Abstract
This paper presents the methodology and key findings of a study into the wave loads generated on a typical jack-up structure, if the air-gap provision is eroded, and its resulting dynamic response to storm loading when inundation occurs. The effects of structural response to previous waves, foundation modelling complexity and hull inundation levels on maximum structural response to wave-in-deck loading were assessed by performing a number of short-duration time-domain analyses. A principal finding of the study was that large horizontal and vertical wave-in-deck loads are generated during inundation, and that the jack-up effectively reacts statically to the vertical loading. In addition, the complexity of the foundation modelling technique used has a very significant effect on predicted response, with coupled, non-linear foundation springs increasing horizontal response by 50% over the linear foundation case.
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