The Proceedings of
The Seventeenth (2007) International
OFFSHORE AND POLAR ENGINEERING
CONFERENCE

Lisbon, Portugal, July 1-6, 2007

 VOLUMES 1~4, 2007



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International Society of
Offshore and Polar Engineers

The Proceedings of
The Seventeenth (2007) International
OFFSHORE AND POLAR
ENGINEERING CONFERENCE

Lisbon, Portugal

VOLUME I, 2007

OCEAN AND ARCTIC INDUSTRY REVIEW, OFFSHORE MECHANICS AND TECHNOLOGY (RISK-BASED DESIGN, LNG AND TERMINAL, SUBSEA TECHNOLOGY, FPSO, VLFS, TLP AND OFFSHORE SYSTEMS)

OCEAN AND OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY (TIDAL ENERGY & OTEC, OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY, WAVE ENERGY)

OCEAN AND POLAR ENVIRONMENT (OIL SPILL & DIFFUSION, COASTAL & BAY ENVIRONMENT,  ENVIRONMENT & NUMERICAL MODELING)

ARCTIC ICE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (BARENTS SEA & FORECASTING, ARCTIC & ANTARCTIC SHIPPING, ICE ENVIRONMENT, ICE & ARCTIC SYSTEMS)

7TH ISOPE OCEAN-MINING (& GAS HYDRATES SYMPOSIUM (See ISBN 978-1-880653-69-2)

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Seok Won Hong, Maritime and Ocean Engineering Research Institute, Daejeon, Korea

Shuichi Nagata, Saga University, Saga, Japan

Antonio J.N.A. Sarmento, IST, Lisbon Technical University, Lisbon, Portugal

Wataru Koterayama, Kyushu University, Kasuga, Japan

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CONTENT

OCEAN AND ARCTIC INDUSTRY REVIEW

Ormen Lange Offshore Project Subsea Development Strategy and Execution

Trond Eklund and Gunnar Paulsen

1

Eurocode 8 … Design for Earthquake Resistance of Foundations

Pedro Simao Seco e Pinto

9

PLENARY PAPERS

Dredging Technology and the Environment in Europe

William Frans Van Impe

20

Offshore Wind Energy in Europe - Actual Situation and Future Developments

Torsten Faber

28

OFFSHORE MECHANICS AND TECHNOLOGY

RISK-BASED DESIGN

Joint distributions of Wind/Waves/Current in West Africa and derivation of multivariate extreme I-FORM contours

R. Nerzic, C. Frelin, M. Prevosto and V. Quiniou-Ramus

36

Simulation of a Moored FPSO in West Africa by Direct Simulation Approach and Response Surface Models

E. Fontaine, A. Ledoux and S. Le Guennec

43

Reliability and Response Based Design of a Moored FPSO in West Africa Using Multivariate Environmental Contours and Response Surfaces

P. Orsero, E. Fontaine and V. Quiniou

51

Multi-variate I-FORM contours for the design of offshore structures (Practical methodology and application to a West Africa FPSO)

Michel François, Claude Camps, Juan Alvarez and Valérie Quiniou

59

Wave Height is Not the Whole Story

Peter W. Marshall

69

Study on the Typhoon Disaster and Design Criteria in China for Offshore and Coastal Structures

Defu Liu, Ping Li, Liang Pang, Botao Xie and Yan Huang

76

Sensitivity approach for modeling stochastic Field of Keulegan Carpenter and Reynolds number through a matrix response surface

Franck Schoefs and Morgan L. Boukinda

81

LNG AND TERMINAL

Insights Into Tuning of Equations of State Models of Natural Gas (LNG & CNG) and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Bearing Petroleum Reservoir Fluids

Abhijit Y. Dandekar and Shirish L. Patil

89

Operational Challenges in Transportation of Diverse Hydrocarbon Liquids: Commingled Flow of Gasto-Liquids (GTL) Products, Conventional Alaska North Slope (ANS) Crude and Heavy Crude through the Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS)

Abhijit Y. Dandekar, Chidiebere G. Igbokwe, Shirish L. Patil, Godwin A. Chukwu and Santanu Khataniar

97

SUBSEA TECHNOLOGY

Subsea Pipeline Intervention in the Barents Sea

Svein Harald Såtendal, Roar Laug and Ove Oaland

104

IRIS - A vision system to reconstruct natural deep-sea scenes in 3D

A-G. Allais, V. Brandou, S. Dentrecolas, J-P. Gilliotte and  M. Perrier

111

Feasibility study of the deployment and operation of coiled tubing using a subsea lubricator and dynamically positioned work vessel

Andrew R. I. Sinclair and Brad Stappenbelt

119

Small hybrid vehicles for jellyfishes survey in midwater

Hiroshi Yoshida, Dhugal J. Lindsay, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Satoshi Tsukioka, Takuya Shimura and Shojiro Ishibashi

127

FPSO, VLFS, TLP AND OFFSHORE SYSTEMS 1

Experimental investigation of the hydrodynamic characteristics of a novel column design for semi-submersible platforms

Thomas Sauder and Torgeir Moan

132

FOURSTAR: A Novel Battered Column TLP Concept

Neil Williams, Homayoun Heidari, Sean Large, Nagaraju Rangaraju and Jim Byrne

138

Parametric Motion Responses for Deep Draft Production Units

Erik Pettersen and Ulla E. Machado-Damhaug

144

Requalification Process for Existing Platforms Conclusions Depend on Understanding of Interactive Parameters

Cuneyt Capanoglu and Steve Coombs

152

Feasibility of Deepwater Drilling in South China Sea by Applying ABS unit

Yongfeng Guo, Shaojun Ji and Changquan Tang

161

FPSO, VLFS, TLP AND OFFSHORE SYSTEMS 2

An Introduction to Design, Construction and Installation of SABLE Tier II Compression Platform in Canada

Sung-Geun Hong, Young-Suk Mun, Jang-Ryong Shin, Hyeong-Seung Nam and Yun-Kil Shin

165

A Damage Detection Algorithm Based on Partial Measurement for Offshore Jacket Platforms

Xiang Shi, Tetsuya Matsui, Hua Jun Li and Chen Gong

171

Study on Random Seismic Responses of Jacket Platforms

Xiao-shuang Han, Jun Ma, De-you Zhao and Bo Zhou

180

Settlement Prediction in a Soft Clay Deposit Using Back-Analysis MVSTRM’T

Hyun-Il Park, Daejin Hwang, Sung-Hyun Sim, Sang-Jin Jeong and Hyung-Sub Kim

184

FPSO, VLFS, TLP AND OFFSHORE SYSTEMS 3

Tension Leg Platform Response to Earthquake in Gulf of Mexico

Dr. Oriol Rijken and Dr. Steven Leverette

190

Probabilistically-robust nonlinear control of offshore structures

Alexandros A. Taflanidis, Demos C. Angelides and James L. Beck

194

Parametric Studies of Tension Leg Platform with Large Amplitude Motions

Xiaohui Zeng, Jiayue Liu, Yang Liu and Yingxiang Wu

202

Vibration Absorbers for Deepwater TLP's

Michael W. Spillane, Oriol R. Rijken and Steven J. Leverette

210

FPSO, VLFS, TLP AND OFFSHORE SYSTEMS 4

Estimation of Current Loads on Side-by-Side Moored Two Vessels

Rae H. Yuck, Moon K. Park and Hang S. Choi

218

Hydrodynamic Interaction Forces and Moments of Two Floating Units Loading and Offloading In Waves In Shallow Water and Deep Water

Lin Li

223

Time Domain Analysis on Hydroelastic Response of VLFS Considering Horizontal Motion

Jo Hyun Kyoung, Sa Young Hong and Byoung Wan Kim

231

Automated Development of Floating Offshore Structures in Deepwater with Verified Global Performances by Coupled Analysis

June Young Lee and Guenther F. Clauss

237

Experimental Study of Dynamic Hydrocyclonic Separators

Lixin Zhao, Minghu Jiang, Feng Li and Yong Zhang

245

FPSO, VLFS, TLP AND OFFSHORE SYSTEMS 5

Structural Analysis of Riser I-tube Connection Details of FPSO

Sung-Ryng Jung, Jin-Tae Kim and Man-Soo Kim

250

Global and Local Structural Analyses by Dynamic Loading Approach for AGBAMI FPSO Hull and Topside Interface Structures

Seock-Hee. Jun, Seung-Han. Moon, Jae-Yeol. Lee, Kwang-Seok. Kim, Jung-Hum. Yeun, Joong-Kyoo. Kang, Jin-Tae. Kim and Joo-Ho. Heo

258

The Exact Solutions of Tower-Yoke Mooring Systems

Yonghui (Allen) Liu

264

Impact-absorbing Capacity of Improved Ship-collision Protectors for FPSO

G. S. Kim, Y. S. Jang and D. D. Lee

270

Heading Analysis of Weathervaning Floating Structures: Why, how and where to make the best of them

Cedric Morandini and Jun Wong

276

OCEAN AND OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY

TIDAL ENERGY & OTEC

Comparison between Kalina Cycle and Conventional OTEC System using Ammonia-Water Mixtures as Working Fluid

Hiroyuki ASOU, Takeshi YASUNAGA and Yasuyuki IKEGAMI

284

Output Characteristics of Power Generation System from Tidal Currents for a Navigation Buoy

Mitsuhiro SHIONO, Kazuhisa NAOI and Katsuyuki SUZUKI

288

Tidal Power Generation System Appropriate for Boarding on a Floating Buoy

D. Tanaka, T. Kanemoto, A. Inagaki and  S. Oba

293

A Study on Effectiveness of Straight-wing Vertical-axis Hydro Turbine Generation System in the Tidal Current

Tadashi Toriif, Hiroshi Ookubo, Makoto Yamane, Keita Sagara, Kazuichi Seki and Kinji Sekita

297

Interaction of Multi Arrayed Current Power Generations

Chul-Hee Jo, Kwan-Kyu Park and Sung Woo Im

302

Hydrodynamic Power Optimization of a Horizontal Axis Marine Current Turbine with Lifting Line Theory

Jose A. C. Falcao de Campos

307

UBC Numerical Investigation of Vertical Axis Tidal Turbine: RANS CFD and Potential Flow

Ye Li, Yasser Nabavi, Mahmoud Alidadi, Voytek R. Klaptocz, G. William Rawlings and Sander M. Calisal

314

OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY

Geotechnical Design of Piles supporting Foundation Structures for Offshore Wind Energy Converters

Martin Achmus, Khalid Abdel-Rahman and Florian tom Wörden

322

Analysis of Offshore Wind Turbines with Jacket Structures

Kimon Argyriadis, Marcus Klose

328

Steel solutions for the construction of offshore wind energy plants

Hermann Lücken, Andreas Kern and Udo Schriever

335

Design of Large Diameter Hybrid Connections Grouted with High Performance Concrete

Peter Schaumann and Fabian Wilke

340

A Study on A Semi-Submersible Floating Offshore Wind Energy Conversion System

K. Shimada, T. Ohyama, M. Miyakawa, T. Ishihara, P.V. Phuc and H. Sukegawa

348

Concepts for fatigue design of welds improved by high frequency peening methods

Thomas Ummenhofer and Imke C. Weich

356

Intelligent Wind Turbine Generator with Tandem Rotors Applicable to Offshore Wind Farm: Characteristics of Peculiar Generator, and Performance of Three Dimensional Blades

Toshiaki Kanemoto, Ahmed Mohamed Galal, Kota Ikeda, Hiromi Mitarai and Koichi Kubo

363

WAVE ENERGY

Transverse Array Structures for Wave Energy Conversion

A.J. Caska and T.D. Finnigan

369

Numerical modelling of wave energy absorption by a floating point absorber system

G. De Backer, M. Vantorre, R. Banasiak, C. Beels and J. De Rouck

374

Modeling, Design and Testing of a Two-Body Heaving Wave Energy Converter

Scott J. Beatty, Bradley J. Buckham and Peter Wild

380

Short term wave forecasting, using digital filters, for improved control of Wave Energy Converters

J. Tedd and P. Frigaard

388

Material Selection for the Next Generation Wave Energy Extraction Impulse Turbine

A. Sahed, J. Jarvis, A.Thakker and M. Buggy

395

Energy-Loss Assessment for OWC Wave Power Systems in Off-Design Working Conditions

A. C. Mendes and W. M. L. Monteiro.

401

Segmented small oscillating water columns using in-line Savonius rotors

David G. Dorrell, Min-Fu Hsieh and William Fillet

407

Influence of wave spectrum spreading on the production of the SEAREV wave energy converter.

J-C Gilloteaux, A Babarit and A.H Clément.

415

A Refined Model for Float Type Energy Conversion Device

Kesayoshi Hadano, Pallav Koirala, Kimihiko Nakano and Kunihiro Ikegami

421

Effects of Shape Parameters of OWC Chamber in Wave Energy Absorption

Keyyong Hong, Seung-Ho Shin, Do-Chun Hong, Hark-Sun Choi and Seok-Won Hong

428

Effects of Location and Shape of OWC-Chamber on the Hydroelastic Response of VLFS

Sa Young Hong and Jo Hyun Kyoung

434

Sensitivity of an Axisymmetrical Wave Energy Converter to Spectral Bandwidth

Jean-Baptiste M. G. Saulnier, Teresa Pontes, Pierpaolo Ricci and António F. de O. Falcão

439

Full-scale Data Assessment in OWC Pico Plant

A. Brito-Melo, F. Neumann and A.J.N.A. Sarmento

447

Large scale mooring line experiments and comparison with a fully dynamic simulation program with importance to WEC installation

Lars Johanning, George H. Smith and Colin Bullen

455

Ocean Energy Systems Implementing Agreement: An International Collaborative Programme

A. Brito-Melo, G. Bhuyan, K. Nielsen, K. Polaski, T. Pontes and G. Shanahan

463

Comparative study of baseline environmental studies in offshore renewable energies

C. Huertas-Olivares, I. Russell, S. Patricio, F. Neumann and A. Sarmento

467

Experimental Research on Primary Conversion of a Floating OWC "Backward Bent Duct Buoy"

Shuichi Nagata, Kazutaka Toyota, Yasutaka Imai, Toshiaki Setoguchi, Yusaku Kyozuka and Yoshio Masuda

475

A Study on Motion of a BBDB Type OWC Wave Energy Device considering Pneumatic Damping Coefficients in the Duct

Jin-Ha Kim, Jae-Moon Lew, Do-Chun Hong, Young-Sik Kim, Hark-Sun Choi and Seok-Won Hong

483

Experimental and Numerical Study of Spar Buoy-magnet/spring Oscillators Used as Wave Energy Absorbers

Annette R. Grilli, Jon Merrill, Stephan T. Grilli, Malcolm L. Spaulding and Jeffrey T. Cheung

489

Influence of buoyancy control performance on power production by the Wave Dragon Nissum Bredning Prototype

J. P. Kofoed, J. Tedd, E. Friis-Madsen and M. Nimskov

497

Reactive control and phase and amplitude control applied to the Archimedes Wave Swing

D. Valério, P. Beirão and J. Sá da Costa

505

Thermal modelling of the Archimedes Wave Swing

P. Beirao, D. Valerio and J. Sa da Costa

513

OCEAN AND POLAR ENVIRONMENT

OIL SPILL AND DIFFUSION

Experimental Study on MHD Oil Separation from Oil-contaminated Seawater using High Field Superconducting Magnet

Yan Peng, Ciwen Sha, Guoyan Zhang, Linzhi Zhao, Ran Li, Yuyu Xu, Zuowei Lin, Aiwu Peng, Minoru Takeda and Satoshi Nakagawa

521

A New Technique for the Treatment of Fine Particle Sludge in Oilfield Sedimentation Equipments

Yong Zhang, Minghu Jiang and Lixin Zhao

526

An Evaluation of Dispersion Characteristics through a Sandy Mud Soil Layer

K. Inoue, T. Kawabata, K. Uchida and T. Tanaka

530

A Study on Control of a Spilled Oil Chasing Autonomous Buoy

Hidetaka Senga, Naomi Kato, Asuka Ito, Tomoyuki Miyagawa, Hiroki Niou, Muneo Yoshie, Isamu Fujita and Hideyuki Omori

538

Oil Spill Modeling Using 3D Cellular Automata for Coastal Waters

Shiahn-wern Shyue, Hung-chun Sung, and Yung-fang Chiu

546

Research on Velocity Field of Three Cubed Curve Style Hydrocyclone

Minghu Jiang and Yong Zhang

554

COASTAL AND BAY ENVIRONMENT

Laboratory Investigation of Deterioration and Natural Remediation of the Ariake Sea Tidal Flat Mud Caused by the Sea Laver Treatment Practice and Upward Seawater Seepage

YanJun Du, Shigenori Hayashi, Daisuge Suetsugu and MD. Azizul Moqsud

558

Assessment of Temperature Profile in Contaminated Tidal Flat in the Ariake Sea, Japan

M.A.Moqsud, S.Hayashi, Y.J.Du and D.Suetsugu

564

An Exploration of Geoenvironmental Condition of the Ariake Sea, Japan

M. A. Moqsud, S.Hayashi, Y.J. Du, D.Suetsugu, S. Tanaka and Y. Shimoda

568

A Simple Estimation Diagram for Deposition Configurations of Earth/Sand Dumped from Barges

Eiji Yauchi

572

A study of the statistics of sea clutter in the northern coast of Taiwan

John Z. Yim, Chung-Ren Chou and W.-K. Wong

579

ENVIRONMENT AND NUMERICAL MODELING

Numerical Simulations of Heated and Concentrated Brine Discharge from the Power Plant

Ya Jie. Wu, Ning. Mei, Yan. Li, and  Bing Chen. Liang

584

GIS processing of AVHRR/HRPT data on a research vessel

Yasutaka Imai, Kimiaki Kudo, Shuichi Nagata and Kazutaka Toyota

592

A Prediction of Human Impacts of Seashell-digging on the Ecosystem in a Tideland Park

Motohiko Murai, Susumu Fujiwara, Ryoichi Yamanaka and Yoshiyuki Inoue

596

A Study on the ENSO Effects on the Sea Level of the Java Sea Using the Time Lag Analysis and an Oceanic General Circulation Model

Ibnu, Katsutoshi Kozai, and Teruo Ohsawa

604

Stability Study on Salt Fingers Convection under the Effect of Coriolis Force

Hwung-Hweng Hwung and Ray-Yeng Yang

611

ICE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

BARENTS SEA AND ICE FORECASTING

Conditions for formation of extremely severe ice seasons in the Barents Sea in the second part of the XX century

G. K. Zubakin, L.I. Eide, I.V. Buzin, A. A. Lebedev and V. V. Ivanov

617

Flexural Strength of Drifting Level First-year Ice in the Barents Sea

Nina A. Krupina and Nickolay V. Kubyshkin

625

Iceberg Drift in the Barents Sea According to the Observation Data and Simulation Results

Nicolay Ye. Dmitriev and Alexander V. Nesterov

633

Offshore Arctic Data Collaboration (OADC)

Morten Wiencke and Kjell-Are Vassmyr

639

Modeling the Annual Variation of Sea-Ice Cover in Baffin Bay

Charles C.L. Tang and Ewa Dunlap

646

An Operational Iceberg Deterioration Model

Ivana Kubat, Mohamed Sayed, Stuart B. Savage, Tom Carrieres and Greg Crocker

652

Ice Model Tests of a Caisson Platform in Shallow Water

E.B. Karulin, M.M. Karulina and L.B. Blagovidov

658

ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC SHIPPING

A Conceptual Design of MOERI's Ice Model Basin

Chun-Ju Lee, Michael Lau, Jung-Yong Wang, Hae-Seung Ahn, Young-Yeon Lee, Jae-Hoon Yoo and Hark-Sun Choi

664

Canadian Arctic Escape, Evacuation, and Rescue Standards

Ernst A. Radloff and Frank G. Bercha

668

Investigation of Anti-freezing Mechanisms of an Air Bubbling System for Ballast Tanks Using Variable Specific Heat Coefficient

Myung-jun Koo, Jae-woong Choi, Keun-hae Koo, Mun-keun Ha, Jin-hwan Jeon and Jong-hyun Kim

676

ICE ENVIRONMENT

Minimum Thickness for Ice Dome Subjected to a Human Live Load

Tsutomu Kokawa

682

Environmental Impact of Oil and Gas Production in the Russian Arctic

V. I. Pavlenko and E. K. Glukhareva

689

Wind Tunnel Study of the Electro-Thermal De-Icing of Wind Turbine Blades

C. Mayer, A. Ilinca, G. Fortin and J. Perron

693

Dependence of Microwave Radiative Transfer Process in a Snow Layer on Thickness and Density

Yasunori Sasaki, Shin'ya Kakuta and Vladimir K. Pavlov

700

Distribution of Ice Cover in the Northern Part of the Pacific Ocean

Lev P. Yakunin

706

ICE AND ARCTIC SYSTEMS

Arctic Crude Oil Transportation System Development

Aleksandr Iyerusalimskiy, Gregory Dean Davis, Alexander G. Suvorov, Valery V. Kravchenko and Sergey P. Petrov

710

Concept of Ice-resistant Production Platform on Gravity Base Substructure for 70 – 80 m Water Depth

A.A. Malyutin and S.L. Karlinsky

716

Generalized Mathematical Model of Extreme Ice Loads on Offshore Engineering Structures in Frozen Seas

Alexander T. Bekker, Olga A. Sabodash, and Oleg A. Shubin

723

The ups and downs in developing an under-ice moored profiler called the ICYCLER

Simon Prinsenberg, Roger Pettipas, George A. Fowler and Greg Siddall

730

Determination of the design ice ridge based on data of expedition studies in the northeastern Barents Sea

Aleksey K. Naumov, Yury P. Gudoshnikov and Elena A. Skutina

735

The Ice Plate Modelling by Four-Parametric Viscoelastic Body at the Moving Load on It

Victor M. Kozin and Alexandra V. Pogorelova

742

The Proceedings of
The Seventeenth (2007) International
OFFSHORE AND POLAR
ENGINEERING CONFERENCE

Lisbon, Portugal

VOLUME II, 2007

OFFSHORE AND ARCTIC PIPELINES, RISER MECHANICS AND ENGINEERING (STEEL CATENARY RISERS, RISER MECHANICS, MATERIALS AND ANALYSIS, OFFSHORE PIPELINES, SEABED INTERACTIONS, MATERIALS & MECHANICS, MODELING, LENGELED PROJECT )

DEEP OCEAN ROV, AUV AND COMMUNICATION (UNDERWATER COMMUNICATION & CONTROL, DEEP OCEAN ACOUSTICS, DEEP-OCEAN VEHICLES AND DEVELOPMENTS IN JAPAN)

AQUABIOMECHANICS

GEOTECHNICAL AND GEOENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING (CYCLIC LOADING & LIQUEFACTION, IN-SITU AND FIELD TESTS, SOIL IMPROVEMENT, SEEPAGE & CONSOLIDATION, ANCHOR-SOIL INTERACTIONS, PILE-SOIL & CAISSON-SOIL INTERACTIONS, FOUNDATION & SLOPE STABILITY, CONSTITUTIVE AND NUMERICAL MODELING, SOIL PROPERTIES AND CENTRIFUGE, EMBANKMENT)

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Edited by:

Emmanuel Fontaine, Institut Français du Pétrole, Rueil Malmaison, France

Kazunori Uchida, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan

Jin S. Chung, ISOPE, Cupertino, California, USA

Hermann Moshagen, Statoil, Trondheim, Norway

Mohamed Sayed, Canadian Hydraulics Centre, National Research Council, Ottawa, Canada

Jing-Wen Chen, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, China

Presented at:

The Seventeenth (2007) International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference held in Lisbon, Portugal, July 1-6, 2007

Organized by:

International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers

Sponsored by:

International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers (ISOPE) with cooperating societies and associations

The publisher and the editors of its publications assume no responsibility for the statements or opinions expressed in papers or presentations by the contributors to this conference or proceedings.

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P.O. Box 189, Cupertino, California 95015-0189  USA

CONTENT

PLENARY PAPERS

Advanced Technologies for Cruising AUV "URASHIMA"

Taro Aoki, Satoshi Tsukioka, Hiroshi Yoshida, Tadahiro Hyakudome, Ishibashi Shojiro, Takao Sawa, Akihisa Ishikawa, Junichiro Tahara, Ikuo Yamamoto and Makoto Ohkusu

750

Seabed Characterisation and Models for Pipeline-Soil Interaction

David J White and Mark F Randolph

758

OFFSHORE AND ARCTIC PIPELINES, RISER MECHANICS AND ENGINEERING

STEEL CATENARY RISERS

Petrobras P-55 SCR Design - Challenges and Technical Solutions

Peter James Simpson, Stael Ferreira Senra and Enrique Casaprima Gonzalez

770

SCR Behavior for a GoM Deep Water Location Considering High Pressure - Evaluation of Maximum Stress

Elizabeth Frauches Netto Siqueira, Fernando Jorge Mendes de Sousa and Marcos Queija de Siqueira

776

Design consideration of monitoring systems for deepwater steel catenary risers (SCRs)

Mateusz Podskarbi, Dave Walters, Steve Hatton and Metin Karayaka

782

The Comparison of Various SCR configurations for Bow Turret Moored FPSO in West Africa

Mason Wu and Kevin Huang

788

Measured VIV Response of a Deepwater SCR

Nicholas M. Dale and Christopher D. Bridge

796

Observations and Modeling of Steel Catenary Riser Trenches

Christopher D. Bridge and Hugh A. Howells

803

Steel Catenary Riser (SCR) design issues at touch down area

Ed Clukey, Rupak Ghosh, Prakash Mokarala and Mark Dixon

814

RISER MECHANICS, MATERIALS AND ANALYSIS

Non-linear Modal Analysis Applied to Riser Dynamics

César T. Sanches, Carlos E. Mazzilli, Leandro D. Cunha and Celso P. Pesce

820

Riser High Frequency Response

Jelena Vidic-Perunovic and Niels J Rishøj Nielsen

827

Damping Linearization for Frequency Domain Lazy-Wave Riser Analysis

F. C. M. Takafuji and C. A. Martins

834

Temperature Effect on the Modal Properties of Laminated Composite Structures

Han-il Park , Hezhen Yang, Cheon-hong Min, Dong-ho Jung and Soo-Ryong Bae

842

Advances in 3-D FEA Techniques for Metallic Tube Umbilicals

Ian Probyn, Alan Dobson and Michaël Martinez

848

Deep Water Flowlines & Risers: Optimization of the Installed Cost & Thermal Performance Ex: the Shell Bonga Project

Christian Geertsen, Christophe Paillusseau and Miguelangelo Thome

855

Dynamic Optimization of Steel Risers

R. L. Tanaka and C. A. Martins

859

Optimization of a Multiple Traplock Structure of CFRP Riser Pipe for Deep Sea Drilling

Yoshiyasu Watanabe, Narimasa Ito, Hideyuki Suzuki and Kenkichi Tamura

864

A Development of Image Analysis Scheme for the Control of the Riser End

Xuesong Xu, Wataru Koterayama and Masahiko Nakamura

871

OFFSHORE PIPELINES, SEABED INTERACTIONS, MATERIALS AND MECHANICS, MODELING, LANGELED PROJECT

Unburied Offshore Pipeline StabilTomiya Takataniity Analysis for Severe Storm Condition

Tomiya Takatani

879

Occurrence of Spanning of a Submarine Pipeline with Initial Embedment

Fuping Gao, Bing Yang, Shuming Yan and Yingxiang Wu

887

Analysis of Pipeline Fatigue Damage for Scour Induced Freespans

M. Drago, M .Pigliapoco and T.Ciuffardi

892

The Challenges of Pipeline Burial

Damian R Morrow and Peter D Larkin

900

Large Scale Tests of Buried Bend with Lightweight Thrust Restraint Using Geosynthetics

Toshinori KAWABATA, Yutaka SAWADA, Ken OGUSHI, Atushi TOTSUGI, Junichi HIRONAKA and  Kazunori UCHIDA

908

Estimation of Incremental Resistance of Lightweight Thrust Restraint for Buried Bend Using Geosynthetics

Yutaka SAWADA, Toshinori KAWABATA, Yoshiyuki MOHRI and Kazunori UCHIDA

914

When High Oil Prices Push Fast Track Subsea Developments : The Total Forvie North Project pipe-in-pipe experience

Christophe Paillusseau and Michael Offredi

921

Understanding the Response of Pipe-in-pipe Deepwater Riser Systems

Richard.I. Harrison and Yann.Helle

926

Subsea Pigging Of The 28"/42" Dual Diameter, High Pressure Gas Export Pipeline Åsgard Transport

Kjell Ole Pedersen, Kjell Holme, Frode Bauge, Arthur O. Lind, Tore T. Strøm, Ove R. H. Samdal and Lars Olaf Eide

931

Design of HT Subsea Pipeline against Upheaval Buckling by Pre-heating before Trenched

Liming Liu, Tianfeng Zhao, Xiaogang Yang and Menglan Duan

938

Lateral Buckling Performances of Untrenched HT PIP Systems

Tianfeng Zhao, Menglan Duan and Xiaodong Pan

945

Reliability assessment for failure from the weld defects in pipelines considering the accuracy of flaw detection by AUT

Fumiaki Kimura, R. E. Hobbs and M. A. Wadee

951

Coating and Insulation Selection for Corrosion Protection and Flow Assurance of Offshore Pipelines and Risers

Jeremy C. Price and Paul Laws

957

Research on on-Line Inner Corrosion Monitoring Technology of Pipeline

Yi Huang and Da-wei Ji

965

The Langeled Project

E. Gjertveit, R. Holme, R. Bruschi and D. Zenobi

970

Langeled - Intervention Work Optimisation

M. Pigliapoco, M. Drago, A. Baldoni, D. Zenobi, E. G. M. van Raaij and R. Holme

978

Langeled - Pipe Capacity vs. Wall Thickness Selection

R. Bruschi, L.Vitali, E. Torselletti, D. Zenobi, A. Johannessen and R. Holme

986

Design and Installation Challenges of Jubarte Gas Pipeline in the Shore Approach Area

Rafael Familiar Solano, Mônica de Castro Genaio, Arthur Ayres and Glória da Silva Cezar

995

Experience with the design and installation of Steel export lines for deep water projects

Hervé Quintin

1002

Laboratory Experiments of Melting Ice Plugs in Pipelines by Applying Direct Electric Heating

Atle Pedersen, Harald Kullbotten, Atle Harald Børnes and Tom Marthinsen

1008

Electromagnetic Modelling of Steel Pipelines for DEH Applications

Jens Kristian Lervik, Atle Harald Bornes, Arne Nysveen and Martin Hoyer-Hansen

1014

Limitations of Conventional Bending Rigs to Simulate Pipelay Processes Involving Plastic Deformation

Olav Vennemann, Adam Jackson and Ian Frazer

1019

Recent Research on the Instability of Flexible Pipe's Armours

Anderson B. Custodio, Carlos A. D. Lemos, Lea M. B. Troina and Marcos C. de Almeida

1026

Use of High Strength Steel Wires for Flexible Pipe in Low Sour Service Conditions: Impact on Deep Water Applications

Nicolas Désamais, Antoine Félix-Henry, Carol Taravel-Condat and Alain Drouës

1033

Automatic Mooring System for Ship

Masahiko Nakamura, Hiroyuki Kajiwara, Masaru Inada, Shoichi Hara, Kunihiro Hoshino and Takako Kuroda

1039

New cold-expansion process and measuring system for ensuring dimensional precision of line pipes

Tsutomu Arita, Takahiro Takano, Hajime Oosako, Tatsuya Okui, Kouichi Kuroda and Masayoshi Akiyama

1047

DEEP OCEAN ROV, AUV AND COMMUNICATION

UNDERWATER COMMUNICATION AND CONTROL

Communication constraints and requirements for operating Multiple Unmanned Marine Vehicles (MUMVs)

M. Perrier, L. Brignone and M. Drogou

1053

Observer-Based Position Estimation for Coordinated Motion Control of Multiple Unmanned Marine Vehicles

Matthias Schneider, Thomas Glotzbach, Marco Jacobi, Fabian Müller and Peter Otto

1059

Coordinated Navigation of Multiple Underwater Vehicles

Robert Engel and Jörg Kalwa

1066

Coordinated Path-Following Control of Multiple Autonomous Underwater Vehicles

A. Pedro Aguiar, Reza Ghabcheloo, António M. Pascoal and Carlos Silvestre

1073

A Coastline Following Preview Controller for the DELFIMx Vehicle

Pedro Gomes, Carlos Silvestre, Antonio Pascoal and  Rita Cunha

1080

Experimental Study on Autonomous Manipulation for Underwater Intervention Vehicles

Giacomo Marani, Song K. Choi and Junku Yuh

1088

DEEP OCEAN ACOUSTICS

Development of a Sediment Sampling System for the Deepest Ocean and Its Sea Trial Result

Shojiro Ishibashi, Hiroshi Yoshida, Yoshitaka Watanabe, Hiroyuki Osawa, Junichro Tahara, Tsuyoshi Miyazaki, Kazuaki Ito, Ken Takai and Takuro Nunoura

1095

A Low-cost Vision System for Underwater Vehicle, SNUUV-II

Dong C. Seo, Byeong Won Park and Hang S. Choi

1101

DEEP-OCEAN VEHICLES AND DEVELOPMENTS IN JAPAN

Remodeling to KAIKO7000II

T. Murashima, H. Nakajoh, N. Yamauchi and H. Sezoko

1105

One method for deep sea detailed survey with an autonomous underwater vehicle

Satoshi Tsukioka, Tadahiro Hyakudome, Takao Sawa, Hiroshi Yoshida, Yusuke Yano, Jyunichiro Tahara, Jyuichiro Ashi, Fujio Yamamoto, Sumito Morita, Masataka Kinoshita, Takafumi Kasaya and Akihisa Ishikawa

1110

Development of a Motion Control System for Underwater Gliding Vehicle

Satoru Yamaguchi, Takashi Naito, Takeshi Kugimiya, Kengo Akahoshi and Masataka Fujimoto

1115

Time-synchronization System for Cabled Observation Systems

Takashi Yokobiki, Eiichiro, Araki, Tada-nori, Goto, and Kenichi, Asakawa

1121

Development of New Pressure Vessel With New Material for Underwater Vehicle

Tadahiro Hyakudome, Satoshi Tsukioka, Ishibashi Shojiro, Yoshitaka Watanabe, Hiroshi Yoshida, Taro Aoki, Yasuhiro Aoki, Hirokazu Madarame, Tatsuya Takahashi and Tadayoshi Tsukeda

1126

LUNA Testbed Vehicle for Virtual Mooring

Masahiko Nakamura, Takashi Hyodo and Wataru Koterayama

1130

AQUABIOMECHANICS

Unrecognized Passive Controls of Posture and Trajectory in Many Actively Swimming Aquatic Animals

Malcolm S. Gordon, Dean V. Lauritzen, and Alexis M. Wiktorowicz

1138

Flow Induced by a Jellyfish

Seiji ICHIKAWA and Osamu MOCHIZUKI

1143

Flow around Propulsion Mechanism Using Fin with Dynamic Variable-Effective-Length Spring

Shunichi Kobayashi, Masataka Nakabayashi, Reiji Kobayashi and Hirohisa Morikawa

1150

Optimal Measurement Strategies for Target Tracking by a Biomimetic Underwater Vehicle

Jenhwa Guo, Jin-Fa Tsai, Forng-Chen Chiu, and Ya-Jung Lee

1155

Study on Underwater Navigation System For Long-range Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Using Geomagnetic and Bathymetric Information

Taisuke Hamada, Toshihide Shigetomi , Yohei Orimo and Naomi Kato

1163

GEOTECHNICAL AND GEOENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

CYCLIC LOADING AND LIQUEFACTION

Liquefaction of Kawaihae Harbor and Other Effects of 2006 Hawaii Earthquakes

Horst G. Brandes, Peter G. Nicholson and Ian N. Robertson

1169

Microzonation Study for Area with Liquefaction Potential Using Artificial Neural Networks

Yie-Ruey Chen, Shun-Chieh Hsieh, Pei-Ching Chen and Yiwen Hui

1177

Model Uncertainty Characterization in the Simplified Method for Soil Liquefaction

Yun-Yao Chi, Ya-Fen Lee and Der-Her Lee

1181

Response of Marine Clay to Cyclic Loading

Jinwei DING, Haixiao LIU and Liming HU

1188

Pipe-Soil Horizontal Dynamic Stiffness in Soft Soils

Marcos Orozco, Pierre Foray and Jean-François Nauroy

1193

IN-SITU AND FIELD TESTS

Field Instrumentation Monitoring of Soft Soil in An Offshore Land Reclamation Project

M. W. Bo, A. Arulrajah and H. Nikraz

1199

Determination of Shear Strength Parameters of Natural Masado Slopes

Rasika G. Athapaththu, Takashi Tsuchida and Kazuaki Suga

1205

Field Investigation into Effectiveness of Shallow Treatment by Compaction Grouting

A M El-Kelesh, T Matsui and K Tokida

1213

New Operation System For Swedish Weight Sounding Test

T. Tanaka, N. Suemasa, S. Yamato and T. Katada

1221

Development of Multi Purpose Large Diameter Sampler and Its Application

Young-Chin Kim, Chan-Young Yune, Young-Seok Kim and Jae-Mo Kang

1227

Earth Pressure on an Unyielding Wall Due to a Strip Surcharge

Yung-Show Fang, Shi-Han Tzeng and Tsang-Jiang Chen

1233

Design, build up and control of a large scale experimental set-up for laterally and vertically loaded piles in dry sand

Nicolas Charue, Alain Holeyman, Anton Hübner, Helmut Saal and Olivier Tomboy

1239

Geotechnical Investigation for Housing Construction by Swedish Ram Sounding in Japan

Akihiro YAMAMOTO, Shigeyoshi HIRATA and Masahito TAMURA

1248

Large Scale Statistical Comparison of CPT and CTPu (Case Study - Various Sites with Sand Soils in Iran)

Seyed M. Marandi and Adboul R. Ghotbi

1254

SOIL IMPROVEMENT

Electrokinetic Cementation of Calcareous Sand for Offshore Foundations

Eltayeb Mohamedelhassan and Julie Q. Shang

1262

The Field Experimental Study on Improvement of Soft Marine Clay by EK-Cementation Technique

Soo-Sam Kim, Jong-Yun Kim, Byung-Yoon Kang and Kyung-Hwan Koh

1270

Quality Characteristics of Improved Soil Columns by New Type Jet Grout Mixing Method

H. Tsuboi, H. Fukada, M. Ootsuka, H. Nitao, S. Isoya, S. Higashi, F. Kusakabe and T. Matsui

1276

A Case Study and New Concept of Soil Improvement Techniques on Reclaimed Land

Fu-Cheng Chen, Tzu-Jung Tseng and Jing-Wen Chen

1282

The Analysis of Efficiency of Suction Drain Method by Step Vacuum Pressure

Min-Soo Kang, Young-Jae Song, Soo-Sam Kim and Sang-Il Lee

1287

Centrifuge Model tests on Failure Pattern of Group Column Type Deep Mixing Improved Ground

Masaki Kitazume and Kenji Maruyama

1293

SEEPAGE AND CONSOLIDATION

The Characteristic of Consolidation by Suction Drain Method and Influence of Hardening Zone

Soo-Sam Kim, Sang-Jae Han, Ki-Nyun Kim and Dong-Wook An

1301

Applicability of T-bar and Ball penetration tests to soft clay ground in Japan

Akinori Nakamura, Takeshi Fukasawa and Hiroyuki Tanaka

1307

Flow capacity reduction of Prefabricated Vertical Drain by kinking deformation

Yong-Eun Jeong and Song Lee

1315

Settlement Prediction in a Soft Clay Deposit Using Back-Analysis

Hyun-Il Park, Daejin Hwang, Sung-Hyun Sim, Sang-Jin Jeong and Hyung-Sub Kim

1320

ANCHOR-SOIL INTERACTIONS

Shear behaviour of methane hydrate-bearing sand

Masayuki Hyodo, Yukio Nakata, Norimasa Yoshimoto and Rolando Orense

1326

The Shear Strength and Mound Settlement of Nearshore Soft Marine Silts

Lien-kwei Chien, Tsung-shen Feng, Huo-Ping Weng and Wen-Chian Tzeng

1334

The Influence of Disturbed Zone on Capacity of Suction Embedded Plate Anchors

Zhenhe Song, Yuxia Hu and Christophe Gaudin

1340

Experimental Studies on the Holding Power of Anchors

Hiroyoshi Hinata, Jun-ichi Michimoto, Yoshiaki Kawamura, Takeshi Sugiura, Kuniaki Shoji and Sadami Teramoto

1347

Cyclic Lateral Load Tests of Offshore Large Diameter Piles of Incheon Bridge in Marine Clay

Sangseom Jeong,  Youngho Kim, Jeonghwan Kim and Seunghyun Shin

1353

Pockmarks: Created by Reduced Sedimentation or a Sudden Blow-out?

Martine H. de Vries, Geir Svanø, Tor Inge Tjelta and Arnfinn J. Emdal

1361

Tracked Subsea Trencher Mobility and Operation in Soft Clays

Neil Morgan, David Cathie, Jim Pyrah and Julian Steward

1366

Interaction between anchor chains and rockfill tested in a centrifuge model

Haike van Lottum, Dirk Luger and Adam Bezuijen

1374

PILE-SOIL AND CAISSON-SOIL INTERACTIONS

Defects of Drilled Shaft and Effects of Surrounding Geo-materials Predicted by Sonic-echo Tests

Gyungja Jung, Sung-Min Cho and Myoung Mo Kim

1382

Performance of Fixed Head Pile Group Embedded in Non-Homogeneous Soil Subjected to Lateral Cyclic Loading - Distributed Parameter Sensitivity Analysis

D. H. Hafez and B. B. Budkowska

1388

The behavior of large diameter rock-socketed piles under lateral loads

Jian-hua Wang , Yao-liang Li , Jin-jian Chen and Wei Fan

1396

Laterally loaded tubular piles - experiments and numerical analyses

Alain Holeyman, Anton Hübner, Helmut Saal and Olivier Tomboy

1402

Numerical Investigation on Tapering Effects on the Pull-Out Capacity of Suction Caissons in Clay

Mostafa Zeinoddini, Mahmood Nabipour and Jafar Keyvani

1410

A Lateral Performance Estimate for A Soil Cement Column Pile

Y. Fukushima, N. Suemasa, T. Katada and H. Noguchi

1416

Evaluation of the Performance of Screw Piles Using Thermography

Mauricio Jun Arai, Mamoru Fujii, Ken Watanabe, Makoto Nagata and Hiroshi Ijyuin

1422

Deformation of Vertical Excavation with Self-supported Double Soldier Pile Wall System

C. J. Lee, H.T. Chen, E.C. Lin, W.S. Huang, Y.C. Wei and K.H. Chiang

1427

Analysis of Ultimate Bearing Capacity for Nodal Base of Pile with Multi-Stepped Two Diameters

Daisuke Shoda, Kazunori Uchida, Toshinori Kawabata and Yuta Nadamoto

1433

Experimental and Analytical Studies on Pull-out Resistance of Suction Foundation

Kouki ZEN, Guangqi CHEN, Kiyonobu KASAMA and Tatsuya ITO

1440

Evaluation of Quality Control Parameters of Driven Piles Using Digital Imaging

Hee Suk Yun,, Jeong Woo Seok, Daejin Hwang and Myoung Mo Kim

1446

A Study on the Applicability of In-Situ Piling Method using Electrical Power

Tae-Hoon Kim, Kyung-Seob Cha, and Seon-Ju Kim

1454

Efficiency of Pile Groups in Clay under Different Loading Rates

Abdullah I. Al-Mhaidib

1458

Interpretation of the Pile Loading Test Using Creep

Chih-Sheng Ku and Chia-Yi Wong

1464

Effective Stress Analysis for Dynamic Soil-group Piled Foundation Interaction

C. W. Lu, S. C. Lai, Y. C. Chou, Frank, S. Y. Lee and C. P. Peng

1469

Field Retrieval of Suction Piles in Sand

S. Bang and S. Karnoski

1473

Modeling the Effects of Short-and Long-Term Loading on Suction Caissons Using 2D-and 3D-Finite Elements Methods

Luisa Nicté Equihua and Pierre Foray

1478

FOUNDATION AND SLOPE STABILITY

Heat Characteristic of Granular Ground Material made from Coal Fly Ash

Hirohiko Iwahara, Minoru Yamanaka, Katsunori Sasaki, Mitsuhiro Ishii, Shuichi Hasegawa and Takuro Masuda

1486

Engineering Properties of Environmentally Friendly Grout Materials

Hyung-Chil Yang, Duhee Park, Ki-Chul Choi, Jong-Nam Do and Byung-Sik Chun

1492

Simulation-based Analysis of Spudcan Interaction with Soil

C. Cai, J.Y. Guo, X.M. Tan and Z.S. Liu

1497

Shear Strength Changes Within Jack-up Spudcan Footprint

C F Leung, C T Gan and Y K Chow

1504

Investigating Potential for Punch-Through for Spudcan Foundations on Layered Clays

M. S. Hossain and M. F. Randolph

1510

Effects of Heterogeneous Hydrogeological Structure on Slope Stability Analysis

Kiyoshi Masumoto and Takeshi Kamei

1518

Slope Stability at Northern Flank of Storegga slide

S.L.Yang, T.Kvalstad A.Solheim and C.F.Forsberg

1524

CONSTITUTIVE AND NUMERICAL MODELING

Numerical Assessment on Shear Modulus at Pre-failure State from Pressuremeter Test

Hyung-Min Kwon, Soon-Ho Jang, Choong-Ki Chung and Young-Hoon Jung

1530

Implementation of an Anistropic Hardening Constitutive Model for Large Deformation Analysis

Seboong Oh, Taegyung Kim, Ohkyun Kwon and Jong-Seok Lim

1537

Numerical Analyses of a Spiral Groove Dry Gas Seal Under Slip Flow Conditions

Xiao-ni Yin and Xu-dong Peng

1543

Model Tests and Numerical Simulation on Bearing Capacity of Bucket Foundations in Soft Clay under Vertical Static and Cyclic Loads

Jianhua Wang and Haiming Yang

1547

Numerical modeling of suction pile installation in clay with effective stress analysis

Kazem Fakharian and Amin Iraji

1553

A New Empirical Formula to Assess the Excavation-induced Settlement

Hsin-Lung LAI, Der-Her LEE and Chyi SHEU

1561

Development of a New Equivalent Linear Algorithm with Rate Dependent Soil Model

Duhee Park, Youssef M. A. Hashash, Chi-Yong Song, Byung-Sik Chun and Hyun-Gi Kim

1568

SOIL PROPERTIES AND CENTRIFUGE

A new cone information transmission system

Takaharu Shogaki and Akio Nishihara

1574

Effect of specimen height on dynamic strength properties of Toyoura sand

Takaharu Shogaki, Ryo Sakamoto and Naohisa Kumagai

1578

Effects of Density and Confining Pressure on Mechanical Behavior of Crushable Soil

Shotaro Yamada and Kenichi Sato

1585

A Study on the Strength Anisotropy of the Compacted Materials

Tae-Gew Ham, Sam-Deok Cho, Yukio-Nakata and Masayuki-Hyodo

1591

A laboratory study on densification of loose sands by disc shearing

Tao-Wei Feng, Jia-Hsuing Yang and Jeng-Yo Huang

1597

Study on Shear Behavior of Interbedded Sandstone and Mudstone Slope Using Ring Shear Test

Cheng-Jie Liao, Hung-Ming Lin, Der-Her Lee, Po-Ying Chen and Jyh-Jong Liao

1601

Studying on Influences of Anisotropy of Rock Mass on Determining the Pre-stress Using Kaiser Effect

Jian-Hong Wu and Chien-Feng Chang

1607

Centrifuge testing for the design of ship impact protection of Incheon Bridge Project

Jeong Hwan Kim, Zu Cheol Kim, Hyun Yang Shin, Sung Min Cho, Paul E.L Schaminée and Herik Gluver

1613

The protection efficiency of dolphins tested in a geotechnical centrifuge

Adam Bezuijen,  J.H. Kim, Paul E.L Schaminee and Haike van Lottum

1619

Engineering Properties Evaluation of Geogrids by Index Tests

Han-Yong Jeon

1626

Model Tests for Analysis of Load Carrying Capacity of Geogrid Encased Stone Column

Daeyoung Lee, Chungsik Yoo and Sisam Park

1632

A Study on the Geogrid Reinforced Stone Column System for Settlement Reduction Effect

Sisam Park, Chungsik Yoo and Daeyoung Lee

1636

Strength Characteristics of Reinforced Lightweight Soils for Recycling Dredged Soils

Y. T. Kim, H. J. Kim and W. J. Han

1642

The Estimation of Bearing Capacity for Dredged and Reclaimed Ground with Ultra-high Water Contents

Ju Hyun Kim, Choong Ho Lee, Sang Don Kwak, Young Su Chae and Song Lee

1648

EMBANKMENT

Relation of shear wave velocity by bender element test and residual effective stress

Kohta Nishida, Hiroyuki Tanaka and Toshiyuki Mitachi

1654

Deformation Analysis of Embankment Foundation Using Non-coaxial Cam-clay Model and Comparison with Centrifuge Model Test Results

Takeshi Kame, Toshihide Shibi and Takayuki Shuku

1660

A conversion procedure using plane strain cell for modeling of a test vacuum-embankment on soft peaty ground

Tuan Anh Tran and Toshiyuki Mitachi

1668

Ground Improvement with Gravel Compaction Piles at the Rear of New Port : Case Studies and Analyses

Sung Hyun Sym, Hyun Young Shin, Soo Sam Kim, Sang Jae Han and Seung Yong Jung

1676

Load Transfer by Soil Arching in Embankment Pile Systems

Jae-Ho Lee and Won-Pyo Hong, Kwang-Wu Lee and Seung-Kyong You

1683

Coupled Analysis of the Behavior of Seabed Subjected to Sea Wave with Different Formulation of Geomaterials

Shingo Asahara, Kinya Miura, Natsuhiko Otsuka, Katsutoshi Ueno and Toshiyuki Takahara

1688

Failure Mechanism of an Embankment due to Overflow

K. Fujisawa, A. Kobayashi, K. Yamamoto and S. Aoyama

1696

Wall Deflection and Surface Settlement Prediction by Feedback Analysis in Deep Excavation

Kuo-Hung Tseng and Jiing-Shyang Sheu

1702

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HYDRODYNAMICS (SLOSHING, VIOLENT FLOWS AND VIRTUE, FIELD WAVES, WAVE ANALYSIS AND SIMULATION, COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD), NUMERICAL WAVE TANK (NWT), WAVE-BODY INTERACTIONS, MODEL TEST & MEASUREMENTS, COUPLED SYSTEMS)

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CONTENT

METOCEAN

ESEOO PROJECT

The ESEOO Project: Developments and Perspectives for Operational Oceanography at Spain

E. Alvarez-Fanju, I. Losada, J. Tintoré, J. Menéndez, M. Espino, G. Parrilla, V. I. Martinez and V .P. Muñizuri

1708

The ESEOO Regional Ocean Forecasting System

M.G. Sotillo, A. Jordi, M.I. Ferrer, J. Conde, J. Tintoré and E. Álvarez-Fanjul

1716

An Operational MET-OCEAN Regional Forecast System in the Galician Coast

Torres López, S. Vilasa L. U., B.Gomez and Carracedo C.

1723

An Operational Oceanography System for local areas on the Cantabrian coast

Maitane Olabarrieta, Sonia Castanedo, Raul Medina, Inigo J. Losada and Angel David Gutierrez

1728

Operational Coastal Systems in the Basque Country Region: Modelling and Observations

L. Ferrer, M. González, V. Valencia, J. Mader, A. Fontán, Ad.Uriarte and A. Caballero

1736

The ESEOO relocatable model for emergency purposes

Gabriel Jordà and Manuel Espino

1744

Teseo, An Operational System For Simulating Oil Spills Trajectories And Fate Processes

Ana J. Abascal, Sonia Castanedo, A. David Gutierrez, Eric Comerma, Raul Medina and Inigo J. Losada

1751

New tools for Oceanographic Data treatment via Web

S. Pérez, M. Alfonso, J. D. López Maldonado, O. Serrano, J. Mader, A. Fontán and E. Álvarez

1759

TSUNAMI AND MITIGATION

Effects of rise time and rupture velocity on tsunami

Yoshihiro Okumura and Yoshiaki Kawata

1764

Tsunami Mitigation in Integrated Coastal Zone Management

Indratmo Soekarno and Sugandar Sumawiganda

1770

TYPHOON AND MODELING

Analysis of High Seas Generated by Hurricane Katrina

Tracey H. Tom, Hajime Mase and Kazuyuki Ogawa

1777

Design of Floating Breakwater of New Type and Its Damage Situation in Typhoon Disaster

Atsushi Arami, Norimasa Takagi and Akio Kobayashi

1785

Lessons Lear ned from Recent Storm Surge Disasters and Estimation of Extreme Tidal Levels for Coastal Defense Per formance by Using Stochastic Typhoon Model

Hiroyasu Kawai, Shigeo Takahashi, Tetsuya Hiraishi, Noriaki Hashimoto and Kuniaki Matsuura

1792

Improved Stochastic Simulation Technique and Its Application to the Multivariate Probability Analysis of Typhoon Disaster

Liang Pang, Defu Liu, Yifa Yu and Jitong Jiang

1800

FREAK WAVES, EXTREME VALUES, MODELING AND ANALYSIS

Numerical Simulation and Mechanism Analysis of Freak Waves in Random Oceanic Sea States

Yunqiu Zhang, Ningchuan Zhang and Yuguo Pei

1806

Air-gap and Wave Run-up due to Wave, Current and Body Interaction

Fuwei Zhang, Joachim Allers and Jun Xu

1811

On the run-up levels and relative mean persistence

Giuseppe Barbaro and Maria Chiara Martino

1816

Spatial Models For The Variability of the Significant Wave Height on the World Oceans

Anastassia Baxevani, Cédric Borgel and Igor Rychlik

1822

Spectral Analysis of Storm Waves Using the Hilbert-Huang Transform.

Joaquín Ortega and George H. Smith

1830

A Comparison of Segmentation Procedures and Analysis of the Evolution of Spectral Parameters

José B. Hernández Ch. and Joaquín Ortega S.

1836

A new method for applying the r-largest maxima model for design sea-state prediction

Takvor H. Soukissian and Georgia D. Kalantzi

1843

The Red Sea Wind-Wave ATLAS

Akram Metwally and A. G. Abul-Azm

1850

Stochastic Simulation of Sea-state Propagating in the Ocean Based on Hindcast Data

Munehiko Minoura and Shigeru Naito

1855

Disaster Prevention Information System Based on Wireless/Mobile Communication Networks

Che-I Wu, Hsu-Yang Kung, Li-Chia Kuo, Chi-Hua Chen and Kuang-Jung Tasi

1863

The Variation Measurement of a Slope by Photogrammetry

Shun-Kung Chang, Fu-Jong Liang and Der-Her Lee

1871

On turbulent flux observations from moving measurement platforms.

Alastair D. Jenkins

1876

HYDRODYNAMICS

SLOSHING, VIOLENT FLOWS AND VIRTUE

On the fluid dynamics models for sloshing

F. Dias, J. M. Ghidaglia and G. Le Coq

1880

Improved Prediction of Full-Scale Roll Motions for Vessels with Large Liquid Tanks

Z.J. Huang, O.E. Esenkov, B.J. O'Donnell, T.W. Yung and R.E. Sandström

1889

Large scale LNG Sloshing Model Tests

Tim Bunnik and Rene' Huijsmans

1893

Studies on the Coupled Dynamics of Ship Motion and Sloshing including Multi-Body Interactions

Seokkyu Cho, Sayoung Hong, Jin Kim and Ilrong Park

1900

Boundary Layer Resolution for Modeling of a Sloshing Liquid

Bernhard Godderidge, Mingyi Tan, Chris Earl and Stephen Turnock

1905

Validation of Applicability of Dam-Break Flow to Green Water Prediction

Kuang-An Chang, Richard Mercier and Yonguk Ryu

1912

Simulation of a TLP in Waves using the SWENSE scheme

R. Luquet, P. Ferrant, B. Alessandrini, G. Ducrozet and L. Gentaz

1916

Validation of a CFD code for ship sea-keeping simulation

R. Marcer, C. Audiffren, C. Dassibat, C. de Jouëtte, P. E. Guillerm and B. Pettinotti

1923

Free running ship model on water waves

Jean-Marc Rousset, Pierre Ferrant, Bruno Pettinotti, Olivier Quillard, and Jean-Luc Toularastel

1931

FIELD WAVES, ANALYSIS AND SIMULATION

Directional Wave Spectrum Estimation Based on a Vessel 1st Order Motions: Field Results

Alexandre N. Simos, João V. Sparano, Eduardo A. Tannuri and Vinícius L. F. Matos

1938

A Simple Onboard System to Identify Encounter-Wave Characteristic

Keita Fukunaga, Naoto Yamamoto and Yoshiho Ikeda

1945

Estimation of Offshore Directional Spectra by Inverse Methodology at Porto Ferro, Sardinia

Alexandre Coli, Daniel C. Conley, João Alfredo Santos and António Alberto Pires-Silva

1951

Precise Measurement Method of Wave Direction by GPS Buoy - Correction for Buoy Oscillation -

Yunja Yoo, Nobuyoshi Kouguchi, Daijin Hou and Masaaki Hamada

1958

Discussion on the Error of Wave Forecast by Markov Chain Theory

Beng-Chun Lee, Li-Chung Wu,and Dong-Jiing Doong

1965

A numerical solution of the 3D irrotational Navier-Stokes equations for non hydrostatic wave propagation

Panayis-Fokion C. Matsoukis and Theofrastos S. Zacharatos

1970

On Focusing and Defocusing of Waves in Finite Water Depth

P. Teigen

1978

Breaking Probability of Wind Waves in Deep Water

Changlong Guan, Yongliang Wei and Bin Liu

1987

Radiation stress and the drift in gravity waves with Rayleigh friction

Jan Erik H. Weber, Göran Broström and Kai H. Christensen

1994

Local properties of wave modulation observed by wavelet analysis

Zhi-Cheng Huang and Hwung-Hweng Hwung

2000

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD)

Verification and validation in computational