What does mean hindcast?
Magellan 2 Comments »it is used in this expression ‘ The Magellan was installed at the Franklin “eld at Block 29/5B on 23 January
1998. It was jacked up in close proximity to the Franklin. The elevated conditions of
the unit are summarised in Table 1.
For the above location, the hindcast extremes likely to be reached or exceeded once,
on average, for 10 and 50 year return periods are summarised in Table 2.’
and ‘With this soil pro”le a hind-cast bearing capacity analysis has been conducted for
the average 2.3m spudcan tip penetration.’
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