Copyright © 1997 by International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers,
Golden, Colorado, USA. All Rights Reserved.
VOLUME IV , 1997 (ISBN 1-880653-32-X)
CONTENT
| PLENARY PRESENTATION | ||
| Current Trends in the Safety of Offshore Structures | ||
| T. Moan | ..... | 1 |
| TUBULAR STRUCTURES | ||
| A New Ultimate Capacity Formula for Unstiffened CHS T-, TT- and K-Joints Under Axial Brace Loads | ||
| M. Morita, Y. Yamada, Y. Makino, S.R. Wilmshurst, Y. Kurobane and M.M.K. Lee | ..... | 13 |
| Behaviour of Innovative Tubular KT-Joints Under Variable Repeated Loading | ||
| Nick K. Milani and Paul Grundy | ..... | 21 |
| Failure Assessment Diagram Method for Tubular Joints | ||
| Björn Klasén and Stig Wästberg | ..... | 29 |
| Mechanical Properties of Friction Welded Joints of AZ31 Magnesium Alloy | ||
| Kazuyoshi Katoh, Toshikatsu Asahina and Hiroshi Tokisue | ..... | 37 |
| The Static Strength of Stiffened and Unstiffened L-Joints Made of Circular Hollow Sections | ||
| R. Puthli, F. Mang and D. Karcher | ..... | 44 |
| Additional Tests of CHS Planar KK-Joints Under Anti-Symmetrical Axial Loads | ||
| Y. Makino, S.R. Wilmshurst, Y. Kurobane and A. Yoshida | ..... | 51 |
| Further Numerical Analyses of KK-Joints Under Anti-Symmetrical Axial Loading | ||
| S.R. Wilmshurst, Y. Makino and Y. Kurobane | ..... | 58 |
| The Axial Strength of Uniplanar X-Joints Reinforced by T-Shaped Ring-Stiffeners | ||
| G.J. van der Vegte, D.H. Leray and Y.S. Choo | ..... | 65 |
| The Static Behaviour of Bolted I-Beam to RHS Column Connections with a Composite Floor | ||
| L.H. Lu and J. Wardenier | ..... | 70 |
| Characteristics of Bending Strength and Residual Stress Distribution on High Thermal Cycle of Ceramic/Metal Joint | ||
| Young-Chul Park, Sun-Chul Huh, Hoo-Taek Koo and Kwang-Young Kim | ..... | 78 |
| Multiaxial Fatigue in Offshore Tubular Joints | ||
| Andras Abel and Xiao-bo Yu | ..... | 85 |
| Effects of Joint Flexibility on the Fatigue Design of Welded Tubular Lattice Structures | ||
| A. Romeijn, S.A. Karamanos and J. Wardenier | ..... | 90 |
| FE Mesh Generation for Circular Tubular Joints with or without Cracks | ||
| Junjie Cao, Guojing Yang and Jeffrey A. Packer | ..... | 98 |
| Numerical SCF-Analyses of Grouted Tubular T- and X-Joints | ||
| G. Partiman, J. Wardenier, A. Romeijn and R.J. van Foeken | ..... | 106 |
| Large Scale Testing of a Multiplanar Tubular DX-Joint | ||
| S.P. Chiew, C.K. Soh and T.C. Fung | ..... | 112 |
| Tubular Joints Reliability and Fracture Analyses for Development of Underwater Inspection of Offshore Steel Structures | ||
| Wan Mahmood Wan Ab. Majid and Mohamad bin Embong | ..... | 119 |
| A Modified CEGB Assessment Approach to Flawed Tubular Joints | ||
| Bo Wang, Yoshiaki Kurobane and Yuji Makino | ..... | 125 |
| Damage Criterion and Ultimate Strength for Tubular Joints | ||
| Bo Wang, Yoshiaki Kurobane and Yuji Makino | ..... | 132 |
| RELIABILITY, RISK AND SAFETY | ||
| Sensitivity of TLP Tendon Reliability Estimates to Excitation by Multi-Peaked Random Seas | ||
| J.W. van de Lindt and J.M. Niedzwecki | ..... | 139 |
| Fatigue and Overload Reliability of Mooring Systems | ||
| Geir Olav Hovde and Torgeir Moan | ..... | 145 |
| Risk Analysis of the Vertical Offshore Breakwater at Gela, Italy | ||
| G. Passoni, A. Rigoni and L. Franco | ..... | 153 |
| Probabilistic Calibrated Design Equation for Burst Strength Assessment of Corroded Pipes | ||
| O.H. Bjørnøy, E.H. Cramer and G. Sigurdsson | ..... | 160 |
| An Application of Design of Experiments Concepts to the Inspection Planning of Structures | ||
| Alexandre Kawano | ..... | 167 |
| Using Structural Reliability Analysis in Inspection Planning of Offshore Structures | ||
| Luis Volnei Sudati Sagrilo, Edison Castro Prates de Lima, Carlos Cunha Dias Henriques and Sérgio Guillermo Hormazabal Rodriguez | ..... | 174 |
| Sensitivity Analysis on Fatigue Reliability and Inspection of Ship Structural Members | ||
| Yukio Fujimoto, Sung Chan Kim and Eiji Shintaku | ..... | 179 |
| Use of Structural Simulation for Extension of Life of Offshore Structures | ||
| A.C. Walker, C.P. Ellinas and W. Snedden | ..... | 187 |
| Reliability-Based Design and Requalification Criteria for Longitudinally Corroded Pipelines | ||
| Yong Bai, Tao Xu and Robert Bea | ..... | 193 |
| Reassessment and Requalification of Two Gulf of Mexico Platforms | ||
| A. Sturm, R. Bea and T. Miller | ..... | 202 |
| Substructural Identification of Offshore Structures Using Neural Networks | ||
| Chung-Bang Yun and Eun Young Bahng | ..... | 210 |
| A Strategic Approach to Risk Reduction | ||
| Robert J. Simpson and Donald Smith | ..... | 216 |
| Jet Fire Resistance for Passive Fire Protection Materials on Tubular Sections | ||
| Tariq Al-Hassan, Alex B. Wenzel and Paul Mather | ..... | 220 |
| Effect of Boundary Conditions on Performance of Corrugated Panels to Blast Loading | ||
| L.A. Louca, Y.G. Pan and G. White | ..... | 226 |
| Probabilistic Finite Element Methodology for the Reliability Assessment of Stiffened Plates | ||
| I.R. (Wally) Orisamolu and K-T. Ma | ..... | 232 |
| Probabilistic Characterization of Pitting Corrosion Damage in Steel Panels | ||
| K-T Ma and I.R. (Wally) Orisamolu | ..... | 239 |
| Integrity Up-Diving Down | ||
| M. Visser | ..... | 246 |
| Risk-Based Decision Analysis for the Protection of Marine Pipelines from Dropped Objects | ||
| S. Yasseri | ..... | 251 |
| The Relationship Between Public Policy and Risk Assessment in Tanker Design Regulation | ||
| Henry S. Marcus and Alan J. Brown | ..... | 257 |
| Total Loss Risk of Ship Accidents | ||
| Wayne K. Talley | ..... | 262 |
| Probabilistic Analysis of the Effect of Resource Constraints on System Safety: Towing Failures During the Construction of Concrete Platforms | ||
| Elisabeth Paté-Cornell and Wenche Rettedal | ..... | 268 |
| Risk of Collisions and Groundings in Bulk Carriers and Tankers | ||
| Alexander M. Goulielmos, Kostas Giziakis and Ernestini Giziaki | ..... | 275 |
| Toward a Port-Level Model of the Physical Risk of Grounding | ||
| Hauke L. Kite-Powell, Di Jin, Johan Jebsen, Vassilis Papakonstantinou and Nicholas Patrikalakis | ..... | 283 |
| Admittance Policy Deep Draught Vessels and Safety | ||
| R.Ph.A.C. Savenije | ..... | 289 |
| Houston/Galveston Safe Passage into the 21st Century, 1996 | ||
| Stephen F. Ford and Ronald J. Bald | ..... | 297 |
| Third Generation Electronic Charts: What They Will Provide Users and How to Produce Them | ||
| Peter Kielland and Michel Dagbert | ..... | 305 |
| A Probabilistic Analysis of Tanker Groundings | ||
| Michael D. Amrozowicz, Alan Brown and Michael Golay | ..... | 313 |
| MECHANICS AND STRUCTURES | ||
| Experimental Validation of the Ultimate Limit State Limit Equilibrium Analysis (ULSLEA) with Results from Frame Tests | ||
| M. Mortazavi and R.G. Bea | ..... | 321 |
| An Empirical Formulation for Predicting the Ultimate Compressive Strength of Stiffened Panels | ||
| Jeom K. Paik and Anil K. Thayamballi | ..... | 328 |
| A Posteriori Error Estimation and Improvement of Solution for Frame Structure Eigenvalue Problems | ||
| Mitsuru Kitamura, YuHua Chen and Hisashi Nobukawa | ..... | 339 |
| Testing Ras Tanura Sea Island Breasting Dolphins | ||
| Abobakr M. Radwan and Ala A. Al-Sharif | ..... | 347 |
| Buckling/Plastic Collapse Behaviour and Strength of Stiffened Plates Under Thrust | ||
| Tetsuya Yao, Masahiko Fujikubo and Daisuke Yanagihara | ..... | 353 |
| Buckling Strength Analysis of Ring-Stiffened Circular Cylindrical Shells Under Hydrostatic Pressure | ||
| Hai-Hong Sun and Tie-Yun Chen | ..... | 361 |
| The Governfactor of Plastic Spin | ||
| Y.Y. Nam and S.G. Lee | ..... | 367 |
| Development of the Buckling Strength Estimation System for Plate Members Considering Tensile Load Effects | ||
| Juh Hyeok Ham and Ul Nyeon Kim | ..... | 373 |
| Buckling and Ultimate Strength of Plates Subjected to Combined Loads | ||
| Masahiko Fujikubo, Tetsuya Yao and Balu Varghese | ..... | 380 |
| A Boundary Element Based Solution of an Inverse Elasticity Problem by Conjugate Gradient and Regularization Method | ||
| Cheng-Hung Huang and Wu-Yang Shih | ..... | 388 |
| COLLISION, IMPACT AND DAMAGE | ||
| On Collision Strength of Ship's Bow | ||
| Jeom Kee Paik and Jang Young Chung | ..... | 396 |
| Experimental Study on Impact Force by Small Ship Collision to Fender System of Bridge | ||
| S. Shiraishi and R. Naitoh | ..... | 403 |
| Assessment of Grounding Resistance of Oil Tankers | ||
| Sung Kyou Choi, Jae Hyung Park and Tomasz Wierzbicki | ..... | 410 |
| A Study on the Critical Collision Speed of Double Hull VLCC | ||
| Sang-Gab Lee and Young-Gu Chung | ..... | 416 |
| Impact Loading of Plates: Validation of Numerical Simulations by Testing | ||
| Magnus Langseth, Odd Sture Hopperstad and Torodd Berstad | ..... | 424 |
| Side Collision Resistance of Ship's Stiffened Panels | ||
| Sang-Rai Cho, Sang-Bock Lee and Il-Woong Kim | ..... | 431 |
| Integrity Monitoring of Offshore Platforms Using Artificial Neural Nets | ||
| Pradipta Banerji and Tushar K. Datta | ..... | 439 |
| EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING | ||
| Three-Dimensional Characteristics of Seaquakes | ||
| T. Kiyokawa | ..... | 445 |
| Analytical Solution for the Earthquake Response of a Cylindrical Structure Considering Hydrodynamic and Soil Dynamic Interaction | ||
| Yoshihiro Tanaka, Takaaki Nakamura and Kyohei Ito | ..... | 451 |
| Dynamic Behavior of Large Tension Leg Floating Structures for Horizontally Traveling Seismic Waves | ||
| Takuji Hamamoto, Masashi Inoue and Yasuo Tanaka | ..... | 458 |
| Seismic Response of TLP Under Offset Condition | ||
| Katta Venkataramana, Kenji Kawano and Susumu Yoshihara | ..... | 466 |
| Seismic Behavior of Steel Piles in Offshore Bridge Piers | ||
| A. Astaneh-Asl and S. Ravat | ..... | 472 |
| A Theoretical Study on the Effect of Seaquakes on a Two-Dimensional Floating Body | ||
| Yasushi Higo | ..... | 480 |
| Dynamic Response Analysis of Semi Float Type Offshore Platform | ||
| Kenji Kawano, Katta Venkataramana, Tutomu Hashimoto and Tomoyo Taniguchi | ..... | 485 |
| UNDERWATER WELDING | ||
| Deepwater Hyperbaric Welding - Initial Process Evaluation | ||
| Ian M. Richardson and John H. Nixon | ..... | 493 |
| Monitoring of Molten Pool and Adaptive Control of Penetration in GTAW of Thin Mild Steel Plates | ||
| Y. Suga, M. Mukai, S. Usui and K. Ogawa | ..... | 502 |
| Consideration of Sensing Methods for Mechanized Underwater Wet Welding | ||
| M. Tanaka, T. Morita, N. Kitamura, K. Tohno, T. Irie, H. Matsushita, Y. Ogawa and T. Sumitomo | ..... | 508 |
| Automation of Arc Welding for Large Scale Structures by a Visual Sensor | ||
| A. Ishii, N. Masaoka, T. Tsushima and Y. Ochi | ..... | 515 |
| Gas Removal and Separation for Underwater-Welding Applications with Shielding Gas Recycling | ||
| M. Creutz and D. Mewes | ..... | 521 |
| Intelligent Image Processing for Abstraction and Discrimination of Defect Image in Radiographic Film | ||
| Kimiya Aoki and Yasuo Suga | ..... | 527 |
| The Influence of the Main Factors on the Impact Toughness Properties of Low Carbon Steel Welds | ||
| T. Wegrzyn | ..... | 532 |
| Development of Real-Time Quality Evaluation of Friction Welding by Acoustic Emission: 3rd Report. Effects of Initial AE Counts During Plastic Deformation in FRW | ||
| Sae-Kyoo Oh, Hyung-Dong Park, Bae-Sub Lee and Hong-Keun Chang | ..... | 535 |
| Friction Welding of Aluminum Alloy and Steel | ||
| H. Ochi, K. Ogawa, Y. Yamamoto and Y. Suga | ..... | 541 |
| Friction Welding of 6061 Aluminum Alloy Pipe to S25C Carbon Steel Pipe | ||
| G. Kawai, K. Ogawa and H. Tokisue | ..... | 546 |
| STEEL, CORROSION AND NDT | ||
| The New Eurocode 3 - Part 2 - Annex C: Approach for the Choice of Steel Material to Avoid Brittle Fracture | ||
| Natalie Stranghöner, Gerhard Sedlacek, Gero Stötzel, Winfried Dahl and Peter Langenberg | ..... | 551 |
| Study on Hot Spot Stress for Fatigue Strength Assessment of Fillet Welded Structure | ||
| Kanta Nihei, Fumihide Inamura and Shigeki Koe | ..... | 557 |
| Effects of Static Load on Fatigue Strength of Ship Structure | ||
| W.S. Kim, Y. Tomita, K. Hashimoto and N. Osawa | ..... | 565 |
| Restored Fatigue Life with Repair Welds | ||
| Barbara A. Kelly and Robert J. Dexter | ..... | 572 |
| Definition of Physical Wear-and-Tear of the Marine Transport Hydraulic Structures | ||
| Vladimir L. Menshikov | ..... | 578 |
| Recent Improvements in Automated Inspection and Fabrication Technology for Pipelines and Risers in Deep Water | ||
| J.C. Price | ..... | 583 |
| Development of Long-Time Creep Safety Life Prediction of Steam Turbine Rotor Steel and AE Evaluation | ||
| Sae-Kyoo Oh, Hong-Keun Chang, Min-Hwa Chung and Sang-Guk Lee | ..... | 589 |
| Some Aspects of Aging in a Low Carbon Bainitic Steel Containing Copper | ||
| G.J. Kulkarni and D.K. Biswas | ..... | 596 |
| Nucleation of Proeutectoid Ferrite at Manganese-Sulphide Inclusion Sites in HY-80 Steel | ||
| D.K. Biswas and G.J. Kulkarni | ..... | 600 |
| Fatigue Strength of Partially Thermal Sprayed Materials Under Corrosive Environment | ||
| H. Yara, T. Makishi, H. Arasaki and A. Ikuta | ..... | 602 |
| Coalescence Conditions for Stress-Corrosion Cracking Based on Interacting Crack Pairs | ||
| B.N. Leis and R. Mohan | ..... | 607 |
| Corrosion Behavior of Thermal Sprayed Metals on Weld of Galvanized Steel | ||
| Young-Gak Kweon and Jai-Hyun Park | ..... | 614 |
| Prevention of Preferential Corrosion of Welded Joints of Carbon Steel in CO2 Containing Environment | ||
| Shigeru Endo, Sakae Fujita, Moriyasu Nagae and Mitsumasa Iwata | ..... | 618 |
| An Alternative Approach to Assess the Integrity of Corroded Line Pipe - Part I: Current Status | ||
| B.N. Leis and D.R. Stephens | ..... | 624 |
| An Alternative Approach to Assess the Integrity of Corroded Line Pipe - Part II: Alternative Criterion | ||
| B.N. Leis and D.R. Stephens | ..... | 635 |
| COMPOSITE MATERIALS | ||
| Transverse Fatigue Crack Growth in a Graphite/Epoxy Composite Subjected to Combined Hydrostatic and Axial Loading | ||
| S.T. Mear, H.G. Wheat and H.L. Marcus | ..... | 642 |
| Proposition of Polyhedrally-Stiffened Shells for Undersea Pressure Hulls | ||
| R.H. Knapp and T.T. Le | ..... | 650 |
| Construction Applications of Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites: A Survey | ||
| T. Kant, V.P.V. Ramana, P.K. Dutta, A. Mukherjee and Y. Desai | ..... | 657 |
| Study of FEM Simulation of Cyclic Plastic Behavior of Face-Centered Crystal (f.c.c.) Polycrystalline Materials | ||
| Yasumitsu Tomita, Kiyoshi Hashimoto, Naoki Osawa and Taira Ozaki | ..... | 664 |
| A Micromechanical Study of the Freeze-Thaw Behavior of Polymer Composites | ||
| Piyush K. Dutta | ..... | 672 |
| MARINE AND UNDERWATER SYSTEMS | ||
| Design of Fast Ships for Minimal Motions | ||
| Alexander H. Day and Lawrence J. Doctors | ..... | 677 |
| On Efficient Design of Swath Ships by Using Reliability-Based Optimisation | ||
| Yongchang Pu | ..... | 684 |
| Comparison of Structural Analysis Methods for Swath Ship Design | ||
| L.H. Seidl, K.F. Cheung and S. Wang | ..... | 689 |
| An Experimental Study on the Structural Behavior and Vibrational Characteristics of Sandwich Plate with Aluminium Honeycomb Core | ||
| C.Y. Son, I.T. Kim and J.S. Paik | ..... | 697 |
| Numerical Study on 3-Dimensional Power-Augmented Ram Wing in Ground Effect | ||
| Seung-Hyun Kwag | ..... | 704 |
| The Dynamic Behaviour of a Fast Sailing Monohull in Waves | ||
| F. Louarn, W.G. Price and P. Temarel | ..... | 712 |
| Prediction of Hydrodynamic Forces on High Speed Vessels | ||
| Mikio Takaki and Xin Lin | ..... | 721 |
| Prediction of the Effects of Control Surfaces on the Motion of a Catamaran | ||
| Woo-Joon Yoo, Jae-Hong Park, Tae-Young Lee and Il-Geun Oh | ..... | 729 |
| Seakeeping Analysis of a 30-Knot Coastal Passenger Swath Ship | ||
| H.H. Chun, M.S. Kim and Y.R. Joo | ..... | 736 |
| Development of a New Integrated System of Ship Structure Analysis | ||
| O. Niho, K. Nishimura, T. Tsubokawa, H. Kaminaga, T. Maeda and K. Shimada | ..... | 746 |
| The Influence of a Ship's Rudder on the Scouring Action of a Propeller Wash | ||
| G.A. Hamill and J.A. McGarvey | ..... | 754 |
| A Finite-Volume Method for Three Dimensional Viscous Flow Around Ship Stern | ||
| Tieli Li, Yan Lin and Yanying Wang | ..... | 758 |
| Ship Form Description with Function Parameter | ||
| Yan Lin, Zhaohui Zhu, Zhuoshang Ji and Yinsheng Dai | ..... | 761 |
| A CFD Model of a Marine Propeller Wash | ||
| P.B. Brewster, G.A. Hamill, S. Raghunathan, D.J. Robinson and H.T. Johnston | ..... | 763 |
| Navy Total Asset Visibility: A System Component Review | ||
| Robert F. Paguio and Ramon Flores | ..... | 768 |
| Developing and Testing a Rough-Water Flexible Connector System for Pontoon Barges | ||
| William G. Hatch, Erick T. Huang and Joseph L. Barthelemy | ..... | 773 |
| Rapid Steel Pile Cutting Technology | ||
| Sheng S. Lin | ..... | 780 |
| Design of an Expeditionary Port Facility | ||
| Michele A. Murdoch and Glenwood Bretz | ..... | 784 |
| Buckling Strength of Lightened Aluminium Hull Structures | ||
| Yoshiteru Tanaka and Kazuyoshi Matsuoka | ..... | 790 |
| A Study on the Characteristics of BTA Deep Hole Drilling for Marine Part Materials | ||
| Sung-Bo Sim and Tae-Ok Jun | ..... | 798 |
| ADDITIONAL PAPERS | ||
| Recent Developments in Evaluating and Designing Against Offshore Fire and Explosion | ||
| G.A. Chamberlain | ..... | 807 |
| Risk Based Decisions for Entrance Channel Operation and Design | ||
| Andrew L. Silver and John F. Dalzell | ..... | 815 |