, 12(2), 1998, pp. 235-242
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Civil","Water Resources","Engineering, Marine","Engineering, Mechanical
Journal title
China Ocean engineering → ACNP
ISSN journal
08905487
Volume
12
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
235 - 242
Database
ISI
SICI code
0890-5487(1998)12:2<235:OELDCF>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
Marine structures operating in natural ocean environment are subjected to various stochastic loads. For design of the marine structures, the most important task is to determine environmental load design criteri on. This paper presents a method to determine the optimum environmenta l load design criterion for marine structures. This method is based on the investment and benefit analysis and it can reach the design purpo se of decreasing total costs during the service life of the structures and increasing economic benefits.