... INTRODUCTION The term ‘numerical model’ means different thing to different people. To a mathematician it provides a numerical solution to a problem which cannot be solved analytically; the numerical solution can be obtained to any required degree of accuracy-given sufficient computing power...

... basic data requued for the design of manne structures. The safety of the structures, as well as the possibhty of developmg an econormc design, rehes above all on the rehabllity and accuracy of the underlying design data. The growth m offshore activities through the 1970s and early 1980s has led...