Copyright © 2000 by International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers,
Cupertino, California. All Rights Reserved.
VOLUME I , 2000 (ISBN 1-880653-47–8)
CONTENT
| Foreword | ..... | iii |
| Acknowledgement | ..... | iv |
| ISOPE-2000 Technical Program Committee | ..... | iv |
| Partial List of Reviewers | ..... | vi |
| Announcements and Publication Order Information | ..... | viii |
| List of Topics in Each Volume | ..... | xiii |
| TECHNOLOGY REVIEW | ||
| Harsh Environments FPSO Development for Terra Nova | ||
| G.V. Lever and J.R. Kean | ..... | 1 |
| Phase II Research of Mega-Float | ||
| Hidetoshi Sueoka and Chiaki Sato | ..... | 10 |
| Assessment of Technology for Mobile Offshore Base | ||
| Robert Zueck, Robert Taylor and Paul Palo | ..... | 17 |
| PLENARY PRESENTATION | ||
| Research and Development Challenges in Subsea Technology Past and Future | ||
| Jostein Aleksandersen and Christian Bull Eriksson | ..... | 23 |
| OFFSHORE MECHANICS | ||
| MOB AND MEGA-FLOAT | ||
| At-Sea Towing of Mega-Float Unit | ||
| Shoichi Hara, Kenji Yamakawa, Kunihiro Hoshino and Kazuhiro Yukawa | ..... | 26 |
| Assessment of the Construction Feasibility of the Mobile Offshore Base | ||
| William J. Bender and Bilal M. Ayyub | ..... | 34 |
| MOB Transit Draft Transient Dynamics and Stability | ||
| J. Falzarano, J. Cheng, S. Das, W. Rodrigues and R. Vassilev | ..... | 42 |
| Wave Drift Force and Moment on a VLFS Supported by a Great Number of Floating Columns | ||
| Masashi Kashiwagi | ..... | 49 |
| Simplified Equation for Estimating Added Mass Distribution over Large Floating Structures | ||
| Takuji Hamamoto, Shigehiro Sekine and Ken-ichi Fujita | ..... | 57 |
| An Efficient Time-Domain Analysis of Very Large Multi-Body Floating Structures | ||
| C.J. Garrison | ..... | 65 |
| Application of the Ray Theory to Hydroelastic Behavior of VLFS | ||
| Ken Takagi and Katsuyuki Kohara | ..... | 72 |
| Hydroelastic Analysis of a Very Large Floating Structure in Waves | ||
| H. Shin, H.Y. Lee, Y.S. Yang, H.S. Shin and I.K. Park | ..... | 78 |
| An Interaction Problem of Structure and Fluid Flow for a Half Cylinder Membrane Structure | ||
| Tatsuo Nishikawa, Koji Masaoka, Yusuke Tahara and Yoji Himeno | ..... | 86 |
| Hydroelastic Calculations of Viscous Flow Around a Cylinder-Spring System | ||
| ZhiXing Yu and YingZhong Liu | ..... | 94 |
| Nonlinear Analysis on the Interaction of Waves and Flexible Floating Structure | ||
| Xiaodong Liu and Shigeki Sakai | ..... | 101 |
| Air Gap Predictions of a Mobile Offshore Base (MOB) Using Linear and Non-Linear Hydrodynamic Analysis | ||
| Woei-Min Lin, Thomas Treakle, Kenneth Weems and Sheguang Zhang | ..... | 109 |
| SYSTEMS AND DESIGN | ||
| Comparative Fatigue Performance of Alternative Outer Hull Connection Details — Part I: Procedure, Particulars, and Modeling | ||
| Brian Healy and Tom Thomsen | ..... | 116 |
| Comparative Fatigue Performance of Alternative Outer Hull Connection Details — Part II: Results and Discussion | ||
| Brian Healyand Tom Thomsen | ..... | 126 |
| Effects of Various Stiffeners on Offshore Steel Jacket Strength | ||
| Choong Y. Son, Chul H. Jo, Kang S. Lee and In H. Hwang | ..... | 135 |
| The Development of a Pan and Tilt Actuator Mechanism - from Concept to Application | ||
| A. Meikle, W.M. Banks and I. Paterson | ..... | 143 |
| The Simplified Numerical Analysis of Deformed Thin-Walled Tubular Piles | ||
| S. Cai and A.J. Deeks | ..... | 147 |
| Near-Resonance of Diffraction Waves by an Array of Plates on Shallow Water in Oblique Waves | ||
| Takashi Tsubogo | ..... | 154 |
| Numerical Aspects of Multiple Body Hydrodynamics | ||
| P. Teigen | ..... | 165 |
| Numerical Investigation of Slowly Varying Drift Forces of Multiple Floating Bodies in Short Crested Irregular Waves | ||
| Yoshiyuki Inoue and M. Rafiqul Islam | ..... | 174 |
| STRUCTURES AND DESIGN | ||
| Engineering Considerations for a Floating Swing Arch Bridge in the Port of Osaka | ||
| Eiichi Watanabe, Shigeru Ueda, Tadaaki Maruyama, Hiroshi Tanaka and Sumio Takeda | ..... | 183 |
| On Some Research Issues Related to Requalification of Fixed Steel Jacket Structures | ||
| Ove T. Gudmestad and Katrine Hansen | ..... | 191 |
| Experimental Determination of the Hydrodynamic Loading on a Model of Offshore Platform in Waves and Current | ||
| Antonio C. Mendes, Roumen Kishev, John R. Chaplin and Stefan Tomchev | ..... | 196 |
| Experimental Study on Wave Loads and Responses of a Barge-Mounted Plant with Dolphin–Fender Mooring System | ||
| Yoon-Rak Choi, Seok-Won Hong, Hyun-Joe Kim and Jin-Ha Kim | ..... | 204 |
| Green Water on Norwegian Production Ships | ||
| Gerhard Ersdal and Arne Kvitrud | ..... | 211 |
| Motion Analysis of a New Semi-Dode Multi-Purpose Offshore Platform | ||
| Yen Huang and "Joseph" M.H. Kim | ..... | 219 |
| The Integrated Use of GIS and Virtual Reality Techniques: a Campos Basin Case | ||
| G.G. Cunha, C.L.N. dos Santos, L.F.N. Mello and L. Landau | ..... | 227 |
| Model Experiments on Dynamic Positioning System Using Gain Scheduled Controller | ||
| Masahiko Nakamura, Hiroyuki Kajiwara,Wataru Koterayama, Tadahiro Hyakudome and Masanori Mochizuki | ..... | 233 |
| Random Vibration Excitation Study of a Model Offshore Structure: A Damage Detection Approach | ||
| Fa Jyh Huang and M.S. Leong | ..... | 241 |
| Experimental Research on the Behavior of Platforms in the Adriatic Sea | ||
| O. Spadaccini, A. Vignoli and R. Zavattiero | ..... | 247 |
| Structural Analysis of an Offshore Oil Artificial Island | ||
| Yongning Gu, XinzhongLi, Weigang Chen and Xiaoqing Teng | ..... | 253 |
| FPSO, TLP AND SPAR | ||
| Potentialities of Application of SPAR Type Platforms in Arctic Conditions | ||
| E. Toropov, A. Gintovt and D. Mirzoev | ..... | 257 |
| Dynamics of a Spar Platform | ||
| Mehernosh B. Irani, Thomas Rouckout and Robert P. Johnson | ..... | 261 |
| Measurement of the Instantaneous Characteristics of Natural Response Modes of a Spar Platform Subjected to Irregular Wave Loading | ||
| L.M. Teisseire, M.G. Delafoy, D.A. Jordan, R.W. Miksad, D.C. Weggel and J.M. Roesset | ..... | 269 |
| The Influence of Edge Sharpness on the Heave Damping Forces Experienced by a TLP Column | ||
| Longbin Tao and Krish Thiagarajan | ..... | 277 |
| Comparison of Tether Responses for Two Similar Wellhead TLPs with Different Stiff Natural Periods | ||
| Øyvind Johnsen, Birger J. Natvig and Stig Bøtker | ..... | 283 |
| A Study on Mini Tension Leg Platform for Marginal Oil Fields in Medium Water | ||
| Runpei Li, Yongning Gu and Yingbin Bao | ..... | 290 |
| Coupled Dynamics of Tether and Platform for a North Sea Wellhead TLP | ||
| Birger J. Natvig and Øyvind Johnsen | ..... | 295 |
| A Dynamic Analysis of FPSO-Shuttle Tanker System | ||
| Dong H. Lee and Hang S. Choi | ..... | 302 |
| Effect of the Roll Center Position on the Roll Damping of FPSO | ||
| In-kyu Park, Hyun-Soo Shin, Jong-Wook Kim and Jin-Wook Cho | ..... | 308 |
| Terra Nova FPSO: Integration of Model Tests and Global Analysis | ||
| Arun S. Duggal, Caspar N. Heyl and Peter F. Poranski | ..... | 312 |
| Petrobras Experience on the Operation of FPSOs | ||
| Carlos Ferraz Mastrangelo and Carlos Cunha Dias Henriques | ..... | 318 |
| Petrobras Experience on the Mooring of Conventional Shuttle Tankers to Dynamically Positioned FPSOs | ||
| Carlos Cunha Dias Henriques | ..... | 323 |
| Parametric Study of Intervention System in Ultra-Deepwater up to 3000m Using Passive Heave Compensation | ||
| M.B. Cerqueira, A.C. Fernandes and S.H. Sphaier | ..... | 331 |
| Maneuvering Model for the FPSO Horizontal Plane Behavior | ||
| S.H. Sphaier, A.C. Fernandes and S.H. Correa | ..... | 337 |
| ENERGY, RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT | ||
| OCEAN AND RENEWABLE ENERGY | ||
| Experimental Investigation of CA9 Blades on a 0.3m Wells Turbine Rig | ||
| A. Thakker, P. Frawley, E.Sheik Bajeet and A. Heffernan | ..... | 345 |
| Comparative Study of Performances of Turbines for Wave Power Conversion | ||
| T. Setoguchi, M. Takao, Y. Kinoue, K. Kaneko and M. Inoue | ..... | 351 |
| Aeroelastic Divergence Investigation of a Wells Turbine Blade | ||
| R. Curran, J.A.P. de Visser, A. Rothwell and S.G. Sterling | ..... | 358 |
| Use of Oscillation Constraints in Providing a Reaction for Deep Water Floating Wave Energy Devices | ||
| Umesh A. Korde | ..... | 366 |
| The Offshore Floating Type Wave Power Device "Mighty Whale": Open Sea Tests | ||
| Y. Washio, H. Osawa, Y. Nagata, F. Fujii, H. Furuyama and T. Fujita | ..... | 373 |
| The Performance of Wells Turbine with 3D Guide Vanes | ||
| M. Takao, T. Setoguchi, T.H. Kim, K. Kaneko and M. Inoue | ..... | 381 |
| An Assessment of 3D Boundary Element Methods for Response Prediction of Generic OWCs | ||
| Y.M.C. Delauré and A. Lewis | ..... | 387 |
| Experimental Results for the Wave Rotor Wave Energy Device | ||
| C.H. Retzler | ..... | 394 |
| Output of Electric Power from Pneumatic Wave Power Generation System with Water Valve Rectifier | ||
| Keiichi Ueki, Kiyofumi Ishizawa and Hiroyuki Nakagawa | ..... | 399 |
| Development of the Wave Energy Converter – Wave Dragon | ||
| Jens Peter Kofoed, Peter Frigaard, Hans Christian Sørenson and Erik Friis-Madsen | ..... | 405 |
| Numerical Analysis of Impulse Turbine for Wave Energy Conversion | ||
| Tae-Sik Kim, Hyeong-Gu Lee, Ill-Kyoo Park, Yeon-Won Lee, Yoichi Kinoue and Toshiaki Setoguchi | ..... | 413 |
| Maxiumum Wave-Energy Absorption by Oscillating Systems Consisting of Bodies and Water Columns with Restricted or Unrestricted Amplitudes | ||
| J. Falnes | ..... | 420 |
| Numerical Analysis of Flow Characteristics in a Wells Turbine for Wave Power Conversion | ||
| Hyeong-Gu Lee, Jeong-Hwan Kim, Yeon-Won Lee, Toshiaki Setoguchi and Chang-Soo Kang | ..... | 427 |
| Multidisciplinary Design for Performance: Ocean Wave Energy Conversion | ||
| R. Curran, Tom Denniss and C. Boake | ..... | 434 |
| Preliminary 3D Computational Fluids Dynamics Analysis of the Wells Turbine | ||
| A. Thakker, P. Frawley, J. Daly and E. Sheik Bajeet | ..... | 442 |
| A 2D CFD Study of Symmetrical Airfoils PART I: in Isolated Flow | ||
| A. Thakker, P. Frawley and J. Daly | ..... | 452 |
| A 2D CFD Study of Symmetrical Airfoils PART II: in Cascade Flow | ||
| A. Thakker, P. Frawley, J. Daly and Y. Abughailia | ..... | 459 |
| Numerical Simulation of 3-D Stall Mechanism on Wells Turbine for Wave-Power Generating System | ||
| M. Suzuki and C. Arakawa | ..... | 465 |
| Counter-Rotating Type Machine Suitable for Tidal Current Power Generation | ||
| T. Kanemoto, D. Tanaka, T. Kashiwabara, M. Uno and M. Nemoto | ..... | 472 |
| Site Assessment Methodology for Offshore Tidal Current Plants: A Preliminary Investigation | ||
| D. E. Dimla Snr., I.G. Bryden and K.G. Rados | ..... | 478 |
| Middelgrunden 40 MW Offshore Wind Farm, A Prestudy for the Danish Offshore 750 MW Wind Program | ||
| H.C. Soerensen, J.H. Larsen, F.A. Olsen, J. Svenson and S.R. Hansen | ..... | 484 |
| Assessment of Combined Extreme Load Conditions for Offshore Wind Energy Converters | ||
| P.W. Cheng and G.J.W. van Bussel | ..... | 492 |
| Wave-Energy Application to Water Pump and Its Systems of Utilization - Fish Meat Improving and Production Systems Powered by Wave-Energy Pumps | ||
| Katsuyuki Kawaguty, Mutsuyoshi Tsuchimoto and Hironobu Ueki | ..... | 499 |
| DEEP-OCEAN MINING | ||
| A Consideration on Size Distribution of Resuspended Deep-Sea Sediments | ||
| T. Yamazaki, E. Kuboki, H. Yoshida and T. Suzuki | ..... | 507 |
| An Experimental Study on Lab Scale Air-Lift Pump Flowing Solid-Liquid-Air Three-Phase Mixture | ||
| Chi Ho Yoon, Kwang Soo Kwon, Ou Kwang Kwon, Seok Ki Kwon, In Kee Kim, Dong Kil Lee and Hi Sun Lee | ..... | 515 |
| An Experimental Study on Route Tracking of Deep Sea Mining Vessel | ||
| Hyun-Joe Kim, Sa Y. Hong and Sup Hong | ..... | 522 |
| ENVIRONMENT | ||
| Experimental Study of a Recovery Method of Spilled Oil Trapped Under a Rubble Ice Field | ||
| Natsuhiko Otsuka, Norihiro Usami, Koji Ogiwara, Tetsuya Hayakawa and Hiroshi Saeki | ..... | 529 |
| Development of Hydrodynamic Module in the Specialized Information Analytical Systems | ||
| Alexander S. Tsvetsinsky, Boris V. Arkhipov and Vicheslav V. Solbakov | ..... | 535 |
| The Modeling of Potential Ground Water Contamination in Eskisehir Region | ||
| M. Tombul, M. Bilgin and M. Tuncan | ..... | 540 |
| POLAR AND ICE ENGINEERING | ||
| JAPAN OCEAN INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION: ICE RESEARCH | ||
| Ice and Earthquake Loads on a Structure in the Okhotsk Sea: Annual Report of the JOIA Project, FY1998 | ||
| Kazuyuki Kato, Kazuhiko Kamesaki, Satoshi Akagawa, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Masaaki Mito, Tetsuro Kawasaki, Naoki Nakazawa and Akira Kurokawa | ..... | 545 |
| Experimental and Numerical Studies on the Response of an Ice-Surrounded Structure During Earthquake | ||
| T. Iwasa, M. Mito and Y. Okubo | ..... | 552 |
| Behaviour of Sand Seabed Underneath a Gravity Offshore Structure Subjected to Ice Load and Seismic Force | ||
| M. Hyodo, S. Yamamoto, K. Fukuda, K. Kamesaki and Y. Yamauchi | ..... | 555 |
| Medium Scale Field Indentation Tests: Physical Characteristics of First-Year Sea Ice at Notoro Lagoon, Hokkaido | ||
| Zenji Kamio, Toru Takawaki, Hisao Matsushita, Takahiro Takeuchi, Masafumi Sakai, Takashi Terashima, Satoshi Akagawa, Naoki Nakazawa and Hiroshi Saeki | ..... | 562 |
| Experimental Study on Ice-Structure Interaction During Earthquakes | ||
| Y. Yamauchi and K. Kamesaki | ..... | 569 |
| Consideration of Failure Mode of a Sea Ice Sheet | ||
| Hisao Matsushita, Zenji Kamio, Masafumi Sakai, Takahiro Takeuchi, Takashi Terashima, Satoshi Akagawa, Naoki Nakazawa and Hiroshi Saeki | ..... | 577 |
| ICE TECHNOLOGY AND REMOTE SENSING | ||
| Ice Load Uncertainties - Progress in Their Resolution | ||
| K.R. Croasdale and T. Brown | ..... | 583 |
| Design and Cost Study of Gravity-Based Substructure in the Sea of Okhotsk | ||
| K. Kamesaki, K. Shimazaki, K. Kasui, H. Matsumoto, R. Frederking, G.W. Timco, M. Sayed and J. Tseng | ..... | 589 |
| Rubble Pile Observations | ||
| D.C. Mayne and T.G. Brown | ..... | 596 |
| Experimental Study on Vertical Ice Loads Acting on Multi-Leg Structures | ||
| Takashi Terashima, Takaharu Kawai, Naoki Nakazawa, Norihiro Usami and Hiroshi Saeki | ..... | 600 |
| Examination of Factors Affecting Total Ice Load Using Medium Scale Field Indentation Test Data | ||
| Takahiro Takeuchi, Satoshi Akagawa, Muneo Kawamura, Masafumi Sakai, Naoki Nakazawa, Takashi Terashima, Zenji Kamio, Hisao Matsushita, Hideyuki Nishimaki, Akira Kurokawa, Ken-ichi Hirayama and Hiroshi Saeki | ..... | 607 |
| Ice Failure Mode Predominantly Producing Peak-Ice-Load Observed in Continuous Ice Load Records | ||
| Satoshi Akagawa, Naoki Nakazawa, Masafumi Sakai, Hisao Matsushita, Takashi Terashima, Takahiro Takeuchi and Hiroshi Saeki | ..... | 613 |
| Formation of Ice Compression and Ice Divergence Zones on the North-East Sakhalin Shelf Under Tidal Ice Drift | ||
| Erwin N. Kalinin, Vladimir N. Astafiev and Stepan V. Zemliuk | ..... | 621 |
| Ice Gouge Measurement Strategy | ||
| J.P. Poplin, A.T. Wang and C.B. Leidersdorf | ..... | 626 |
| A Method for Calculation of Ice Ridge Crack Loads on a Multifaceted Conical Structure | ||
| Mark Z. Wang | ..... | 636 |
| Sea Ice Floe Impacts – Large Scale Basin Experiments | ||
| Robert Frederking and Gary Timco | ..... | 640 |
| Anisotropy of Sea Ice Strength Characteristics in the Okhotsk Sea | ||
| G.A. Surkov, S.V. Zemliuk, V.N. Astafiev and A.M. Polomoshnov | ..... | 646 |
| Hummocking of Ices in the Bering Sea | ||
| Lev P. Yakunin and Ilia N. Moskalev | ..... | 649 |
| An Analytical Model for Wave Propagation Across a Crack in an Ice Sheet | ||
| Vernon A. Squire and Tony W. Dixon | ..... | 652 |
| Numerical Simulation of Broken Ice Cover Forces on Structures: a Parametric Study | ||
| Mohamed Sayed, Robert Frederking and Anne Barker | ..... | 656 |
| Field Strength Properties of a Flooded Sea Ice Road | ||
| Daniel M. Masterson and Kenneth E. Yockey | ..... | 663 |
| Evaluation of Seismic Load on Offshore Structure in Ice-Covered Waters | ||
| Hiroshi Kobayashi and Hiroyasu Kawaguchi | ..... | 674 |
| Mechanical Parameters of the Okhotsk Sea Ice Cover | ||
| G.A. Surkov, S.V. Zemliuk, V.N. Astafiev and P.A. Truskov | ..... | 679 |
| Dynamic Positioning Operation in Ice, Offshore Sakhalin, May - June 1999 | ||
| Arno Keinonen, Hal Wells, Peter Dunderdale, Roger Pilkington, Gordon Miller and Alexander Brovin | ..... | 683 |
| Satellite Radar Ice Monitoring for Ice Navigation of a Tanker Convoy in the Kara Sea | ||
| L.H. Pettersson, S. Sandven, Ø. Dalen, V.V. Melentyev and N.I. Babich | ..... | 691 |
| Observing Pack Ice Properties with a Helicopter-Borne Video-Laser-GPS Sensor | ||
| L. Lalumiere, S. Prinsenberg and I. Peterson | ..... | 697 |
| Spread Footing Settlements at the Endicott Facility | ||
| Daniel M. Masterson and Mark F. Masterson | ..... | 704 |
| ICE SHELL - Recent Application to Winter Architecture | ||
| Tsutomu Kokawa, Koji Watanabe and Osamu Itoh | ..... | 716 |
| Azimuth and Multi Purpose Icebreaker Technology for Arctic and Non-Arctic Offshore | ||
| Arno Keinonen and Paavo Lohi | ..... | 722 |
| ADDITIONAL PAPERS | ||
| Effects of Plant Growth and Development on Interannaul Variability in Mesoscale Atmospheric Simulations | ||
| Elena Tsvetsinskaya, Linda O. Mearns and William E. Easterling | ..... | 729 |
| Analysis of Various Designs of the Stationary Platform Substructures for the Pechora Sea Shelf | ||
| E.N. Bellendir and E.E. Toropov | ..... | 737 |
| Numerical Modelling of OWC–Shoreline Devices Including the Effect of Surrounding Coastline and Non-flat Bottom | ||
| A. Brito-Melo, T. Hoffmann, A.J.N.R. Sarmento, A.H. Clément and G. Delhommeau | ..... | 743 |
| Evaluation of Ice Forces Acting on Sea Bed Due to Ice Scouring | ||
| S. Kioka, Y. Yasunaga, Y. Watanabe and H. Saeki | ..... | 749 |