Marine environment and its impact on the design of ships and marine structures. Discussion. Author's closure

This paper presents a state-of-the-art summary of information on environmental conditions (wind, waves and currents) relevant to the design and safe operation of ships and marine structures. With increasing application of stochastic prediction techniques in evaluating responses of marine systems for design, results of the author's recent study on stochastic properties and prediction of severe environment pertinent to design application are presented. Included also are presently existing useful information and methodologies for providing a uniform source of information.