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Multivariate stochastic wave generation

Mario Di PaolaAurora Angela Pisano

subject

Multivariate statisticsMatrix (mathematics)Coherent waveField (physics)Stochastic processProcess (computing)CalculusSpectral densityOcean EngineeringStatistical physicsEigenvalues and eigenvectorsMathematics

description

Abstract In this paper, for the case of the fluid particle velocity, a procedure that substantially reduces the computational effort to generate a multivariate stochastic process is proposed. It is shown that, for a fully coherent wave field, it is possible to decompose the Power Spectral Density (PSD) matrix into the eigenvectors of the matrix itself. This leads to generate each field's process as independent, and the time generation increases linearly with the processes' number in the field. A numerical example to evaluate the statistical properties, in terms of correlation and cross-correlation functions, of the processes is also presented.

https://doi.org/10.1016/s0141-1187(97)00003-5