3、tformJIANG Cai-xia, WANG Hui, HU Jia-jun, XU Chun(China Ship Scientific Research Center, Wuxi 214082, China)Abstract: Wave load as the most important load form of offshore platforms whole life, properly assess the wave loadson offshore platform safety i
4、s great significance. Wave load model tests and numerical calculation on a deepwater semi-sub-mersible platform were carried out with model scale ratio 1∶40. Using three-dimensional potential flow theory the numeric-al simulation of wave load for semi-s
5、ubmersible platform was calculated. The results show that this model test method canget real character of wave load, and the research results may be helpful for semi-submersible platform designer.Keywords: semi-submersible platform;wave load;model test0