Unified Equivalent Harmonic Loading on Seabed Soil Foundation for Random Ocean Wave Loading

According to laboratory tests and theoritical analysis a concept of unified equivalent harmonic wave loading is suggested and disscussed in this paper, which may be proved to be more reasonable and widely applicable in offshore foundation engineering. A proving test has also been completed, in which the random wave loading and the corresponding unified equivalent loading were respectively applied on soil samples. The test results show that the equivalent effect is satisfactory.