Copyright © 2001 by International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers,
Cupertino, California. All Rights Reserved.
VOLUME I , 2001 (ISBN 1-880653-52-4)
CONTENT
| Foreword | ..... | iii |
| Acknowledgement | ..... | iv |
| ISOPE-2001 Technical Program Committee | ..... | iv |
| Partial List of Reviewers | ..... | vi |
| Announcements and Publication Order Information | ..... | viii |
| List of Topics in Each Volume | ..... | xiii |
| OFFSHORE TECHNOLOGY REVIEW | ||
| Trends in Offshore Safety on the Norwegian Continental Shelf | ||
| Gunnar Berge | ..... | 1 |
| Terra Nova Design Challenges and Operational Integrity Strategy | ||
| A. Ewida and J.R.. Kean | ..... | 4 |
| Development Options for Mobile Offshore Base Technology | ||
| Robert Zueck, Robert Taylor and Paul Palo | ..... | 13 |
| OFFSHORE TECHNOLOGY | ||
| SUBSEA | ||
| Autonomous Subsea Tie In System (AUSTIN) for Large Diameter Pipelines in Deep Waters | ||
| Jostein Aleksandersen, Ivar Langen, Morten Meling and Audun Lien | ..... | 19 |
| ARCOS Pipeline Repair System | ||
| Diego Lazzarin and Adalberto Colombo | ..... | 27 |
| Increased Operability Subsea – More Accurate Tools for Installation and Intervention | ||
| Svein Ivar Sagatun and Øyvind Tveit | ..... | 32 |
| Two Different Electrical Properties Can Improve Transoceanic Cable-Route Mapping | ||
| Jeff Wynn and Tim McGinnis | ..... | 37 |
| Pushing the Limits of Seismic Resolution in Deep Water | ||
| Thomas M. McGee and J. Robert Woolsey | ..... | 42 |
| Aluminium Applied for Subsea Structures: Possibilities and Challenges | ||
| Christian Knutsen, Ivar Kvale and Jan Halvor Nordlien | ..... | 46 |
| OFFSHORE SYSTEMS AND DECOMMISSION | ||
| Study on a System for Decreasing Vibration of a Hang Hook of Floating Crane | ||
| S. Shiraishi, T. Suzuki and T. Hiraishi, H. Kawahara, T. Horichi and N. Nishihara | ..... | 53 |
| Spudcan-Footprint Interaction During Jack-Up Workovers | ||
| D.P. Stewart and I.M.S. Finnie | ..... | 61 |
| Sand Bed Response to Submerged Water Jet | ||
| T. O’Donoghue, B. Trajkovic and J. Piggins | ..... | 66 |
| An Integrated Approach for Fatigue Life Predication of Whole Offshore Platforms | ||
| Yong-Ning Wu, Li-Song Song, Hua-Can Fang, Fa-Yan Xu and Meng-Lan Duan | ..... | 73 |
| Characteristics of Tuned Liquid Damper for Suppressing Wave-Induced Vibration | ||
| Sheng Dong, Hua Jun Li and Tomotsuka Takayama | ..... | 79 |
| Experimental Investigation of TLD for Mitigating Wave-Induced Structural Vibration | ||
| Hua Jun Li, Sheng Dong and Tomotsuka Takayama | ..... | 84 |
| Criterion of Offshore Jacket Launching Analysis | ||
| Chul H. Jo, Kyung S. Kim, Jae H. Kim and S.H. Lee | ..... | 90 |
| Experimental Investigation of a Model Jack-Up Unit on Clay | ||
| G. Vlahos, C.M. Martin and M.J. Cassidy | ..... | 97 |
| Application of Probabilistic Models to the Response Analysis of Jack-Ups | ||
| M.J. Cassidy, G.T. Houlsby and R. Eatock Taylor | ..... | 106 |
| Structure Optimum Design of Offshore Jacket Platforms Based on Fuzzy Constraint | ||
| H.G. Kang, G.J. Zhai, X.B. Liu and F.C. Xu | ..... | 114 |
| Technical Issues in Platform Removal: Is OSPAR 98/3 Sustainable? | ||
| P. William Penney | ..... | 119 |
| Managing the Challenges of Decommissioning with Technology, Research and Regulations | ||
| Sharon Buffington | ..... | 123 |
| Weather-Dependent Operability for Offshore Single Lift Jacket Deck Removals | ||
| Birger J. Natvig, Øyvind Johnsen, Geir Grimsrud and Douglas Smith | ..... | 129 |
| GM-Lift Decommissioning and Installation Vessel | ||
| J. Vatsvåg | ..... | 136 |
| Alternative Low-Cost Wellhead Platform Concept(s) for Marginal Offshore Field Developments | ||
| H.J. Meek and P.G.F. Sliggers | ..... | 142 |
| Use of Light Weight Substructures for Oil and Gas Marginal Field Development | ||
| Wan Mahmood Wan Ab. Majid and Mohamad Bin Embong | ..... | 149 |
| OFFSHORE MECHANICS | ||
| MOB, MEGA FLOAT AND VLFS | ||
| Wave Response and Vibration Control of Flight Control Tower on the Mega Float Structure | ||
| Y. Totsuka, H. Ishigaki, M. Kawarada, C. Sato, H. Eto and O. Saijo | ..... | 154 |
| Stress Analysis for Structurally Discontinuous Parts in a Mega Float Structure | ||
| K. Kada, T. Fujita and K. Kitabayashi | ..... | 161 |
| Effects of Breakwaters on Motions of an Elastic Floating Plate in Waves | ||
| S. Nagata, H. Yoshida, H. Niizato, Y. Ohkawa and K. Kobayashi | ..... | 168 |
| Variability of Water Quality Due to the Location of a Mega Float in Tokyo Bay | ||
| Yusaku Kyozuka and Souichi Yamaguchi | ..... | 176 |
| Numerical Simulation of Tidal Current and Seawater Exchange Around a Very Large Offshore Structure | ||
| Kazuo Nozawa and Masasi Toyooka | ..... | 183 |
| Variational Principles Related to Motions of an Elastic Plate Floating on a Water Surface | ||
| H. Isshiki and S. Nagata | ..... | 190 |
| Practical Natural Frequency Analysis of Elastic Plate on Water | ||
| Hiroaki Eto, Koichi Maruyoshi and Osamu Saijo | ..... | 198 |
| Coordinated Dynamic Positioning of a Multi-Platform Mobile Offshore Base Using Nonlinear Model Predictive Control | ||
| Jayesh Amin, Raman K. Mehra and Pablo Arambel | ..... | 206 |
| SEABASE™, the Flexible Alternative | ||
| Erik Pettersen | ..... | 212 |
| Analysis of Drift Force on VLFS by the Near-Field Approach | ||
| Tomoaki Utsunomiya, Eiichi Watanabe and Naoyuki Nakamura | ..... | 217 |
| Investigation of Draft Effects on Analysis of Hydroelastic Responses of Pontoon-Type VLFS | ||
| Sa Y. Hong, Yoon R. Choi and S.W. Hong | ..... | 222 |
| The Motion of an Elastic Disk Floating on Shallow Water in Waves | ||
| Takashi Tsubogo | ..... | 229 |
| A Theoretical Approach to the Slamming Impact Pressure Acting on the VLFS | ||
| Ken Takagi | ..... | 234 |
| Tsunami-Induced Mooring Force on a Flexible Floating Structure | ||
| Xiaodong Liu, Shigeki Sakai, Shusaku Makino, Kota Hanai and Makoto Sasamoto | ..... | 241 |
| Transit Draft Roll Motion Stability Analysis of the Mobile Offshore Base (MOB) Using Time Varying Coefficients | ||
| Samrat Das and Jeffrey Falzarano | ..... | 248 |
| Transit Draft Heave Motion Analysis of the Mobile Offshore Base (MOB) Using Reverse MI/SO Techniques | ||
| William Rodrigues and Jeffrey Falzarano | ..... | 256 |
| Wave-Induced Local Steady Forces on a Column-Supported Very Large Floating Structure | ||
| Masashi Kashiwagi | ..... | 264 |
| Obtaining Accurate Modal Stress-Resultants in Freely Vibrating Plates that Model VLFS | ||
| C.M. Wang, Y.C. Wang, E. Watanabe, T. Utsunomiya and Y. Xiang | ..... | 272 |
| Effect of Viscous Roll Damping on Drift Forces of Multi-Body Floating System in Waves | ||
| Yoshiyuki Inoue and M. Rafiqul Islam | ..... | 279 |
| Air Gap Model Tests on a MOB Module | ||
| David Kriebel and Louise Wallendorf | ..... | 286 |
| Nonlinear Dynamic Responses of a Large Offshore Structure | ||
| Kenji Kawano and Tutomu Hashimoto | ..... | 294 |
| FPSO, TLP AND SPAR | ||
| Extreme Response and Fatigue Damages for FPSO Structural Analysis | ||
| Chuntian Zhao, Yong Bai and Yung Shin | ..... | 301 |
| Experience and Risk Assessment of FPSOs in Use on the Norwegian Continental Shelf: Descriptions of Events | ||
| Roger L. Leonhardsen, Gerhard Ersdal and Arne Kvitrud | ..... | 309 |
| Floating Production System for the Shtockmanovskoye Gas/Condensate Field | ||
| Victor M. Potapov, Lev B. Blagovidov and Vladimir V. Minin | ..... | 315 |
| Coupled Dynamic Response of Moored FPSO with Risers | ||
| J.M. Heurtier, P. Le Buhan, E. Fontaine, C. Le Cunff, F. Biolley and C. Berhault | ..... | 319 |
| Turret Operations in the North Sea: Experience from Norne and Åsgard A | ||
| Børre Knudsen, Bård A. Leite and Stig A. Mjøen | ..... | 327 |
| Nonlinear Dynamics of a FPSO and Shuttle Vessel in Tandem Configuration | ||
| Helio Mitio Morishita, Jessé Rebello de Souza Junior and Claudio Gomes Fernandes | ..... | 336 |
| Numerical Multiple-Body Simulations of Side-by-Side Mooring to an FPSO | ||
| Bas Buchner, Adri van Dijk and Jaap de Wilde | ..... | 343 |
| Structural Design of the Truss Spar — An Overview | ||
| J. Wang, S. Berg, Y.H. Luo, A. Sablok and L. Finn | ..... | 354 |
| Time-Domain Fatigue Analysis for Critical Connections of Truss Spar | ||
| Y.H. Luo, R. Lu, J. Wang and S. Berg | ..... | 362 |
| Theoretical Analysis and Experimental Evaluation of the Fishtailing Phenomenon in a Single-Point Moored Tanker | ||
| Alexandre N. Simos, Eduardo A. Tannuri, José A. P. Aranha and André J.P. Leite | ..... | 369 |
| Global Strength Evaluation for a Medium-Sized Semi-Submersible Drilling Rig | ||
| Seock-Hee Jun, Yeong-Pyo Kim, In-Hwan Sim and Joo-Ho Heo | ..... | 375 |
| Automated Hull Optimisation of Offshore Structures Based on Rational Seakeeping Criteria | ||
| L. Birk and G.F. Clauss | ..... | 382 |
| Airgap Prediction: Use of Second-Order Diffraction and Multi-Column Models | ||
| Bert Sweetman, Steven R. Winterstein, Trond Stokka Meling and Jørn Birknes | ..... | 390 |
| Model Experiments on Dynamic Positioning System with Steerable Thrusters | ||
| Masahiko Nakamura, Hiroyuki Kajiwara, Wataru Koterayama and Toru Komaru | ..... | 398 |
| Diffraction and Radiation of Waves Around Side-by-Side Moored Vessels | ||
| R.H.M. Huijsmans, J.A. Pinkster and J.J. de Wilde | ..... | 406 |
| Nonlinear Time-Domain Analysis of Compliant Offshore Structures by a Semi-Implicit Strategy | ||
| M.V. Rodrigues and B.P. Jacob | ..... | 413 |
| Upending of a Spar Offshore Platform: Prediction of Motions and Loading | ||
| Igor Prislin, Atle Steen and John Halkyard | ..... | 421 |
| Effect of Ramp Duration on the Dynamic Response of Spars | ||
| Iftekhar Anam and Jose M. Roesset | ..... | 427 |
| Buoyant Leg Structure Preliminary Design, Constructed Cost and Model Test Results | ||
| C.B. Shaver, C.C. Capanoglu and C.S. Serrahn | ..... | 432 |
| Nonlinear Response of ISSC TLP in High and Steep Random Waves | ||
| Z.M. Wang and C.H. Kim | ..... | 440 |
| Directional Sea Response of a Mini-TLP | ||
| J.M. Niedzwecki, P.F. Liagre, L.E. Borgman and P. Teigen | ..... | 447 |
| Wave Interaction Effects for Non-Compliant TLP | ||
| P. Teigen, J.M. Niedzwecki and S.R. Winterstein | ..... | 453 |
| OCEAN RESOURCES AND ENERGY TECHNOLOGY | ||
| GAS HYDRATES | ||
| Global Occurrences of Gas Hydrate | ||
| Keith A. Kvenvolden and Thomas D. Lorenson | ..... | 462 |
| Density Change of CO2-Dissolved Water in Hydrate Forming Region | ||
| R. Kojima, K. Yamane and I. Aya | ..... | 468 |
| Gas Hydrate and Seeps – Effects on Slope Stability: The "Hydraulic Model" | ||
| Martin Hovland, Dan Orange, Per Arne Bjørkum and Ove Tobias Gudmestad | ..... | 471 |
| Two Phase Flow Dynamics for Production of Methane Hydrate | ||
| Y. Kobayashi | ..... | 477 |
| A Remote, Multi-Sensor Station to Monitor Conditions Near the Sea Floor within the Hydrate Stability Zone | ||
| J. Robert Woolsey, Thomas M. McGee and Robin C. Buchanan | ..... | 483 |
| Numerical Simulation of Agglomeration of CO2 Droplets Covered with Hydrate Film | ||
| K. Yamane, R.. Kojima, I. Aya, L. Tang and S.M. Masutani | ..... | 490 |
| Unexpected Natures of CO2 Hydrate Membrane in Saturated Water: An Explanation by the Free Water Molecule Model | ||
| I. Aya, K. Yamane, R. Kojima, T. Yamamoto and H. Nariai | ..... | 495 |
| Droplets of Dry Ice and Cold Liquid CO2 for Self Transport of CO2 to Large Depths | ||
| Bjørn Kvamme | ..... | 498 |
| Kinetics of Hydrate Formation from Nucleation Theory | ||
| Bjørn Kvamme | ..... | 508 |
| Molecular Dynamics Simulations as a Tool for the Selection of Candidates for Kinetic Hydrate Inhibitors | ||
| Bjørn Kvamme | ..... | 517 |
| OCEAN MINING | ||
| Resedimentation Analysis from Seafloor Photographs | ||
| T. Yamazaki, E. Kuboki and D. Uehara | ..... | 528 |
| Dynamic Positioning Control for the Buffer of a Deep-Sea Mining System Using FIR Filter | ||
| Ki H. Kim, Hang S. Choi, Woo J. Seong and Kyu Y. Lee | ..... | 536 |
| Chemical Compositions of Deep-Sea Sediment Where Artificial Rapid Deposition Event Occurred | ||
| T. Fukushima, K. Harada, Y. Shibamoto and E. Kuboki | ..... | 541 |
| RENEWABLE AND OCEAN ENERGY | ||
| A 3D Parametric Study of a Rectangular Bottom-Mounted OWC Power Plant | ||
| Y.M.C. Delauré and A. Lewis | ..... | 548 |
| Time Domain Control of a Single Mode Wave Energy Device | ||
| U.A. Korde, M.P. Schoen and F. Lin | ..... | 555 |
| OWC-Caisson Economy and Its Dependency on Breaking Wave Design Loads | ||
| F. Neumann and A.J.N.A. Sarmento | ..... | 561 |
| Optimum Control of Oscillation of Wave-Energy Converters | ||
| Johannes Falnes | ..... | 567 |
| Power Quality Assessment from the LIMPET Wave-Power Station | ||
| R.G. Alcorn and W.C. Beattie | ..... | 575 |
| An Investigation into the Importance of the Air Chamber Design of an Oscillating Water Column Wave Energy Device | ||
| J.W. Weber and G.P. Thomas | ..... | 581 |
| Stress Analysis of Impulse Turbine Blades | ||
| A. Thakker, H.B. Khaleeq, F. Hourigan and J. Jarvis | ..... | 589 |
| Preliminary Study on Wave Energy Utilization in Sri Lanka | ||
| T. Watabe, H. Yokouchi, S.D.G.S.P. Gunawardane, B.R.K. Obeyesekera and U.I. Dissanayake | ..... | 596 |
| Numerical Analysis of Wells Turbine Performance Using a 3D Navier-Stokes Explicit Solver | ||
| A. Thakker, P. Frawley and E. Sheik Bajeet | ..... | 604 |
| Noise Characteristics of Turbines for Wave Power Conversion | ||
| M. Takao, K. Itakura, T. Setoguchi, T.H. Kim, K. Kaneko and M. Inoue | ..... | 609 |
| CA9: Analysis of a Stall-Resistant Aerofoil in View of Wave Power Conversion | ||
| A. Thakker, P. Frawley and E.Sheik Bajeet | ..... | 614 |
| A 3-Dimensional Numerical Simulation of Impulse Turbine for Wave Energy Conversion | ||
| Hyeong-Gu Lee, Ill-Kyoo Park, Tae-Hoon Kim, Yeon-Won Lee and Toshiaki Setoguchi | ..... | 620 |
| Experimental and CFD Analysis of 0.6m Impulse Turbine with Fixed Guide Vanes | ||
| A. Thakker, P. Frawley, H.B. Khaleeq, Y. Abugihalia and T. Setoguchi | ..... | 625 |
| Comparison of 0.6m Impulse and Wells Turbines for Wave Energy Conversion Under Similar Conditions | ||
| A. Thakker, P. Frawley, H.B. Khaleeq and E.S. Bajeet | ..... | 630 |
| Numerical Simulation of 0.6m Impulse Turbine for Wave Power Conversion Under Different Flow Conditions | ||
| A. Thakker, H.B. Khaleeq and A.R. Ansari | ..... | 634 |
| Experiment on the Energy Gain of Floats-Type Wave Generator | ||
| K. Hadano, T. Saito and M. Hashida | ..... | 638 |
| Impulse Turbine for Wave Power Conversion with Air Flow Rectification System | ||
| H. Maeda, M. Takao, T. Setoguchi, K. Kaneko, T.H. Kim and M. Inoue | ..... | 646 |
| POLAR AND ICE ENGINEERING | ||
| POLAR DEVELOPMENTS | ||
| Meeting the Challenges of Arctic Communications at the Summit Science Camp on Greenland’s Icecap | ||
| Mike McKibben, John Kelly and Todd Valentic | ..... | 653 |
| Accurate Ocean Current Direction Measurements Near the Magnetic Poles | ||
| James M. Hamilton | ..... | 656 |
| Oil and Gas Exploration at the Arctic Shore: Social Issues | ||
| Sergey V. Krivitsky, Alexander S. Tsvetsinsk, Dilizhan A. Mirzoev and Andrey S. Krivitsky | ..... | 661 |
| ICING | ||
| Study of Icing Rate and Related Meteorological Parameter Distributions During Atmospheric Icing Events | ||
| K. Savadjiev and M. Farzaneh | ..... | 665 |
| Extreme Value Analysis of Ice Accretion Data from Norwegian Measurement Rack Network | ||
| Konstantin Savadjiev, Masoud Farzaneh and Svein Fikke | ..... | 671 |
| ISO 12494 "Atmospheric Icing of Structures" and How to Use It | ||
| Mogens H. Foder | ..... | 678 |
| Aircraft Icing Forecast | ||
| W. Fuchs and M. Lütkebohmert | ..... | 686 |
| Numerical Modelling of Snow-Shedding Effects on a 110 kV Overhead Power Line in Slovenia | ||
| Janez Jakše, Mohamed Thabet Al Harash and Ghyslaine McClure | ..... | 690 |
| Analytical Modelling of Ice Load for a Family of Dry Ice Accretion Shapes | ||
| Krzysztof Szilder, Edward P. Lozowski and Gerhard Reuter | ..... | 695 |
| JOIA (JAPAN OCEAN INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION): ICE RESEARCH | ||
| Ice and Earthquake Loads on a Structure in the Okhotsk Sea — Annual Report of the JOIA Project, FY1999 | ||
| Kazuyuki Kato, Yasumi Toyama, Yutaka Yamauchi, Tetsushi Kiyokawa, Naoki Nakazawa and Akira Kurokawa | ..... | 700 |
| Failure Mode of a Sea Ice Sheet – Cleavage Cracking | ||
| Hisao Matsushita, Zenji Kamio, Juntaro Ushikoshi, Masafumi Sakai, Takahiro Takeuchi, Takashi Terashima, Satoshi Akagawa, Naoki Nakazawa and Hiroshi Saeki | ..... | 707 |
| Ice Load Equation by Medium Scale Field Indentation Test Data | ||
| Takahiro Takeuchi, Muneo Kawamura, Masafumi Sakai, Naoki Nakazawa, Takashi Terashima, Zenji Kamio,Hisao Matsushita, Akira Kurokawa, Satoshi Akagawa and Hiroshi Saeki | ..... | 713 |
| Wave Modification in Water Waves with the Free Surface Covered by Grease Ice | ||
| Shinya Okumura, Yukio Sato and Hiroyuki Enomoto | ..... | 721 |
| Physical Characteristics of First-Year Sea Ice in Notoro Lagoon: Summary of Five Years’ Field Test on Mechanical Properties | ||
| Juntaro Ushikoshi, Zenji Kamio, Hisao Matsushita, Masafumi Sakai, Takahiro Takeuchi, Takashi Terashima, Satoshi Akagawa, Naoko Nakazawa and Hiroshi Saeki | ..... | 727 |
| ICE COVER | ||
| Variations in Air-Ice Drag Coefficient Due to Ice Surface Roughness | ||
| S. Prinsenberg and I.K. Peterson | ..... | 733 |
| Tide-Induced Drift Velocities and Deformations of Ice Cover on the Northeastern Shelf of Sakhalin Island | ||
| Elena Tikhonchuk, George Shevchenko and Victor Tambovsky | ..... | 739 |
| Experimental Studies of Ice Cover Inhomogeneity | ||
| Vladimir I. Seliverstov, Sergey G. Gomolskiy and Alexander E. Farafonov | ..... | 744 |
| ICE FORCES | ||
| Validation of Low Level Ice Forces on Coastal Structures | ||
| Joachim Schwarz | ..... | 749 |
| Simulations of Ice Ridge Forces on Conical Structures | ||
| B. Sand and G. Horrigmoe | ..... | 754 |
| Loading Regime of Ice-Structure Interaction | ||
| Alexander T. Bekker, Tatyana E. Uvarova, Sergei D. Kim, Vladimir I. Seliverstov and Elizaveta A. Kharitonova | ..... | 761 |
| Strength Characteristics of Hummock Formations | ||
| G.A. Surkov, V.N. Astafyev, A.M. Polomoshnov, S.V. Zemlyuk and P.A. Truskov | ..... | 770 |
| Design of Offshore Ice-Resistant Platforms for Seismic Regions of Continental Shelf | ||
| A.V. Kotov, A.A. Malyutin, V.V. Kotov, S.L. Karlinsky and G.V. Zhukov | ..... | 775 |
| Model Testing of an Arctic Shuttle Barge System for Loading of Oil in Ice | ||
| Sveinung Løset, Arnor Jensen, Ove T. Gudmestad, Ola Ravndal and Svein Inge Eide | ..... | 779 |
| Investigation of Extreme Ice Loads on Offshore Structures | ||
| Alexander T. Bekker, Olga A. Sabodash, Aleksey V. Venkov and Olga S. Sclueva | ..... | 788 |
| Internal Structure of First-Year Hummocks | ||
| G.A. Surkov | ..... | 796 |
| Experimental Friction Coefficients Between DUT-1 Synthetic Model Ice and Materials | ||
| Zhijun Li, Guangwei Li, Yuexia Qu and Yongxue Wang | ..... | 799 |
| Experimental Study of Ice Force on Combined Cone | ||
| Yuexia Qu, Yongxue Wang, Zhijun Li and Guangwei Li | ..... | 805 |