International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering (IJOPE)

　

Vol. 8, No. 3, September 1998

　

Table of Contents

　

Significance of Ice Sheet's Leading-Edge Roughness in Relation to Ice Load

 ..... 161

Takahiro Takeuchi, Satoshi Akagawa and Hiroshi Saeki
A Laboratory Simulation of Wet Icing Buildup on H.V. Insulators ..... 167
M. Farzaneh and J.-L. Laforte
Heave Oscillations of a Submerged Vertical Cylinder in a Viscous Fluid ..... 173
P. Ananthakrishnan

Chimera RANS Simulation of a Berthing DDG-51 Ship in Translational and Rotational Motions

..... 182
Hamn-Ching Chen and Miaomou Chen
Characterisation of Flooding Process of Damaged Ro-Ro-Vessel ..... 192
D. Vassalos and L. Letizia
Risk-Based Decisions for Entrance Channel Operation and Design ..... 200
Andrew L. Silver and John F. Dalzell

Polyhedrally Stiffened Shells for Undersea Pressure Hulls

 ..... 207
R.H. Knapp and T.T. Le
Modeling Offshore Pipelaying Operations Using Simulation ..... 213
Demos C. Angelides, Richard A. Phelps and Whitless T. Himel
Study on a Wells Turbine for Wave Power Conversion: Improvement of Performance by the Use of Porous Fences ..... 222
T. Setoguchi, M. Takao, K. Kaneko, S. Raghunathan and M. Inoue

Influences on the Shear Modulus and Damping Ratio of Hydraulic Reclaimed Soil in West Taiwan

 ..... 228
Lien-Kwei Chien and Yan-Nam Oh
Discussions ..... 236