RMS Reports and Technical Notes:
Sweetman, Bert, ``Airgap Analysis of Floating Structures subject to Random Seas: Prediction of Extremes using Diffraction Analysis versus Model Test Results,'' Report RMS-42 (Ph.D. Thesis), August 2001.
Carballo, Jorge Eduardo, ``Probabilistic Seismic Demand Analysis: Spectrum Matching and Design,'' Report RMS-41 (Ph.D. Thesis), July 2000.
Thráinsson, H., Kiremidjian, A.S., and Winterstein, S.R., ``Modeling of Earthquake Ground Motion in the Frequency Domain,'' Report No. RMS--40 (Ph.D. Thesis), RMS Program, Stanford University, May 2000.
Fitzwater, L.M. and Winterstein, S.R., ``Estimation of Extremes from Limited Time Histories: The Routine MAXFITS with Wind Turbine Examples,'' Report No. RMS--39, RMS Program, Stanford University, May 2000.
Manuel, L., Kashef, T. and Winterstein, S.R., ``Moment-Based Probability Modelling and Extreme Response Estimation: The FITS Route (Version 1.2)," Report No. RMS--38, RMS Program, Stanford University, May 1999.
Sweetman, B. and and Winterstein, S.R., ``Second-Order Random Ocean Waves: Prediction of Temporal and Spatial Variation from Fixed and Moving References: The WAVEMAKER Routine (Version 3.2)," Report No. RMS--37, RMS Program, Stanford University, May 1999.
de Jong, R., ``Prediction of Extreme Responses from Limited Data," Report No. RMS--36 (Engineer's Thesis), RMS Program, Stanford University, May 1999.
Shome, N., ``Probabilistic Seismic Demand Analysis of Nonlinear Structures," Report No. RMS--35 (Ph.D. Thesis), RMS Program, Stanford University, May 1999.
de Jong, P.R. and Winterstein, S.R., ``Probabilistic Models of Dynamic Response and Bootstrap-Based Estimates of Extremes: The Routine MAXFITS,'' Report No. RMS--34, RMS Program, Stanford University, June 1998.
Sweetman, B., Jha, A.K., and Winterstein, S.R., ``Second-Order Random Ocean Waves: Prediction of Temporal and Spatial Variation: The WAVEMAKER Routine,'' Report No. RMS--33, RMS Program, Stanford University, June 1998.
Engebretsen, K., and Winterstein, S.R., ``Probabilistic Specification of Metocean Criteria: Generating and Search N-Year Contours for Extreme Response Estimation: The HTCNTR, IFORM, and SURFIT Routines,'' Report No. RMS--32, RMS Program, Stanford University, June 1998.
Kashef, T., and Winterstein, S.R., ``Moment-Based Probability Modelling and Extreme Response Estimation: The FITS Routine,'' Report No. RMS--31, RMS Program, Stanford University, June 1998.
Engebretsen, K., and Winterstein, S.R., ``Probability-Based Design Loads and Responses of Floating Structures: Extreme Slow Drift and Tether Tension,'' Report No. RMS--30, RMS Program, Stanford University, June 1998.
Shome, N, Cornell, C.A., Bazzurro, P., and Carballo, J.E., ``Earthquakes, Records and Nonlinear MDOF Records,'' Report No. RMS--29, RMS Program, Stanford University, June 1997.
Kumar, S., and Winterstein, S.R., ``SURFIT: Using Moment Response Surfaces to Estimate Extreme Response from Wave, Wind, and Current,'' Report No. RMS--28, RMS Program, Stanford University, June 1997.
Jha, A.K., and Winterstein, S.R., ``CYCLES 2.0: Fatigue Reliability Models and Results for Wave and Wind Applications,'' Report No. RMS--27, RMS Program, Stanford University, June 1997.
Jha, A.K., and Winterstein, S.R., ``Nonlinear Ship Loads and Ship Fatigue Reliability,'' Report No. RMS--26, RMS Program, Stanford University, June 1997.
Jha, A.K., and Winterstein, S.R., ``Spar Floating Platform: Numerical Analysis and Comparison with Data,'' Report No. RMS--25, RMS Program, Stanford University, June 1997.
Jha, A.K., and Winterstein, S.R., ``Nonlinear Random Ocean Waves: Prediction and Comparison with Data,'' Report No. RMS--24, RMS Program, Stanford University, June 1997.
Torhaug, R., ``Extreme Response of Nonlinear Ocean Structures: Identification of Minimal Stochastic Wave Input for Time-Domain Simulation,'' Report No. RMS--23 (Ph.D. Thesis), RMS Program, Stanford University, July 1996.
Jha, A.K. and Winterstein, S.R., ``Wavemaker 2.0: Simulation and Identification of Second-Order Waves,'' Report No. RMS--22, RMS Program, Stanford University, July 1996.
Schmucker, D.G., ``Near-Failure Behavior of Jacket-Type Offshore Platforms Platforms in the Extreme Wave Environment,'' Report No. RMS--21 (Ph.D. Thesis), RMS Program, Stanford University, July 1996.
Ude, T.C. and Winterstein, S.R., ``Predicting Fatigue Damage Matrices for Floating Structures across Multiple Seastates: the DamMat Routine,'' Report No. RMS--20, RMS Program, Stanford University, July 1996.
Winterstein, S.R., ``The FITS Routine: Fitting Distributions to Multiple Databases and Estimating Combined Extremes,'' Report No. RMS--19, RMS Program, Stanford University, July 1996.
Ude, T.C., Kumar, S., and Winterstein, S.R., ``TFPOP 2.1: Stochastic Response Analysis of Floating Structures under Wind, Current, and Second-Order Wave Loads,'' Report No. RMS--18, RMS Program, Stanford University, July 1996.
Selected Reports Issued Pre-1996
Jha, A.K. and Winterstein, S.R., ``Second-Order Random Waves: Simulation in Time and Space," Report No. RMS--17, RMS Program, Stanford University, April 1995.
Ude, T.C., "Second-Order Load and Response Models for Floating Offshore Structures: Probabilistic Analysis and System Identification," Report No. RMS--16 (Ph.D. Thesis), RMS Program, Stanford University, December 1994.
Ude, T.C., "TFPOP: A Program for Analyzing Second-Order Load and Response Models for Offshore Structures," Report No. RMS--15, RMS Program, Stanford University, April 1994.
Winterstein, S.R., Lange, C.H., and Kumar, S., ``FITTING: A Subroutine to Fit Four-Moment Probability Distributions to Data,'' Report No. RMS--14, RMS Program, Stanford University, December 1994.
Lange, C.H. and Winterstein, S.R., ``Fatigue Reliability Formulation and Analysis," Report No. RMS--13, RMS Program, Stanford University, April 1994.
Manuel, Lancelot, ``A Study of the Nonlinearities, Dynamics, and Reliability of a Drag-Dominated Marine Structure," Report No. RMS-12 (Ph.D. thesis submitted 1993), RMS Program, Stanford University, 1994.
Marthinsen, T. ``On the Statistics of Irregular Second-Order Waves," Report No. RMS--11, RMS Program, Stanford University, April 1994.
Marthinsen, T. and Winterstein, S.R., ``TLP Springing Response: Reliability Against Extreme and Fatigue," Report No. RMS--10, RMS Program, Stanford University, April 1994.
Marthinsen, T. and Winterstein, S.R., ``Second-Order Load and Response Statistics for Tension-Leg Platforms," Report No. RMS--9, RMS Program, Stanford University, April 1994.
Inoue, T, "Seismic Hazard Analysis of Multi-Degree-Of-Freedom Structures," Report No. RMS--8, RMS Program, Stanford University, July 1990.
Karamchandani, A., "New Methods in Systems Reliability," Report No. RMS--7 (Ph.D. Thesis), RMS Program, Stanford University, May 1990.
De, Rabi S., "Offshore Structural System Reliability: Wave-Load Modeling, System Behavior, and Analysis," Report No. RMS--6 (Ph.D. Thesis), RMS Program, Stanford University, May 1990.
Haver, S.K., "On the Effects of a Joint Environmental Description and Uncertain Parameters on the Extreme of a Drag-Dominated Structure," Report No. RMS--5, RMS Program, Stanford University, August 1989.
Nordal, H., Cornell, C.A., and Karamchandani, A., "A Systems Reliability Case Study of an Eight-Leg Jacket Platform," Report No. RMS--3, RMS Program, Stanford University, May 1988.
Guenard, Y.F., "Application of System Reliability Analysis to Offshore Structures," Report No. RMS--1, RMS Program, Stanford University, May 1988.
Sweetman, B. and and Winterstein, S.R., ``Second-Order Random Ocean Waves: Translation to a Moving Reference Frame,'' Technical Note No. TN--5, RMS Program, Stanford University, July 1998
Manuel, L. and Winterstein, S.R., ``Estimation of Air Gap Statistics for Floating Structures,'' Technical Note No. TN--4, RMS Program, Stanford University, June 1998.
Ude, T.C. and Winterstein, S.R., ``IFORM: An Inverse-FORM Routine to Estimate Response Levels with Specified Return Periods,'' Technical Note No. TN--3, RMS Program, Stanford University, July 1996.
Kumar, S. and Winterstein, S.R., ``RVSIM: Analysis and Simulation of Non-Gaussian Processes," Technical Note No. TN--2, RMS Program, Stanford University, March 1993.
Ude, T.C., Jha, A., and Winterstein, S.R., ``QTSTAT: Statistics of Second-Order Systems. MAXMIN: Extremes of Non-Gaussian Processes," Technical Note No. TN--1, RMS Program, Stanford University, March 1993.