Design and Working Performance Evaluation of a Combined Survey Platform under Strong Wave and Deep-Water Conditions

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

This is a well-written paper containing interesting results which merit publication. For the benefit of the reader, however, a number of points need clarifying and certain statements require further justification. There are given below.

1. You have done a lot of calculations and simulations in Section 2.4, but you have not clarified the relationship between these studies and your improvement plan. Could you add some flexibility and explain the significance and necessity of these studies?

2.2.5 Chapter also has the same problem. You put forward a model unexpectedly, but did not explain to readers in detail what problem you proposed the model to solve. Is it possible to add some content to strengthen the connection between this chapter and the context?

3. You made the model and made detailed calculations in 2.63, but I think the assumption you put forward is worth noting, you assume that the pressure is evenly distributed on the half circle. Is this assumption too ideal for water flow? Does it have practical significance? Or do you have your own ideas about this? Please give some explanation.

4. For some of the Performance Evaluation, the reviewers are interested in the discussion on the article (Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(12), 7368; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19127368).

As you said, the way to improve the traditional measuring platform is to increase the platform rigidity or multiple measurements. I think the method you proposed is interesting and pioneering, but how much does it improve in terms of economy and accuracy compared with the traditional method? You can add a brief introduction to the article.

Author Response

Dear Reviewer：

First of all, thank you very much for taking time out of your busy schedule to read and revise my article. Your careful reading, helpful comments, and constructive suggestions, which has significantly improved the presentation of our manuscript entitled “Design and Working Performance Evaluation of a Combined Survey Platform under Strong Wave and Deep-water Conditions” (ID: sustainability-1942646).

We have carefully considered all your comments and revised our manuscript accordingly. The manuscript has also been double-checked, and the typos and grammar errors we found have been corrected. We hope to meet with approval. Revised portions are marked in red in the manuscript. We have uploaded the main corrections and responses to comments in the manuscript in the form of attachments. Please download and check.

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Reviewer 2 Report

This manuscript focuses on a combined survey platform suitable for the strong wave and deep-water conditions, and the performance evaluation of the platform is developed, which gives useful references for the design of the platform with the strong wave and deep-water conditions. It is an interesting investigation, and its subject is meaningful for improving the accuracy of sea-crossing elevation transfer under adverse sea conditions. This manuscript should be minor revision, relevant modification suggestions are as follow:

1. The abstract in the manuscript seems a bit lengthy. Please refine it.

2. Please provide higher quality for figures 1 and 3.

3. The results of the calculation are fully described in the manuscript, but the analysis should be improved.

4. The contents of lines 637-644 in the text are unnecessary and recommended to be omitted.

5. Line 501: "where, the maximum vertical angle of the platform is 32.4."—where the unit of 32.4 is missing.

Author Response

Dear Reviewer：

First of all, thank you very much for taking time out of your busy schedule to read and revise my article. Your careful reading, helpful comments, and constructive suggestions, which has significantly improved the presentation of our manuscript entitled “Design and Working Performance Evaluation of a Combined Survey Platform under Strong Wave and Deep-water Conditions” (ID: sustainability-1942646).

We have carefully considered all your comments and revised our manuscript accordingly. The manuscript has also been double-checked, and the typos and grammar errors we found have been corrected. We hope to meet with approval. Revised portions are marked in red in the manuscript. We have uploaded the main corrections and responses to comments in the manuscript in the form of attachments. Please download and check.

 I wish you happiness!

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

Reviewer 3 Report

Please find my comments from the attached document.

Comments for author File: Comments.pdf

Author Response

Dear Reviewer：

First of all, thank you very much for taking time out of your busy schedule to read and revise my article. Your careful reading, helpful comments, and constructive suggestions, which has significantly improved the presentation of our manuscript entitled “Design and Working Performance Evaluation of a Combined Survey Platform under Strong Wave and Deep-water Conditions” (ID: sustainability-1942646).

We have carefully considered all your comments and revised our manuscript accordingly. The manuscript has also been double-checked, and the typos and grammar errors we found have been corrected. We hope to meet with approval. Revised portions are marked in red in the manuscript. We have uploaded the main corrections and responses to comments in the manuscript in the form of attachments. Please download and check.

 I wish you happiness!

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

Round 2

Reviewer 3 Report

The authors have addressed all my questions. I am satisfied with the current version and believe it fits the publication requirements.