The Proceedings of The Eighteenth (2008) International OFFSHORE AND POLAR ENGINEERING CONFERENCE Vancouver, Canada, July 6-11, 2008 VOLUMES 1~4, 2008 ISBN 978-1-880653-70-8 (Vols. 1-4 Full Proceedings Set) ISSN 1098-6189 (Vols. 1-4 Full Proceedings Set) Indexed by Engineering Index, Compendex and Others www.isope.org orders@isope.org ISOPE-2008 Vancouver International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers The Proceedings of The Eighteenth (2008) International OFFSHORE AND POLAR ENGINEERING CONFERENCE Vancouver, Canada, July 6-11, 2008 VOLUME I, 2008 OCEAN AND ARCTIC INDUSTRY REVIEW VLFS HYDROELASTICITY AND SEA-ICE RESEARCH FIRST (2008) ISOPE FRONTIER ENERGY RESOURCES SYMPOSIUM (SHALE OIL, OIL SANDS, GAS HYDRATES, DEEP-OCEAN MINERALS) OFFSHORE MECHANICS AND TECHNOLOGY (FPSO & COMPLIANT STRUCTURES, OFFSHORE EAST COAST OF CANADA, OFFSHORE SYSTEMS) OCEAN AND OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY (WAVE AND WIND ENERGY, TIDAL ENERGY) OCEAN AND ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT ICE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (ENVIRONMENT, FORECASTING, ICE COVER, ARCTIC EMERGENCY EVACUATION, ICING) How to Use This Table of Contents Scroll down or use the bookmarks in the left-side frame to move to a new location in this index. Click on a blue paper title you like to view. To return to this index after viewing a paper, click on PREVIOUS MENU bookmark in the leftside frame. This CD-ROM was created from the author-made PDF files. View quality of the text and graphics and the ease of readability depend largely on the quality and/or consistency of the PDFmaking procedure the authors used. ISBN 978-1-880653-70-8 (Vols. 1-4 Full Proceedings Set) ISSN 1098-6189 (Vols. 1-4 Full Proceedings Set) Indexed by Engineering Index, Compendex and Others www.isope.org orders@isope.org Edited by: Jin S. Chung, ISOPE, Cupertino, California, USA Seok Won Hong, Maritime and Ocean Engineering Research Institute, Daejeon, Korea Simon Prinsenberg, Bedford Inst of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Canada Shuichi Nagata, Saga University, Saga, Japan Presented at: The Eighteenth (2008) International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference held in Vancouver, BC, Canada, July 6-11, 2008 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. International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers (ISOPE) P.O. Box 189, Cupertino, California 95015-0189 USA CONTENT OCEAN AND ARCTIC PLENARY PRESENTATION Synergies Between VLFS Hydroelasticity and Sea-Ice Research 1 Vernon A. Squire THE FIRST (2008) ISOPE FRONTIER ENERGY RESOURCES SYMPOSIUM OIL SHALE, OIL SANDS AND GASIFICATION The Simulation Study of Gasification System with Various Feedstocks and Products 14 Hyun Min Shim, Young Hoon Kim, Na-Hyung Chang and Hyung Taek Kim World's Oil Shale Available Retorting Technologies and the Forecast of Shale Oil Production 19 Jialin Qian, Jianqiu Wang and Shuyuan Li Materials Selection for Bitumen with Heavy Naphthenic Acid in Canadian Oil Sands 21 Thomas J.C. Eun Oil Sands Gathering Conditions and Models in Compressional Basin 31 Qun Zhao, Hong-Yan Wang, Ren-He Liu, Nengyu Yang and Fuyuan Mu GAS HYDRATES, DEEP OCEAN CO2 AND ENVIRONMENT Gas Hydrate R&D Activities of Korea 38 Tai-Sup Lee, Ho-Young Lee and Keun-Pil Park Temperature Calculation and Prediction of Gas Hydrates Formed Region in Wellbore in Deepwater Drilling 44 Baojiang Sun, Yonghai Gao, Zhiyuan Wang and Hao Li Analysis of Reservoir Performance of Messoyakha Gas Hydrate Field 49 Tarun Grover, George Moridis and Stephen A. Holditch Study on the Mechanical Properties of the Tetrahydrofuran Hydrate Deposit 57 Lu Xiaobing, Wang Li, Wang Shuyun and Li Qingping A Study on Competitiveness and GHG Mitigation Effect of IGCC and Carbon Capture Technology Through Carbon Tax Change 61 Young-Shin Jeon, Young-Chang Kim and Hyung-Taek Kim Solid-Liquid Flow Experiment with Real and Artificial Manganese Nodules in Flexible Hoses 68 Chi-Ho Yoon, Jung-Seok Kang, Yong-Chan Park, Young-Ju Kim, Jong-Myung Park and Seok-Ki Kwon Research on Effects of Grounding Pressure Distribution of a Type of Seabed Tracked Vehicle on Traction Force 73 Hongyun Wu, Xinming Chen, Yuqing Gao, Jiangsan He, Liuhuai Ding and Yan Xu OFFSHORE MECHANICS AND TECHNOLOGY FPSO AND COMPLIANT STRUCTURES Nonlinear Dynamic Responses of the Tensioned Tether Under Parametric Excitations Xiaohui Zeng, Wanhai Xu, Xuanwen Li and Yingxiang Wu 78 Modeling and Simulation of a Tension Leg Platforms 84 Marco Masciola and Meyer Nahon Robust Design Optimization of Mass Dampers for Control of Tension Leg Platforms 92 Alexandros A. Taflanidis, Demos C. Angelides and Jeffrey T. Scruggs Hull Form Optimization of a Tension-Leg Platform Based on Coupled Analysis 100 June Young Lee and Seung Joon Lim Dynamic Responses of a Dry Tree Semi-Submersible Platform with Ram Style Tensioners in the Post-Katrina Irregular Seas 108 Jun Zou Numerical Simulation of Hydrodynamic Resonance in a Narrow Gap Between Twin Bodies Subject to Water Waves 114 Lin Lu, Liang Cheng, Bin Teng and Yucheng Li Performance Evaluation of Articulated Multi-Body Floaters in Harsh Environment 120 Alaa M. Mansour, Edward W. Huang and Zhengyong Zhong Tuning the Air Pressure of Aircushion Supported Structures At Model Scale 129 J.L.F. van Kessel Model Testing and Complex Numerical Simulations for Offshore Installation 137 J.L. Cozijn, R.J. van der Wal and C. Dunlop Simulation of Dynamic Positioning of a FPSO and a Shuttle Tanker During Offloading Operation 148 Heather Peng and Don Spencer Numerical Studies of Green Water Effect on a Moored FPSO 154 Haidong Lu, Chi Yang and Rainald Löhner Coupled Spar Response with Buoyancy Cans Vs. Tensioners 164 Cheng-Yo Chen, Chang Ho Kang and Trevor Mills P53 Turret - A Unique Design of Its Own Class 171 Babu George, Zhibin Zhong and Frederic Basset Fatigue Damage Assessment for Drillship Structure Based on Stochastic Method 179 Sung-Gun Park, Chang-Hwan Jang, Jae-Hyung Park, and Joo-Ho Heo Numerical Methods for the Analysis of Mooring Systems in Deep Water 185 Hoi-Sang Chan and Tai Pil Ha Recent Developments in Offshore Codes, Rules and Regulations for Deepwater and Arctic E&P Systems 192 G. Abdel Ghoneim Gravity Based Substructure Solutions for Arctic LNG 200 Gordon Jackson, Brian Raine, John Powell, Somchat Suwan and Osama Safaqah OFFSHORE EAST COAST OF CANADA White Rose: Overview of Current Development and Plans for Future Growth 206 Penny Norman, Glen Lochte and Shawn Hurley Hybrid Offshore Drilling & Production Concepts for the East Coast of Canada and Heavy Sea Ice Environments 215 John Fitzpatrick, Kurt Kennedy, Scott Lush and Michael J. Paulin Evacuation Training Using Immersive Simulators 223 Brian Veitch, Randy Billard and Anthony Patterson OFFSHORE SYSTEMS: TSUNAMI, DESIGN, SUBSEA AND JACKET Use of Sensor Network for Real-Time Monitoring Systems in Ships and Offshore Structures 228 Dongkon Lee, Beomjin Park, Bugeun Paik, Seongrak Cho, Jin Choi, Heejin Kang and Younghwan Kim Optimized Methodology to Build An Integrated Solution to Offshore Topside Process Engineering 233 Jihyun Hwang, Joonho Min, Youngjoo Ahn, Heechang Kim, Hakjin Kim, Myungil Roh and Kyuyeul Lee Optimization of a Direct Drive Active Heave Compensator 241 Ryan S. Nicoll, Bradley J. Buckham and Frederick R. Driscoll Creating Better Cost Estimates for Floating Offshore Structures by Assessing Cost Correlation and Understanding Risk 249 Erebi O. Cocodia The Numerical Simulation on the Tension Distribution in the Fishing Net in Steady Current 255 Yunpeng Zhao, Yucheng Li, Guohai Dong, Yuxiang Ma and Fukun Gui Methodology for Estimating Tsunami Disaster Damage Using Geo-Spatial Information Nunthawath Charusrojthanadech, Yoshimichi Yamamoto and Kyohei Kawai 261 Experimental Study on Wave-Induced Motion of Offshore Observation Buoy 269 Tetsuya Hiraishi, Iwao Hasegawa and Ichiro Miyazato Development of Pneumatic Type Buoy for Surface and Subsea Region 275 Shigeki Sakakibara and Shuu Yamada Floating Dry Process Caissons for Maintenance of Submerged Ocean Structures 283 Joong-Woo Lee and Pill-Sung Kim Finite Element Modelling of Scour Around a Subsea Structure in Steady Currents 290 Ming Zhao and Liang Cheng Wave Loads on Piles - Spectral Versus Monochromatic Approach 297 Dilip K. Barua Fluid-Structure Interaction for a Jacket Model Structure with Imposed Displacement 302 A.C. Mendes and H.J.D. Correia Practical Fatigue Calculation for Offshore Structures Based on Efficient Wave Spectrum Inputs 310 Junbo Jia, Rune Ellefsen and Tore Holmås OCEAN AND OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGIES WAVE AND WIND ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGIES A Global Wave Energy Resource Assessment 318 Andrew M. Cornett Modelling of a Wave Energy Harnessing Breakwater 327 C.G. Koutitas and Y.G. Savvidis Analysis and Design of a Wave Energy Conversion Buoy 331 Yun-Hyung Kim, Jin-Seok Oh and Toshimitsu Komatsu Capture and Conversion of Multidirectional Wave Energy 336 Robert L. Waid Frequency Response Tuning for a Two-Body Heaving Wave Energy Converter Scott J. Beatty, Bradley J. Buckham and Peter Wild 342 Application of Numerical Wave Tank to OWC Air Chamber for Wave Energy Conversion 350 Zhen Liu, Beom-Soo Hyun and Key-Yong Hong Efficient Frequency-Domain Analysis of Dynamic Response for the Multi-Body Wave Energy Converter in Multi-Directional Waves 357 Reza Taghipour and Torgeir Moan Experimental Study on Hydrodynamic Forces Acting on a Floating Wave Energy Converter "Backward Bent Duct Buoy" 366 Shuichi Nagata, Kazutaka Toyota, Yasutaka Imai and Toshiaki Setoguchi Study of the Smoothing Effect on the Power Production in an Array of SEAREV Wave Energy Converters 374 J. Tissandier, A. Babarit, and A.H. Clément Sea Slot Cone Generator Overtopping Performance in 3D Conditions 382 L. Margheritini, D. Vicinanza and P. Frigaard Analysis of Liquid Metal MHD Wave Energy Direct Conversion System 388 Yan Peng, Zuowei Lin, Lingzhi Zhao, Ciwen Sha, Ran Li, Yuyu Xu, Baolin Liu, Jian Li and Jason Jia Performance of Wells Turbines for Use in Small-Scale Oscillating Water Columns 393 David G. Dorrell and Min-Fu Hsieh Analysis of the Impact of a Pilot Zone for Wave Energy Conversion Offshore Portugal 401 Lourenço Mendes, Artur Palha, Conceição Juana Fortes, Ana Brito e Melo and António Sarmento Investigation of Fluid Film Bearings for Use in Direct Drive Linear Generators in Submerged Wave Energy Converters 409 Sarah L. Caraher, John P. Chick and Markus A. Mueller An Experimental Study of Closely Spaced Point Absorber Arrays 417 Tim Stallard, Peter K. Stansby and Alan J. Williamson Grouted Connections for Offshore Wind Turbines 425 Marcus Klose, Torsten Faber, Peter Schaumann and Stephan Lochte-Holtgreven Hybrid Towers for Offshore Wind Energy Converters Peter Schaumann and Christian Keindorf 431 Intelligent Wind Turbine Unit with Tandem Wind Rotors Applicable to Offshore Wind Farm (Profiles and Performances as Tandem Wind Rotors) 441 Koichi Kubo, Toshiaki Kanemot, Hiromi Mitarai, Youhei Hano and Kiyotaka Hirano Numerical Consideration of Local Joint Flexibilities 447 Peter Schaumann and Cord Böker Rotor-Floater-Tether Coupled Dynamic Analysis of Offshore Floating Wind Turbines 455 Sangyun Shim and M.H. Kim Application of Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process to Assess the Potential of Offshore Wind Energy in Taiwan 461 T.L. Lee, H.M. Lin, D.S. Jeng and T.W. Hsu TIDAL POWER AND TECHNOLOGY Application of Floating Tidal Current Power System in Cooling Water Channel 466 Chul-Hee Jo, H. Jeong, R.S. Park and W.C. Cho Application of End Plates for Vertical Axis Hydro Turbine Performance Enhancement 469 G.W. Rawlings, M. Alidadi, V.R. Klaptocz, Y. Nabavi, Y. Li, J. Mikkelsen and S.M. Calisal Modelling a Tidal Turbine in Unsteady Flow 473 Simon Gant and Tim Stallard Antifouling for Plate Type Heat Exchanger Using Seawater by the Heat-Treatment 480 Yasuyuki Ikegami, Kazuya Urata, Kimio Iwasaki, Shuichi Tashiro, Kenji Yamane, Izuo Aya, Yoshiyuki Inohara, Nobuhiko Fujiki and Takahiro Matsumoto Experimental Study of OTEC Using Ammonia/Water Mixture as Working Fluid 484 Yasuyuki Ikegami, Junichi Inadomi, Takeshi Yasunaga and Hiroyuki Asou Development of the Process for Making Agricultural Cultivation Water from Seawater Using Natural Zeolite 488 Takaaki Wajima, Tomoe Shimizu, Takehiko Yamato and Yasuyuki Ikegami OCEAN ENVIRONMENT AND MONITORING Study on Conservation of Habitat Network of Fiddler Crab Uca lactea in Hyogo Prefecture in Japan Kohji Uno, Susumu Nakano, Gozo Tsujimoto and Tetsuya Kakinoki 492 Non-Steady Growth Modeling of Anaerobic Consortium of Microorganisms Around Methane Seepage 498 Tetsuo Yamazaki, Rika Takeuchi, Daisuke Monoe, Tomoaki Oomi, Kisaburo Nakata and Tomohiko Fukushima A Study on the Cause of Long-Term Variations in Water Exchange and Water Quality in a Semi-Enclosed Bay 503 Jin-Hee Yuk and Shin-Ichi Aoki Automatic Measurement of Dissolved Inorganic Nitrogen Ions in Coastal Field Using a Simplified Flow Injection Method 510 Rei Arai, Koji Tada, Naoki Nakatani and Taketoshi Okuno Material Properties of White Cement Mortar Using Pyroclastic Flow Deposits 516 Ken Watanabe, Mamoru Fujii and Jun Mauricio Arai Estimation of Nutrient Fluxes Over 2 Tidal Cycles in Tidal Flat 521 Takumi Hatano, Kazuo Murakami and Kouta Nakase Diminished Water Purification Capacity of Tidal Areas Covered by Ulva sp. 528 Eiji Yauchi and Kenichi Ishii M2 Tidal Current in the Tokara Strait South of Kyushu, Japan 533 Toru Yamashiro, Masaki Kawabe and Daisuke Maki Measurement Method for Nutrient by Ultraviolet Spectrometry 539 Rei Arai, Naoki Nakatani and Taketoshi Okuno Marginal Stability Analysis on Salt Fingers Convection with Parabolic Temperature and Salinity Profiles 545 Ray-Yeng Yang and Hwung-Hweng Hwung A Risk Assessment Study on Fluid Dynamics of Single CO2 Droplet Released into the Turbulent Seawater 551 Ryuichi Nagaosa, Akihiro Yamasaki and Fumio Kiyono Development and Assessment of a Fine Particle Acquisition Technique Using the Sodagarami Method in Field Tests 558 Takahisa Tokunaga, Hiroyuki Yamanishi, Hiroyuki Araki, Keisuke Kurogi and Seiichi Ono Influence of Air-Sea Fluxes and Breaking Waves on Oceanic Mixed Layer 563 Dongliang Zhao and Chanjuan Mei Seasonal Variation of Nitrogen Cycling in Manila Bay Mitsuru Hayashi1, Tetsuo Yanagi and Maria Lourdes San Diego-Mcglone 569 Topographical Change of the Sandbar and Estimation of Suspended Solid Flux in the Nakdong River Estuary, Korea Focused on Jinudo - 576 Sung-Pil Lim, In-Cheol Lee, Han-Sam Yoon, Won-Bae Na and Heon-Tae Kim Spatial Distribution of Sea Level Trend and Annual Range in the China Seas from 50 Long Term Tidal Gauge Station Data 583 Manchun Chen, Juncheng Zuo, Meixiang Chen, Jianli Zhang and Ling Du Changes in the Engineering Properties of Reconstituted Ariake Clay Undergoing Drying 588 Masanori Tanaka and Takeshi Kamei ICE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING ICE ENVIRONMENT AND FORECASTING Characteristics of Ice Bottom Topography from the Sea of Okhotsk Off Hokkaido - Observation Results in 2007 - 594 Shinji Kioka, Yasuji Yamamoto, Atsushi Sutou and Takahiro Takeuchi Wave Scattering by An Infinite Straight-Line Array of Axisymmetric Floes 602 Luke G. Bennetts and Vernon A. Squire The Scattering and Damping of Ice-Coupled Waves 610 Gareth L. Vaughan and Vernon A. Squire Ice and Ocean Mooring Data Statistics from Barrow Strait, the Central Section of the NW Passage in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago 618 Simon Prinsenberg and Roger Pettipas Formation of the Severe Ice Conditions in the Southwestern Kara Sea 623 G.K. Zubakin, A.G. Egorov, V.V. Ivanov, A.A. Lebedev, I.V. Buzin and L.I. Eide ARCTIC ICE NAVIGATION Submarine Moving Close to the Ice-Surface Conditions 630 Victor M. Kozin and Alexandra V. Pogorelova Global Ice Load Prediction for Icebreaking Vessels 638 Kyungsik Choi and Seong-Yeob Jeong Development of a GTT NO96 Membrane-Type 170K m3 LNG Carrier with Ice Class 1A Heejoong Lee, Sungkon Han, Yeong Tae Oh, In Sang Yoo 644 Comparison of Local Ice Pressures on the CCGS Terry Fox with Other Data 650 Robert Frederking and Michelle Johnston ARCTIC EMERGENCY EVACUATION ARKTOS Evacuation Craft: History, Capability and Future Developments 655 Peter S. Hatfield, Bruce Seligman, Gordon Lacy, Norman F. B. Allyn and Terry A. Hall Field Trials of an Instrumented Lifeboat in Ice Conditions 659 Antonio Simões Ré, Andrew Kuczora and Brian Veitch Escape-Evacuation-Rescue Response in Ice-Covered Regions 665 Antonio Simões Ré and Brian Veitch ICE IMPACT, IMPACT DESIGN AND ICING State-Of-The-Art of the Problem of Hummock Impact on Seabed and Underwater Pipelines 671 Alexander T. Bekker and Olga A. Sabodash Floating Production Platform for Polar Seas Designed to Resist Iceberg Impact 679 V.A. Chernetsov, A.A. Malyutin and S.L. Karlinsky Detailed Design of Marine Terminal in Edward's Cove, Labrador 686 Ryan A. MacPherson and Harald G. Kullmann Mapping Mean Annual Icing Hours for the Québec Wind Energy Industry M. Comeau, C. Masson, F. Morency and F. Pelletier 692 The Proceedings of The Eighteenth (2008) International OFFSHORE AND POLAR ENGINEERING CONFERENCE Vancouver, Canada, July 6-11, 2008 VOLUME II, 2008 ORMEN LANGE FLOWLINES OFFSHORE AND ARCTIC PIPELINES, RISERS AND MOORING (DEEPWATER INSTALLATION, STEEL CATENARY RISER (SCR), CONCEPTS AND INTEGRITY, PIPELINES, RISERS AND MOORING) DEEP OCEAN ROV, AUV AND COMMUNICATION (COMMUNICATION, CRUSTAL SURVEY, NETWORK, ROBOT AND PROPULSION, NAVIGATION, CONTROL, AUV AND MANIPULATOR) GEOTECHNICAL AND GEOENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING (SLOPE STABILITY AND IN-SITU TEST, MODELING AND SIMULATION, EMBANKMENT, FOUNDATION, PILES AND ANCHOR, LIQUEFACTION AND SEISMIC EFFECTS, SOIL IMPROVEMENT) How to Use This Table of Contents Scroll down or use the bookmarks in the left-side frame to move to a new location in this index. Click on a blue paper title you like to view. To return to this index after viewing a paper, click on PREVIOUS MENU bookmark in the leftside frame. This CD-ROM was created from the author-made PDF files. View quality of the text and graphics and the ease of readability depend largely on the quality and/or consistency of the PDFmaking procedure the authors used. ISBN 978-1-880653-70-8 (Vols. 1-4 Full Proceedings Set) ISSN 1098-6189 (Vols. 1-4 Full Proceedings Set) Indexed by Engineering Index, Compendex and Others www.isope.org orders@isope.org Edited by: Emmanuel Fontaine, AMOG Consulting, Australia Kazunori Uchida, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan Jin S. Chung, ISOPE, Cupertino, California, USA Hermann Moshagen, StatoilHydro, Trondheim, Norway Presented at: The Eighteenth (2008) International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference held in Vancouver, BC, Canada, July 6-11, 2008 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. International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers (ISOPE) P.O. Box 189, Cupertino, California 95015-0189 USA CONTENT PLENARY PRESENTATION Start-Up and Operation of the Ormen Lange Flowlines 1 Catherine Burns, Susan Lorimer, Micha Hartenhof and Torgeir Vanvik OFFSHORE AND ARCTIC PIPELINES, RISERS AND MOORING DEEPWATER INSTALLATION On the Dynamics of Suspended Modules During Deep Water Installation Operations P. Teigen 9 Installation of Reeled Rigid Pipelines Connected to Large and Heavy Subsea Structures in Ultra Deepwater 17 M. Xavier, R. Sampaio, K. Johnson, K. Moen,, D. Hiller, P. Tanscheit, B. Neto and V. Braga Direct Electrical Heating for Shallow Water Installations During Continuous Operation 22 Jens Kristian Lervik, Harald Kulbotten and Ole Heggdal Optimised Snaked Lay Geometry 27 J.O. Rundsag, K. Tørnes, G. Cumming, A.D. Rathbone and C. Roberts Fiber Rope Deployment System and Rope Management Process 34 Sverre Torben, Per Ingeberg, Øyvind Bunes and Per Teigen Bending Fatigue Testing of Large Diameter Steel Wire Rope for Subsea Deployment Applications 42 Olav Vennemann, Rikard Törnqvist and Ian Frazer Vessel Motion Based Laying Criteria for Rigid and Flexible Pipes in Deepwater 48 Jean-Luc B. Legras A Discussion of the Effect of the Reeled Installation Process on Pipeline Limit States 53 S. Manouchehri, B. Howard and S. Denniel Model Testing to Reveal the Mechanics of Pipeline Ploughing in Mega-Ripples 60 Andrew Hatherley, Mark Fraser Bransby, Keith Lauder and Michael Brown Development of a Training Simulator for Dynamic Reentry Operations of a Riser Pipe Hanged Off 67 Wataru Koterayama, Masahiko Nakamura, Hiroyuki Kajiwara, Hitoshi Matsui and Kenzo Noridomi STEEL CATENARY RISER (SCR) Qualification of Weldable X65 Grade Riser Sections with Upset Ends to Improve Fatigue Performance of Deepwater Steel Catenary Risers 71 Alfonso Izquierdo, Rajiv Aggarwal, Héctor Quintanilla, Enrique García, Victor López, Gilles Richard, Elsa Marques, Diego Dell'Erba and Luigi Di Vito Large Scale Soil-Riser Model Testing on High Plasticity Clay 80 Thomas E. Langford and Charles P. Aubeny Effects of the Interaction with the Seafloor on the Fatigue Life of a SCR Ali Nakhaee and Jun Zhang 87 Unburied Offshore Pipeline Stability Analysis Based on NonLinear Relationship Between Pipeline and Carbonate Soil 94 Tomiya Takatani and Takanori Kaya Development of a Failure Detection System for Flexible Risers 103 Priscilla Elman and Roberto Alvim Seafloor Interaction with Steel Catenary Risers 110 J. You, G. Biscontin and C. P. Aubeny RISER CONCEPTS AND INTEGRITY Advances in Deepwater Top Tensioned Riser Design Consideration 118 Shreenaath Natarajan, Chau Nguyen and Dave Walters Minimum Production Riser System for Deepwater Application 126 Jean-François Saint-Marcoux, Jean-Luc Legras and Mason Wu A Deepwater Dry-Tree GoM Solution: the FourStar TLP 132 Neil Williams, Homayoun Heidari and Sean Large Development of Simplified Deep Sea Water Intake System — Plan, Design, Analysis and Experiment 138 Dong-Ho Jung, Hyeon-Ju Kim, Deok-Soo Moon, Seung-Won Lee, Hyeon Chung and Han-Il Park Burst Capacity Solutions for Submarine Pipeline with Long Corrosion Defects 145 Yanfei Chen, Xin Li, Qiao Jin and Jing Zhou Integrity Management of Bundle Hybrid Riser Towers 152 Jean-François Saint-Marcoux and Jean-Luc Legras Design Loads Uncertainties Study - Thermal Buckling of Subsea Pipelines 158 Jiong Guan and Per R. Nystrøm Implementation of Direct Electric Heating as Part of the Hydrate Control and Management System 164 Harald Kulbotten, Jens K. Lervik, Jonah Kogon and Arne Nysveen Riser Integrity Monitoring Techniques and Data Processing Methods Himanshu Maheshwari, Wolfgang Ruf, and Dave Walters PIPELINES: MECHANICS AND SYSTEMS 169 Upheaval Buckling Resistance of Pipelines Buried in Clayey Backfill 174 N.I. Thusyanthan, S.A. Ganesan, M.D. Bolton and Peter Allan The Sequential Reeling and Lateral Buckling Simulation of PipeIn-Pipe Flowlines Using Finite Element Analysis for Deepwater Applications 181 Paul Jukes, Steven Wang and James Wang Monitor of Leakage in Long-Distance Pipeline Based on Detecting Theory of Abrupt Change 189 Junhua Li, Wenbai Liu, Zhaochen Sun and Li Cui Numerical Study on Failure of X52 Wrinkled Pipelines Subjected to Bending Deformation 194 Yonghong Zhang, Sreekanta Das and Wafaa M El-Tawil Finite Element Simulation for Shear Failure of Wrinkled Pipeline 199 Navid Nazemi, Sreekanta Das and Wafaa M El-Tawil Critical Thermal, Corrosion and Material Issues Related to Flowline Pipe-In-Pipe (Pip) Systems 205 Paul Jukes, Binder Singh, Jose Garcia and Francois Delille Experimental Testing of the Performance of Pipeline Ploughs 212 Keith Lauder, Fraser Bransby, Michael Brown, David Cathie, Neil Morgan, Jim Pyrah and Julian Steward Automatic Pipeline Welding System Equipped with Six Welding Carriages, Laser Vision Sensor and Arc Sensor for Offshore Pipeline Laying 218 Hyeong Soon Moon, Sung Hoon Ko, Jong Joon Kim and Jong Cheol Kim Effect of Lateral Pipelay Imperfections on Global Buckling Design 224 A.D. Rathbone, K. Tørnes, G. Cumming, C. Roberts and J.O. Rundsag Integrated Assessment of the Underwater Pipeline Construction Conditions 233 Gregory L. Koff Efficient Assessment of Subsea Pipelines and Flowlines for Complex Spans 237 James Wang, Paul Jukes, Steven Wang and Gang Duan Finite Element Analysis of the Vertical Penetration of 'onBottom' Pipelines in Clay Mark Fraser Bransby, Piotr Zajac and Shiraz Amman 245 Numerical Modeling of Onset Conditions of Scour Below Offshore Pipeline in Steady Currents 250 Liang Cheng, Zhipeng Zang, Ming Zhao and Bin Teng Structural Condition Identification for Free Spanning Submarine Pipelines 255 Xin Feng, Jing Zhou, Xin Li and Jia-Shun Hu A 3D Elasto-Plastic Soil Model for Lateral Buckling Analysis 261 Ole Hededal and Torsten Strandgaard Nonlinear Seismic Analysis of Free Spanning Submarine Pipelines Under Spatially Varying Earthquake Ground Motions 269 Jing Zhou, Xin Li, Xin Feng and Rubo Dong RISERS AND MOORING: MECHANICS AND SYSTEMS Near-Surface BOP Drilling System 277 Frank Lim, Tze King Lim, Yongfeng Guo, Shaojun Ji and Liangbin Xu Responses of Multi Point Mooring Systems Under the Influence of Different Sea Conditions 282 Deniz Bayraktar and Abdi Kükner Design of Moorings for Complex Fish Passage Project 289 Norman F. B. Allyn, Jing Li, Gang Yang and Jerry Johnson Fatigue Life Assessment of a Drilling Riser Containing Corrosion Defects: Pits, Patches and Grooves 297 George C. Campello, Adilson C. Benjamin, Divino J.S. Cunha, Francisco E. Roveri, Rita C.C. Silva and João N.C. Guerreiro Strength Evaluation of Drill Pipe for Scientific Drilling in Nankai Trough with High Current 304 Tomoya Inoue, Masahiko Ozaki, Tsuyoshi Miyazaki, Makoto Nishigaki and Koji Setta Numerical Simulation of Hydrodynamic Behaviors of Single Grid Mooring Net Cage Under Waves 312 Chang-Ping Chen, Yu-Cheng Li, Yun-Peng Zhao and Guo-Hai Dong Mooring Stiffness Impact on the Survivability of MODUs Zhi Zhang, M.H. Kim, E.G. Ward and Shan Ma DEEP OCEAN ROV, AUV AND COMMUNICATION COMMUNICATION, CRUSTAL SURVEY AND NETWORK 320 Communications Within Thetis, a Real Time Multi-Vehicles Hybrid Simulator 326 Olivier Parodi, Vincent Creuze and Bruno Jouvencel On-Line High-Resolution Sonar Image Recognition Technique for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles 334 Son-Cheol Yu, Giacomo Marani and Junku Yuh Performance Analysis of IEEE 802.11 Based MAC for Underwater Acoustic Networks 341 Jong-Won Park, A-Ra Cho, Hak-Lim Ko and Yong-Kon Lim Design of a New MAC Protocol for Underwater Acoustic Network 346 Yong-Kon Lim, Jong-Won Park, Hak-Lim Ko and A-Ra Cho Underwater SLAM with ICP Localization and Neural Network Objects Classification 351 G. Conte, D. Scaradozzi, S.M. Zanoli, L. Gambella and G. Marani Short Cluster Airgun Array for Shallow to Deep Crustal Survey 358 Satoshi Shimizu, Seiichi Miura, Kaoru Tsukuda, Hidenori Shibata and Ayumi Mizota Disk Type Underwater Glider for Virtual Mooring and Field Experiment 363 Masahiko Nakamura, Wataru Koterayama, Masaru Inada, Kenji Marubayashi, Takashi Hyodo, Hiroshi Yoshimura and Yasuhiro Morii UNDERWATER ROBOT AND PROPULSION Experiments in Direct Energy Extraction Through Flapping Foils 370 Bradley J. Simpson, Franz S. Hover and Michael S. Triantafyllou A Study on Characteristics of a Flexible Body for a Fish Type Robot 377 Masashi Terada, Hirofumi Sumoto and Satoru Yamaguchi A Practical Approach to the Development of Thruster Models for Underwater Robots 382 Aaron M. Hanai, Christopher A. Mcleod, Kaikala H. Rosa, Giacomo Marani and Song K. Choi Maneuverability Experiments of AUV Tadahiro Hyakudome, Masahiko Nakamura, Satoshi Tsukioka, Hiroshi Yoshida, Akihisa Ishikawa, Takao Sawa, Shojiro Ishibashi, Hidehiko Nakajoh, Junya Ishiwata and Taro Aoki NAVIGATION AND CONTROL 389 The Prototype to Control the Rotational Motion Applied to An Inertial Navigation System Equipped with An Autonomous Underwater Vehicle 394 Shojiro Ishibashi, Tadahiro Hyakudome, Hiroshi Yoshida and Takao Sawa Robust Motion Planning for Marine Vehicle Navigation 399 Matthew B. Greytak and Franz S. Hover Ship and Winch Regulation for Remotely Operated Vehicle Waypoint Navigation 407 Jonathan D.M. Zand, Bradley J. Buckham, Dean Steinke and Daniela Constantinescu Dynamic Simulation of Autonomous Manipulation Task for UVMS with Fusing Vision and Inertial Measurements 415 Qiang Li, Qifeng Zhang and Xiaohui Wang AUV AND MANIPULATOR Development of the AUV/UROV "Picasso" 423 Hiroshi Yoshida, Dhugal J. Lindsay, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Shojiro Ishibashi, Tadahiro Hyakudome, Hikaru Okuno and Takayuki Uemura AUV for Shallow Water Applications - Some Design Aspects 429 Sankar Nath Shome, Sambhunath Nandy, Subhra Kanti Das, Dilip Kumar Biswas and Dibyendu Pal Short Range Full Ocean Depth Underwater Precision 6DOF Position/Motion Tracker for Autonomous Manipulation 436 G. Marani, L. Gambella, J. Yuh and S.K. Choi Exploiting Redundancy in Underwater Vehicle-Manipulator Systems 443 Serdar Soylu, Bradley J. Buckham and Ron P. Podhorodeski Computing the Hydrodynamic Coefficients of Underwater Vehicles Based on Added Momentum Sources 451 Zhiqiang Hu and Yang Lin GEOTECHNICAL AND GEOENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SLOPE STABILITY AND IN-SITU TEST Ormen Lange Pipelines - Geotechnical Challenges 457 Gudmund Eiksund, Harald Brennodden, Gunnar Paulsen and Stig-Arne Witsø Effect of Press-Type Scrap Tire Isolation Wall on Ground Vibration Reduction 463 Kiyoshi Hayakawa, Ikuo Nakaya, Takahiko Kashimoto and Tamotsu Matsui The Study of In-Situ Pore Pressure Monitoring of Seabed Soil Under Wave Loading 469 Lien-Kwei Chien, Wen-Chien Tseng, Tsung-Shen Feng and S.C. Chang Fem Analysis of Seabed Stabilization Method Against Sea Wave Loading with Permeable Columns 475 Shingo Asahara, Kinya Miura, Natsuhiko Otsuka and Junya Tanaka Field Observation of Wave Induced Seabed Behavior for the Estimation of Geomaterial Properties and the Effect of Permeable Column Method 483 Kinya Miura, Shingo Asahara, Natsuhiko Otsuka and Junya Tanaka Effects of Tidal Currents and Waves on Bottom Suspended Sediment Fluxes Off Two River Mouths 491 Syamsidik, Shin-Ichi Aoki and Shigeru Kato A Successful Case to Mitigate the Slope Instability of Coastal Park in Southern Taiwan During Heavy Waves 498 Darn-Horng Hsiao Finite Difference Analysis of Dilatory Dissipation on Piezocone Test in Overconsolidated Cohesive Soil 504 Tae-Gyun Ha, Choong-Ki Chung, Hyung-Min Kwon, Sung-Min Cho, and Jong-Hong Jung Evaluation of Influencing Factors of Land Development for Sediment Disasters Due to Heavy Rainfall in Eastern Taiwan by Using Genetic Algorithms 512 Yie-Ruey Chen, Shun-Chieh Hsieh, Jing-Wen Chen and Yiwen Hui Development of an Automated-Unmanned Seabed Type Marine CPT System 517 In-Sung Jang, O-Soon Kwon, Eui-Ryong Jang and Choong-Ki Chung Field Load Tests of Geogrid Encased Stone Columns in Soft Ground 521 Daeyoung Lee, Chungsik Yoo, Sisam Park and Suntae Jung MODELING AND SIMULATION Discrete Element Modeling and Shape Characterization of Realistic Granular Shapes 525 Nivedita Das, Patrick Giordano, Daniel Barrot, Shreekanth Mandayam, Alaa K. Ashmawy and Beena Sukumaran A Practical Approach to Numerical Modeling of Pipe-Soil Interaction 533 Yinghui Tian and Mark J. Cassidy An Analytical Tool for Predicting Lateral Behavior of Single-Pole Foundations 539 Seung-Rae Lee, Ho-Young Choi, Yeong-Hun Kim, Dae-Hong Kim and Dae-Hak Kim Numerical Study of the Mechanics of Inflatable Anchors in Clay 546 Yi Liang, Tim Newson, Sean Hinchberger and Peter Larkin Evaluation of the Predictive Ability of Simplified Deformation Analysis of Embankment Foundation Using Physical Properties of Soils Only 552 Takeshi Kamei, Takayuki Shuku and Toshihide Shibi Expansion Characteristics of Ground by Pulse Power 559 Tae-Hoon Kim, Kyung-Seob Cha, Seon-Ju Kim and Young-Su Chae SOIL PROPERTIES AND CONSOLIDATION Numerical Analysis for Electro-Osmotic Consolidation in TwoDimensional Electric Field 566 Amnart Rittirong and Julie Q. Shang Dynamic and Static Behavior of Calcareous Sands 573 Horst G. Brandes and Jason Seidman Investigation on Collapse Potential of Loess Soil 579 Dolrerdee Hormdee Relationships Between the Compressive Strength and the Testing Method for Cemented Soils 584 Masanobu Kanaoka, Tomio Tamano, Tatsuaki Nishigata, Yoshihisa Nakayama, Hisashi Matsukawa and Bimal Shrestha Comparison and Strength Characteristics of Cements for Cement-Stabilization for Dredged Surface Soil 590 Min Soo Kang, Soo Sam Kim, Sang Jae Han and Myung Seok Yoon Soil Thermal Conductivity Study in Western Coastal Zone of Taiwan 598 Chu-Kuan Lin, Don Kulasiri and Lien-Kwei Chien A Simple Method for Estimating the Shear Strength Ratio of Soft Peaty Soils 603 Hiroshi Oikawa, Toshihiro Ogino, Hiroshi Itakiyo, Katsumi Ookubo, Masaru Igarashi and Masaki Tsushima Undrained Behavior of Lime Treated Soft Clays E.Y. N Oh, M.W. Bolton, A.S. Balasubramaniam and B. Buessucesco 607 Plate Anchor Failure Mechanism During Keying Process 613 Christophe Gaudin, Kien H. Tham and Samy Ouahsine Post-Cyclic Strength Degradation of Undisturbed and Remolded Marine Silty Clay 621 Shuyun Wang and Xiaobing Lu The Experimental Study on Effectiveness of Water Levels for Dynamic Impacts on Reclaimed Soils 625 Jing-Wen Chen, Fu-Cheng Chen and Chun-Wei Lu FOUNDATION, PILES AND ANCHOR Sediment Properties in the Upper Part of the Hinlopen-Yermak Landslide, Northern Svalbard Continental Margin 631 S.L. Yang, M. Vanneste, C.F. Forsberg and A. Solheim Method for the Construction of a Rammed-Earth Wall Using Soil-Cement 636 Mamoru Fujii, Yoshihiro Hashimoto, Youiti Katoh, Ken Watanabe and Mauricio Jun Arai Application of Grouting the Sea-Crossing Bridge Foundation in the Busan-Geoje Fixed Link 641 Gyeong- Hwan Jeong, Chan-Woo Park, Jin-Wook Kwon, Jae-Hwan Kim, Chang Hwan Kim and Sang-Kyoon Jeong An Establishment on the Disaster GIS Mapping System for Nantou County in Taiwan 649 Kuang-Jung Tsai, Kun-Ting Chen and Chin-Chuan Lin Investigation of the Mechanism of Fault Formation Using Bifurcation Analysis 654 Toshihide Shibi, Takeshi Kamei and Takuya Ishikawa The Effect of Liquefied Stabilized Soil with Geosynthetics Against Thrust Force of Buried Bend 660 Toshinori Kawabata, Yutaka Sawada, Ayumu Kashiwagi, Akira Izumi, Kazunori Uchida, Yoshiyuki Mohri and Hirofumi Nakashima Use of Suction Piles for Temporary Mooring of Immersed Tunnel Elements 665 I.H. Cho, D.J. Kwag, S. Bang and Y. Cho 3-D Numerical Investigation of Piles Under Monotonic and Cyclic Lateral Loads in Clay 670 Kazem Fakharian, Saeed Ahmari and Ali Amiri The Horizontal Resistance of a Steel Pile Installed in a Soil Cement Column 676 Fumitaka Arai, Haruo Noguchi, Naoaki Suemasa, Toshiyuki Katada and Tatsuya Takahashi The Capacity of Sheet Pile Foundation Under Eccentric Loading 682 Pongsakorn Punrattanasin P-y Curves of Piles in Saturated Degradation Sands with Residual Pore Water Pressures 690 Jianhua Wang and Chunxiang Qi A Parametric Study on the Installation of Tapered Suction Caissons in Clay 698 M. Zeinoddini, W.H. Shariati, M. Nabipour and F. Parchami Response of Skirted Foundations for Buoyant Facilities Subjected to Cyclic Uplift Loading 705 Hugo E. Acosta-Martinez and Susan M. Gourvenec Implementation of a Force-Resultant Model Describing Spudcan Load-Displacement Behaviour Using an Implicit Integration Scheme 713 George Vlahos, Mark J. Cassidy and Christopher M. Martin Use of PIV to Investigate Spudcan-Pile Interaction 721 C F Leung, Y Xie and Y K Chow Effect of Loading Rate on the Uplift Capacity of Plate Anchors 727 Dong Wang, Yuxia Hu and Mark F. Randolph The Prediction of Dragging Trajectory of a VLA at Early Stage 732 Yongshu Jiao, Qingfeng Zhang and Haixiao Liu Bearing Capacity and Keying of Plate Anchor in Normally Consolidated Clay 737 Zhenhe Song, Yuxia Hu and Erik Muelle LIQUEFACTION AND SEISMIC EFFECTS Damage of Houses and Residential Areas by Niigata Prefecture Earthquakes (Part 1) 743 Katsuya Matsushita, Mamoru Fujii and Toru Takata Damage of Houses and Residential Areas by Niigata Prefecture Earthquakes (Part 2) 749 Toru Takata, Mamoru Fujii, Katsuya Matsushita and Hirakazu Seki Comparative Study of Experimental Results on the WaveInduced Liquefaction S.B. Yang, K. Zen and K. Kasama 756 Shear Characteristics of Peat Consolidated Under Cyclic Loading 762 Masaru Igarashi, Masaki Tsushima, Hiroshi Oikawa and Toshihiro Ogino Lateral Loading Tests for Buried Bend with Light-Weight Thrust Restraint in Liquefaction 768 Toshinori Kawabata, Yutaka Sawada, Akira Izumi, Ayumu Kashiwagi, Kazunori Uchida, Yoshiyuki Mohri and Mitsuru Ariyoshi SOIL IMPROVEMENT Pullout Resistance of Reinforcement with Expanded End Subjected to Cyclic Load 774 Yasuyuki Nabeshima, Takeharu Konami, Taketo Hayashi and Hideyuki Ito Case History of Intermittent Treatment by Compaction Grout Piles 780 A M El-Kelesh, T Matsui and K Tokida Assessment of Field Applicability for Suction Drain Method 785 Soo Sam Kim, Sang Jae Han, Jong Yun Kim and Ki Nyun Kim In-Situ Test Research on Vacuum Dynamic Consolidation Method to Improve Double-Layered Soft Ground 791 Danda Shi, Jian Zhou, Wenbai Liu and Yibing Deng Implicit Integration Algorithm of Elastplastic Constitutive Relation for Cohesionless-Frictional Geomaterial 797 F.F. Yuan, Y.G. Zhan and M.T. Luan Effects of Consolidation on the Ultimate Capacity of Vertically Loaded Anchors 802 Hossein A Taiebat, Hassan Rahimi and Amir A Zad Calcium Leaching Properties of Lime-Treated Soil by Infiltration of Tidal River Water 810 H. Hara, D. Suetsugu, S. Hayashi and Y.J. Du Probabilistic Analysis of Consolidation Considering Uncertainties of Geotechnical Parameters in the Plastic Board Drain Method 814 Kyu Hwan Lee, Gil Lim Yoon, Woo Jin Chon, Tae Sun Yang and Jae Dong Koo Chemical and Physical Factors Influencing Behavior of Sodium Silicate-Cement Grout Byung-Sik Chun, Hyung-Chil Yang, Duk-Hyum Park and Hyuk-Sang Jung ADDITIONAL PAPER 821 Advanced Design Methodologies for SCRs Luca De Amicis, Garry Mahoney Frank Grealish Adrian Connaire 828 The Proceedings of The Eighteenth (2008) International OFFSHORE AND POLAR ENGINEERING CONFERENCE Vancouver, Canada, July 6-11, 2008 VOLUME III, 2008 HYDRODYNAMICS (COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS, NUMERICAL WAVE TANK, SLOSHING, NONLINEAR WAVES AND VISCOUS FLOWS, HYDRODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE AND DYNAMIC STABILITY, WAVESTRUCTURE INTERACTIONS, MEASUREMENTS AND TECHNIQUES) METOCEAN (TSUNAMI, EARTHQUAKES, TYPHOON, FREAK WAVES, MODELING AND SIMULATION) COASTAL ENGINEERING (BREAKWATERS AND WAVE-STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS, ESTUARY AND BEACH MODELING, SEABED AND WAVE INTERACTIONS) FLOW-INDUCED VIBRATIONS How to Use This Table of Contents Scroll down or use the bookmarks in the left-side frame to move to a new location in this index. 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Box 189, Cupertino, California 95015-0189 USA CONTENT HYDRODYNAMICS COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS Numerical Simulation of Water Impact in 3D by LVOF 1 Tingqiu Li, Peter Troch and Julien de Rouck Numerical Investigation of Multidirectional Wave Focusing Properties 8 Shuxue Liu, Jinxuan Li and Yiyan Sun Numerical Implementation of Solid Boundary Conditions in Meshless Methods J.T. Zhou, Q.W. Ma and S. Yan 16 Grid Deformation-Multigrid Fictitious Boundary Method for Cylinder Undergoing Vortex-Induced Motions 24 Decheng Wan Prediction of Extreme Wave Loads in Focused Wave Groups 32 Tim Bunnik, Arthur Veldman and Peter Wellens Consideration on 3-D Effects on Results of Forced Oscillation Test in a 2-D Wave Channel 39 Masashi Kashiwagi, Changhong Hu, Takuya Hashimoto and Makoto Yasunaga Analysis of Freak Waves Formation with Large Scale Fully Nonlinear High Order Spectral Simulations 47 G. Ducrozet, F. Bonnefoy and P. Ferrant Numerical Simulation of Extreme Free Surface Waves 55 Jan Westphalen, Deborah Greaves, Chris Williams, Jun Zang and Paul Taylor An Unstructured 3D LES Solver for Free Surface Flow and Breaking Waves 62 Xin Lv, Qingping Zou, Dominic Reeve and Zhengyi Wang Wave Run-Up and Response Spectrum for Wave Scattering from a Cylinder 69 Jun Zang, Shuxue Liu, Rodney Eatock Taylor and Paul H Taylor Fluid-Structure Interaction Modeling, Relating to Membrane LNG Ship Cargo Containment System 75 W S Kim, B J Noh, H Lee, Z Mravak, J de Lauzon, J R Maguire, D Radosavljevic, S H Kwon and J Y Chung Simulating Surf Zone Hydrodynamics Using a Two Phase Flow Model 85 Zhengyi Wang, Qingping Zou, Dominic Reeve and Xin Lv The Lie-Group Shooting Method for Multiple-Solutions of Falkner-Skan Equation Under Suction-Injection Conditions 90 Chein-Shan Liu and Jiang-Ren Chang A Practical Hydrodynamic Optimization Tool for the Design of a Monohull Ship 98 Hyunyul Kim, Chi Yang, Rainald Löhner and Francis Noblesse Numerical Prediction of Interactions Between Wave Flows and Flexible Structures with 3D MICS 108 Nozomu Kuroda and Satoru Ushijima A New Numerical Model on Venting System of Liquid Cargo Tanks in FPSO J.S. Lu and W.Q. Wu 116 COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD): NUMERICAL WAVE TANK A Sensitivity Analysis of the Bottom-Up Algorithm for the Segmentation of HS-time Series 122 Takvor H. Soukissian and Christiana S. Photiadou Prediction of Dam Break Hydrodynamic Wall Pressure 129 André Baeten CFD Modeling of Wave Loads on Offshore Wave Energy Devices 137 Derek Causon, Ling Qian, Zheng-Zheng Hu and Clive Mingham Numerical Simulation of Strongly Nonlinear Wave-Ship Interaction by CIP/Cartesian Grid Method 143 Changhong Hu, Masashi Kashiwagi, Makoto Sueyoshi and Izumi Nakagiri On the Interaction Between Random Waves and a Freely Floating Body in a Fully Nonlinear Numerical Wave Tank 148 Chai-Cheng Huang, Hung-Jie Tang and Wei-Ming Chen Development of an Underwater Glider with Independently Controllable Main Wings 156 Nobumasa Ichihashi, Takuro Ikebuchi and Masakazu Arima An Eulerian Scheme with Lagrangian Particles for Solving Impact Pressure Caused by Wave Breaking 162 Hidemi Mutsuda, Yoshiaki Shinkura and Yasuaki Doi COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD): SLOSHING Identification of Dangerous LNG Sloshing Using a Rapid Sloshing Model Validated with Computational Fluid Dynamics 170 Bernhard Godderidge, Stephen Turnock, Chris Earl and Mingyi Tan The Effects of Tank Sloshing on the Coupled Responses of LNG Vessel and Floating Terminal 178 S. J. Lee, M. H. Kim, Y. S. Shin and B. K. Kim An Experimental Study and Numerical Simulation on Sloshing Impact Pressures with Two Identically Shaped Rectangular 2Dimensional Model Tanks with Different Sizes 184 Yoon-Sik Hwang, Jun-Hyung Jung, Dae-Woong Kim and Min-Cheol Ryu MEASUREMENTS AND TECHNIQUES How Fixing Devices Affect Measurement Accuracy in a Experiment of the Submerged Body Flow Tsung-Lung Liu, Tsung-Chih Tsai and Der-Wei Chen 191 Velocity Field Measurements Using Bubble Tracers in a Cavitation Tunnel 198 Bu-Geun Paik, Kyung-Youl Kim, Jong-Woo Ahn and Ki-Sup Kim NONLINEAR WAVES AND VISCOUS FLOWS Features of QALE-FEM and Its Applications to Nonlinear Wave Hydrodynamics 204 Q.W. Ma and S. Yan Floating Structure Responses in Shallow Water Rough Sea 212 Lin Li Theoretical Modelling of the Kinematics of Extreme RandomWave Event Generated by Focusing 223 Nwaka Chuks Ojieh and Nigel Barltrop Spatial Wave Structure Created by Wind Input 231 Thomas A.A. Adcock and Paul H Taylor Vertical Response of Offshore Structures Affected by Sea Severities 237 Cheung Hun Kim, Suresh Rajendran and Sun Hong Kwon A Numerical Study of Probability Distribution of Nonlinear Responses 244 Yanming Zhang Weather Window Statistical Analysis for Offshore Marine Operations 250 Yongjun Chen, Peimin Cao and Pabitra Mukerji Observation of the Coherent Turbulent Structure Under Breaking Wave 256 Zhi-Cheng Huang, Shih-Chun Hsiao and Hwung-Hweng Hwung Numerical Simulation of Vortex-Induced Vibration of Two Circular Cylinders of Different Diameters 264 Hongwei An, Liang Cheng and Ming Zhao A Study on the Rotating Flow in an Annulus 272 Young-Ju Kim, Chi-Ho Yoon, Yong-Chan Park, Jongmyung Park, Joong Seok Kang, Seok-Ki Kwon, Nam Sub Woo and Young Kyu Hwang Numerical Simulation of a Flow Around an America's Cup Class Keel M. M. Ambrogi, R. Broglia and A. Di Mascio 278 A Viscous Free Surface Flow Solver Using the Spectral Element Method 284 Hong Gun Sung and Key Yong Hong WAVE-STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS Discussion of Morison Formula Applied to Floating Structure 292 S.H. Hao, G.H. Dong and Z. Zong Sea Wave Adaptation by an Elastic Plate 296 Igor V. Shugan, Hwung-Hweng Hwung and Ray-Yeng Yang Time-Domain Analysis of Motion Responses of Adjacent Multiple Floating Bodies in Waves 301 Kyong-Hwan Kim, Yonghwan Kim and Mun-Sung Kim A Coupled Model for the Wave-Induced Drift of Oil Slicks 308 Kai H. Christensen and Emanuele Terrile Mathematical Model of Wave Forces for the Depth Control of a Submerged Body Near the Free Surface 314 Key-Pyo Rhee, Jin-Woo Choi and Sung-Kyun Lee Numerical Investigations on Responses of Two Moored 3D Floating Structures to Steep Waves 322 S. Yan and Q.W. Ma Hydrodynamic Interaction in a Coupled Ship / Barge System and Its Effects on the Mooring Line and Fender Forces 330 Chen Xie, John M. Niedzwecki and Per Teigen Comparative Study on Time-Domain Analysis of Ship Motions and Structural Loads in Waves 335 Yonghwan Kim, Kyong-Hwan Kim, Myung-Jae Song, Mun-Sung Kim, Jaeouk Sun, Kang-Hyun Song, Ki-Seok Shin and Jin-Ho Yang The Beau Rivage Casino Substructure: Why the Design Survived Katrina 341 Jerry Johnson Dynamic Simulation of the Fish Cage Net and Floating Collar Subjected to Currents and Waves 348 Chun W. Lee, Gun H. Lee, M Youl Choe and Mi K. Lee Study on Critical-Uncontrollable Hydrodynamic Interaction Between Ships Yanmin Xu, Zaojian Zou, Mingjun Liu and Kamlesh S. Varyani 354 HYDRODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE AND DYNAMIC STABILITY Computational and Experimental Studies on Parametric Roll of Containerships in Head Seas 360 Jin-Ho Yang, Young-Woo Lee and Yonghwan Kim Practical Green Function for Thin-Ship Theory 368 Francis Noblesse , Gerard Delhommeau , Hyun Yul Kim and Chi Yang Experiment and Numerical Study on Gliding-Hydrofoil Craft Rapidity 375 S.L. Yang and S.L. Chen Void Fraction in Green Water 381 Kuang-An Chang and Yonguk Ryu Prediction of Hydrodynamic Performance for Various ShipShaped Hulls Under Excessive Roll Mot Using an Unsteady Navier-Stokes Solver 386 Yi-Hsiang Yu and Spyros A. Kinnas Active Roll Stabilization of a Coastal Naval Vessel Using Azimuthing Propellers 394 Kevin A. McTaggart FLOW-INDUCED VIBRATIONS Innovative 3-D Implementation of Riser Wake Interference Assessment 402 Mason Wu, Jean-Francois Saint-Marcoux, Robert D. Blevins and Peter Quiggin Riser VIV Induced Fatigue Assessment by a CFD Approach 408 Kevin Huang, Hamn-Ching Chen and Chia-Rong Chen Fatigue Life Calculations of Risers by Taking Into Account the Higher Harmonic Force Components 416 Yahya Modarres-Sadeghi, Michael S Triantafyllou and Franz S Hover Numerical Predictions of Flow Structure for a Circular Cylinder with Exterior Surface Dimples 423 Jongmyung Park, Chi-Ho Yoon, Yong-Chan Park and Young-Ju Kim Hydrodynamic Forces on Multiple Hanging-Off Circular Cylinders in Uniform Flows 428 Rudi Walujo Prastianto, Koji Otsuka and Yoshiho Ikeda Experimental Study on Ship Equipments Vibration Reduction Based on Magnetorheological Damper 436 Zhongchao Deng, Dagang Zhang and Xiongliang Yao Numerical Study of Turbulent Drag Reduction Over Riblet Surface 441 H.Y. Zhang, H.X. Yang and G. Li Vortex Induced Vibrations and Galloping of Two Cylinders Placed in Tandem Arrangement 446 Stéphane Etienne Vortex-Induced Motion of a Deep-Draft Semi-Submersible in Current and Waves 453 Yongpyo Hong, Yongho Choi, Junyoung Lee and Youngbok Kim Fluid Forces and Structure-Induced Damping of ObliquelyOscillating Offshore Structures 460 Osama A. Marzouk and Ali H. Nayfeh Experimental Study on Flow Induced Vibration of a Cylinder with Two Degrees of Freedom Near a Rigid Wall 469 Bing Yang, Fuping Gao and Yingxiang Wu Experimental Investigation of Vortex-Induced Vibration in Two-Dimensions 475 Robert D. Blevins and Charles S. Coughran High Harmonic Forces and Predicted Vibrations from Forced InLine and Cross-Flow Cylinder Motions 481 J.M. Dahl, F.S. Hover and M.S. Triantafyllou METOCEAN Estimation of Collision Force of a Drifted Container Due to RunUp Tsunami 489 Norimi Mizutani, Gyeong-Seon Yeom and Atsuhiro Usami Estimation of Extreme Storm Water Level in Japanese Bays by Using Stochastic Typhoon Model and Tide Observation Data 497 Hiroyasu Kawai, Noriaki Hashimoto and Kuniaki Matsuura Response of Coastal Structures Against Seismic and Tsunami Forces 505 S.R.K. Reddy and G.C.S. Reddy Nonlinear Simulation of 3D Freak Waves Using a Fast Numerical Method 511 S. Yan and Q.W. Ma Barge Mounted Low Temperature Thermal Desalination Plant 518 Kathiroli S., Purnima Jalihal and Phanikumar V S Sistla Time-Space Variation and Spectral Evolution of Sandy Beach Profiles Under Tsunami and Regular Waves 523 Gozo Tsujimoto, Fumihiko Yamada and Tetsuya Kakinoki Model Study of Tsunami Wave Loading on Bridges 528 Indrasenan Thusyanthan and Elena Martinez Guidelines for Ship Evacuation from a Tsunami Attack 536 Eiichi Kobayashi, Syunichi Koshimura and Shouta Yoneda Typhoon-Induced Wind and Wave Simulation in Suo-Nada Bay 543 Koji Kawaguchi, Hiroyasu Kawai and Toshio Nakano Dynamic System Simulation of Ships Evacuation Due to Tsunami Attack Considering Traffic Density Condition 551 Trika Pitana and Eiichi Kobayashi Improvement of the Japanese NOWPHAS Network by Introducing Advanced GPS Buoys 558 Toshihiko Nagai, Katsuyoshi Shimizu, Makoto Sasaki and Akihiro Murakami Improved Estimation of Ocean Wave Fields from Marine Radars Using Data Assimilation Techniques 565 Sina Aragh, Okey Nwogu and David Lyzenga Emergency Lightering in Open Seas 573 Tor Einar Berg and Gunnar Gudmundset COASTAL ENGINEERING BREAKWATERS AND WAVE-STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS Transformations of Wave Passing Around Cylinders 579 Ming-Chung Lin, Chao-Min Hsu and Chao-Lung Ting Experimental Study on Fluid Force on Bridge Beam Due to Tsunami 586 Susumu Araki, Ichiro Deguchi and Sadakazu Itoh Experimental Study of the Wave Energy Dissipation Due to the Porous-Piled Structure 592 Sung-Shan Hsiao, Hui-Ming Fang, Chun-Ming Chang, Tai-Shing Lee and Hsiang-Yu Huang Experiments on Nonlinear Wave Scattering by a Submerged Rectangular Step in the Presence of a Current 599 Zhenhua Huang and M.S. Ghidaoui A Study for Wave Absorbing Effect of Submerged Breakwater 607 Moon Seup Shin, Koo Yong Park and Hyun Jin Lee On Effect of Plane Arrangement of Submerged Breakwaters on Setup, Swash and Runup Over Beach 613 Dong-Soo Hur, Sung-Tai Kee, Woo-Dong Lee and Jong-Sung Yoon Multiphase-Model to Predict Arbitrarily-Shaped Objects Moving in Free Surface Flows 621 Satoru Ushijima Multidisciplinary Optimization of a Moored Rectangular Floating Breakwater 629 Ghassan Elchahal, Pascal Lafon and Rafic Younes Experimental Study on Braking Force Characteristics of Tugboats in Shallow Water 636 Linjia Yang, Seong Su Lee, Kinzo Inoue, Hiroyuki Sadakane and Wataru Sera Wave Reflection from Absorbing-Type Breakwaters 644 Ching-Yun Yueh, Shih-Hsuan Chuang and Ming-Tsung Wu Development of a Highly Dissipative Breakwater with Vertical Mixing Functions 650 Shinya Saeki and Takayuki Nakamura Reflection and Transmission of Irregular Waves by MultipleRow Curtainwall-Pile Breakwaters 656 Chang-Hwan Ji and Kyung-Duck Suh Pore Pressure Buildup in the Subsoil Under a Caisson Breakwater 664 S.K. Sumer, B.M. Sumer, F.H. Dixen and J. Fredsøe Numerical Analysis of Wave Transformation Over Low-Crested Impermeable Breakwater 672 Zhong Peng and Qingping Zou The Near-Bed Mass Transport Under Surf-Zone Spilling Breakers 678 Hwung-Hweng Hwung and Zhi-Cheng Huang Using RANS to Simulate Breaking Wave on a Slopping Bed 684 Chih-Min Hsieh, Robbert R. Hwang, Ming-Jyh Chern and Wen-Chang Yang Numerical and Physical Modelling of Wave Overtopping Over a Porous Breakwater M.T. Reis, M.G. Neves, K. Hu and M. ten Voorde 691 Numerical and Experimental Study on Wave Deformation and Overtopping Around Vertical Seawall in Coral Reef Sea Area 698 Koji Kawasaki, Masami Kiku and Yasuo Sasada Hydraulic Performances of Non-Wave Overtopping Type Seawall Against Sea Level Rise Due to Global Warming 706 Keisuke Murakami, Yuji Kamikubo and Yasuto Kataoka BEACH MODELING N-Line Beach Evolution Model Considering Advection and Diffusion Effects of Nourished Sand 713 Yoko Shibutani, Masamitsu Kuroiwa and Yuhei Matsubara Evaluation of New Alternative Method for Beach Nourishment 721 Kyu-Han Kim, Agnes Y.W. Widayati and Chong-Kun Pyun A Numerical Model for Gravel Beach Deformation Based on Two-Way Method 728 Kwang-Ho Lee, Norimi Mizutani, Do-Sam Kim and Toshiaki Fujii Cross-Shore Change of Beach Profile in Two Shapes of Beach Slope Breakdown 735 Won Chul Cho and In Ho Kim SEABED AND WAVE INTERACTIONS Distribution of the Engineering Water Levels Along the Coast of China Seas Under Sea Level Variation 740 Meixiang Chen, Juncheng Zuo, Ling Du, Peiliang Li and Lei Li Wave Field Monitoring at Taipei Harbour, Taiwan 748 John Z. Yim, Chung-Ren Chou and W.-K. Wong Study on the Characteristics of Storm Surge Over Taiwan Eastern Waters by Wavelet Transform 753 Beng-Chun Lee, Chiung-Chu Huang, Chia Chuen Kao and Laurence Zsu-Hsin Chuang Finite Volume - Finite Difference Scheme for the Solution of 2D Extended Boussinesq Equations 759 Mara Tonelli and Marco Petti Generation of Rip Currents from Single Disturbance in Bottom Topography 768 Ichiro Deguchi, Mamoru Arita, Takumi Yoshii and Hirotaka Yabusaki Turbulent Solitary Wave Boundary Layer B.M. Sumer, P.M. Jensen, L.B. Sørensen, J. Fredsøe, P. L.-F. Liu 775 Overturning of a Solitary Wave on a Continental Shelf 782 Ching-Jer Huang and Chun-Yuan Lin Computation of Reflection Coefficient Using Wave Amplitude and Phase Function 788 Hyoseob Kim and Byung Soon Jung Typhoon Rainfall and Landsliding in the Pacific Ocean Side of Japan 795 Ranjan Kumar Dahal, Shuichi Hasegawa, Minoru Yamanaka and Astuko Nonomura Transformation of Short Wave Groups and Generation of Infragravity Waves on a Bar-Type Beach 803 Nan Myat Soe, M.R. Akbarpour Jannat and Toshiyuki Asano Wave Breaking Termination on Bar-Trough Shaped Beaches 811 Takashi Okamoto, Conceição Juana Fortes and David R. Basco Numerical Simulations of Shallow-Water Wave Propagation Over Arbitrary Bottom Topography Using High-Order Boussinesq Equation 820 Rae H. Yuck, Byung W. Park and Hang S. Choi Analytical Solution for Long Waves on Axis-Symmetric Topographies 826 Tae-Hwa Jung, Changhoon Lee and Yong-Sik Cho Viability Study of an Artificial Surf Reef in S. Pedro do Estoril, Cascais, Portugal 833 Pedro Bicudo, Margarida Custódio, Nuno Cardoso, Conceição Fortes, Maria Da Graça Neves, Lourenço Mendes, Pedro Monteiro, Artur Palha, Maria João Nogueira and Luis Miguel Carvalho The Proceedings of The Eighteenth (2008) International OFFSHORE AND POLAR ENGINEERING CONFERENCE Vancouver, Canada, July 6-11, 2008 VOLUME IV, 2008 STRAIN-BASED DESIGN: 2007 REVIEW THE SECOND (2008) ISOPE STRAIN-BASED DESIGN SYMPOSIUM (MATERIALS, TENSILE AND COMPRESSIVE STRAIN CAPACITIES, TESTING AND SERVICE ENVIRONMENT) THE SIXTH ISOPE HIGH-PERFORMANCE MATERIALS SYMPOSIUM (MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES, FATIGUE AND FRACTURE, WELDING TECHNOLOGY, SHIPBUILDING STEELS, TUBULAR STRUCTURES, NDE AND LIFE PREDICTION) COMPOSITES & SMART STRUCTURES RELIABILITY (RELIABILITY, SLAMMING AND COLLISION) EARTHQUAKES AND TSUNAMI, ADVANCED SHIP TECHNOLOGY How to Use This Table of Contents Scroll down or use the bookmarks in the left-side frame to move to a new location in this index. 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Lillig, ExxonMobil Development Company, Houston, Texas, USA Presented at: The Eighteenth (2008) International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference held in Vancouver, BC, Canada, July 6-11, 2008 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. International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers (ISOPE) P.O. Box 189, Cupertino, California 95015-0189 USA CONTENT PLENARY SESSION The First (2007) ISOPE Strain-Based Design Symposium — A Review 1 Dan B. Lillig THE SECOND (2008) ISOPE STRAIN-BASED DESIGN SYMPOSIUM MATERIALS Mechanical and Metallurgical Properties of Grade X80 High Strain Linepipe Produced by Heat Treatment On-line Process Nobuyuki Ishikawa, Mitsuhiro Okatsu, Shigeru Endo, Nobuo Shikanai, Ryuji Muraoka and Joe Kondo 13 Development of X80/X100 Linepipe Steels with High Strain Aging Resistance 21 Jang-Yong Yoo, Dong-Han Seo, Seong-Soo Ahn and Ki-Bong Kang Concepts of Grade X100 for High Toughness and Strain Based Design Application 27 Volker Schwinn, Peter Fluess, Andreas Liessem and Jens Schroeder Thermal and Microstructure Simulation of High Strength Pipeline Girth Welds 33 Yaoshan Chen, Yong-Yi Wang and James Gianetto TENSILE AND COMPRESSIVE STRAIN CAPACITY Preliminary Analysis of Tensile Strain Capacity of Full-Scale Pipe Tests with Internal Pressure 40 Yong-Yi Wang, Mark Stephens and David Horsley Girth Welds for Strain-Based Design Pipelines 48 D.P. Fairchild, M.D. Crawford, W. Cheng, M.L. Macia, N.E. Nissley, S.J. Ford, D.B. Lillig and J. Sleigh Advanced Tensile Behaviour Evaluation of Girth Welds 57 Andrea Fonzo, Gianluca Mannucci, Luigi F. Di Vito and Gilles Richard Strain Capacity of SENT Specimens - Influence of Weld Metal Mismatch and Ductile Tearing Resistance 64 Erling Østby, Mons Hauge, Erik Levold, Andreas Sandvik, Bård Nyhus and Christian Thaulow Fracture Control - Offshore Pipelines JIP Use of Abaqus/Explicit to Simulate Ductile Tearing in Pipes with Defects Loaded Beyond Yielding 72 Andreas Sandvik, Erling Østby and Christian Thaulow Effect of Crack Geometry and Tensile Properties on Tensile Strain Limit of X80 Linepipe 79 Satoshi Igi, Teruki Sadasue, Takahiro Kubo, Nobuyuki Ishikawa and Nobuhisa Suzuki Characterization of the Stable Tearing During Pipeline Strain Capacity Tests 86 P.C. Gioielli, W. Cheng, K. Minnaar and D.P. Fairchild Effect of Misalignment on the Tensile Strain Capacity of Welded Pipelines 90 S.A. Kibey, K. Minnaar, J.A. Issa and P.C. Gioielli Advanced Methods for the Strain Limit Assessment in Pipeline Applications Subjected to Extreme Loading 96 Tommaso Coppola and Giuseppe Demofonti Numerical Simulation of Buckling Resistance for UOE Line Pipes with Orthogonal Anisotropic Hardening Behavior 104 Eiji Tsuru, Kengo Yoshida, Satoshi Shirakami and Toshihiko Kuwabara Correlative Hardening Parameters to Strain Capacity of High Strength Linepipes 111 Nobuhisa Suzuki, Joe Kondo, Ryuji Muraoka, Mitsuru Okatsu and Satoshi Igi Evaluation of Influence Factors of Compressive Buckling by FE Analysis 118 Hidenori Shitamoto, Hiroyuki Makino, Shuji Okaguchi, Masahiko Hamada, Nobuaki Takahashi, Akio Yamamoto, Izumi Takeuchi and Shusuke Fujita New UST Inspection Procedure for Heavy Wall SAW Pipe 124 M Nagase, Y Hirose, T Horikiri and M Yamano TESTING AND SERVICE ENVIRONMENT Anisotropic Behavior of X100 Pipeline Steel 131 J. Matthew Treinen, William E. Luecke, J. David McColskey, Philippe P. Darcis and Yong-Yi Wang Evaluation of Material Response Subjected to High Plastic Deformation When Forged Into Saipem Submarine Repairing System 136 Gianluca Mannucci, Giuliano Malatesta, Roberto Brandi and Carlo Maria Spinelli Effect of Embedded Defects in Pipelines Subjected to Plastic Strains During Operation 143 Erlend Olsø, Espen Berg, Kjell Holthe, Bård Nyhus, Bjørn Skallerud, Christan Thaulow and Erling Østby Constraint Evaluation and Effects on J-R Resistance Curves for Pipes Under Combined Load Conditions 149 Sebastian Cravero, Richard E. Bravo and Hugo A. Ernst Development of High Strength SMAW Consumables for SBD Applications 157 Ashish Kapoor and Jonathan Ogborn Response of Pipelines Under Fault Crossing 162 Ming Liu, Yong-Yi Wang and Zhifeng Yu Deformation Behavior and Limit State of High-Grade Induction Bend Pipes Subjected to Large Ground Deformation Masaki Mitsuya, Yoshikazu Hashimoto, Takashi Sakanoue and Hiroshi Yatabe 166 Strain-Based Pipelines: Design Consideration Overview 174 Wan C. Kan, Michael Weir, Michael M. Zhang, Dan B. Lillig, Serghios T. Barbas, Mario L. Macia and Nick E. Biery THE SIXTH (2008) ISOPE HIGH-PERFORMANCE MATERIALS SYMPOSIUM - ISOPE HPM-2008 MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES Challenging Material and Fabrication Solutions for Deepwater Hydrocarbon Development 182 Jeremy C. Price, Paul A. Laws and V. Subramanian DWTT Properties for High Strength Line Pipe Steels 189 Takuya Hara, Yasuhiro Shinohara, Yoshio Terada and Hitoshi Asahi Toughness of Steel Plates for Offshore Structures Manufactured by TMCP 194 Sang-Ho Kim, Woo Kil Jang, Kyong Ho Lee and Soon Hyung Hong Correlation of Metallurgical Factors with the Susceptibility to HIC in ERW Pipes Using Slitted Hot Coils 200 Hyun Uk Hong, Jong Bong Lee and Ho Jin Choi The Effect of Metallurgical Factors on SOHIC in HIC Free Linepipe Steels 205 Wan Keun Kim, Hwan Gyo Jung, Seong Ung Koh and Kyoo Young Kim High-Performance Steel Grades for Special Applications in Ships and Offshore Constructions 211 Hermann Lücken, Andreas Kern and Udo Schriever Fluorescent Coatings for Corrosion Detection 217 H.G. Wheat and G. Liu FATIGUE AND FRACTURE Experimental and Theoretical Investigations on the Fracture Criteria for Structural Steels 224 Joonmo Choung, Ki-Young Yoon and Sang-Rai Cho Numerical Study on the Fatigue Crack Propagation Behavior in Flattened Martensite Dual Phase Steel 229 Naoki Osawa, Daiki Ueno, Ryo Shimoike, Kiyoshi Hashimoto, Kiyotaka Nakashima and Tetsuro Nose Stress Intensity Factors for Three Dimensional Cracks by Applying Slice Synthesis Methodology 236 Koji Gotoh and Yukinobu Nagata WELDING TECHNOLOGY Microstructure Development of Ultra-High Strength Steel Weld Metal for Avoiding Hot and Cold Cracking 241 Yu-Ichi Komizo and Hidenori Terasaki Hyperbaric Gas Metal Arc Welding of API X65 Pipeline Steel at 12, 25 and 35 Bar 246 Odd M. Akselsen, Hans Fostervoll and Carl Henrik Ahlen Welding Under Service Conditions — Influence of the Load Conditions on the Integrity of High Strength Steel Welds 254 Thomas Nitschke-Pagel, Klaus Dilger and Helmut Wohlfahrt Prediction Method of Transient Temperature Distribution in Friction Welding of Two Similar Materials of Steel 261 Yoshihiro Isshiki, Gosaku Kawai, Hiizu Ochi and Koichi Ogawa Cryogenic Fatigue Tests of 9% Nickel Steel Weldments 268 P.C. Gioielli and N. Zettlemoyer Tensile Strength of Friction-Welded Joints of Copper Alloys to Steels 272 Hiizu Ochi, Gosaku Kawai, Yoshiaki Yamamoto and Yasuo Suga SHIPBUILDING STEELS High Performance Steel Plates for Shipbuilding Applications 277 Kyung-Keun Um, Sang-Ho Kim, Ki-Bong Kang, Young-Hwan Park and Ohjoon Kwon GA-Based Heat Input Estimation Technique for Simulation of Shell Forming by Line-Heating 285 Naoki Osawa, Kiyoshi Hashimoto, Junji Sawamura and Hironori Tanaka Effect of Welding Heat Input on the Crack Arrestability of Thick Steel Plate Welds 291 Joon Sik Park, Gyu-Baek An, Bo Young Jung and Jong Bong Lee Tandem Electrogas Welding of Higher-Strength Hull Structural Steel 294 Hyok-Ju Kim, Tae-Won Jang and Dong-Ryeol Yoon Influential Factors Affecting Inherent Deformation During Plate Forming by Line Heating (Report 3) - the Effect of Crossed Heating Lines 301 Adan Vega, Yoshihiko Tango, Morinobu Ishiyama, Sherif Rashed and Hidekazu Murakawa Effect of Thickness on the Crack Arrest Toughness of Thick Steel Plate Welds 309 Gyu Baek An, Joon Sik Park, Bo Young Jeong and Jong Bong Lee A Predictive Method for the Transverse Residual Stress Distribution at a Thick EH40 Weldment 312 Dong-Ju Lee, Gyung-Gyu Kim, Sang-Beom Shin and Joong-Geun Youn TUBULAR STRUCTURES Joints Between Plates or I Sections and a Circular Hollow Section Chord 319 J. Wardenier, G.J. van der Vegte and Y. Makino Cast Steel and Hollow Sections — New Applications and Technologies 327 Marian Veselcic, Stefan Herion and Ram Puthli A Study on the Fatigue Life of Large-Scale Tubular K-Joint 335 Sung-Woo Im and In-Hwa Chang An Application to Welded Joints of the Crack Inspection System by Using Magnetic Properties 341 Kiyoshi Hashimoto, Naoki Osawa, Junji Sawamura and Hiroshi Asai NDE AND LIFE PREDICTION The Safe Operating Life of Isothermal Steel Vessels for Dock Storages of Liquid Ammonia 345 E.M. Basko, V.V. Larionov and V.N. Lazutin Lifetime Prediction of Fatigue Loaded Welded Joints with Help of Micromagnetic Parameters 350 Markus Bruns, Thomas Nitschke-Pagel and Klaus Dilger Using the Neuber Plot to Account for the Effects of Scatter, Corrosion and Welding in Strain-Life Fatigue Test Data 355 F.A. Conle and J.J.F. Bonnen Numerical Simulations of the Growth and Deflection of a Stress-Corrosion Notch on the Interface Between Two Brittle Materials on Ship Body 363 Zhibo Tang, Haijiang Zou, Linyan Lou and Bing Chen Analysis of Elastostatic Crack Problems Using B-Spline Wavelet Finite Element Method Satoyuki Tanaka, Hiroshi Okada, Shigenobu Okazawa and Masahiko Fujikubo 370 Fitness for Service Assessment of Spherical Oxygen Storage Vessel 377 Sangin Han, Jeongrock Kwon, Jiyoon Kim, Dong Kim and Chon L. Tsai COMPOSITES AND SMART STRUCTURES Buckling Response of Impact-Damaged Composite Panels 385 Sarah E. Mouring, Daniel Kobza, Kamryn Sakamoto and Luke A. Louca Accurate Measurement of Loss Factor and Young's Modulus for a Composite Structure Using a Multi Degree of Freedom CurveFitting Method 390 Han-Il Park, Cheon-Hong Min and Soo-Ryong Bae A Study on the Degradation Mechanisms of Honeycomb Structure by Moisture Absorption 396 Yun-Hae Kim, Joong-Won Han, Kyung-Man Moon, Kook-Jin Kim, Sung-Youl Bae and Young-Dae Jo Study on Ductile Property of Corroded Reinforced Concrete Beam 401 Fang Ying Fan and Qiang Zhi Hu Experimental Study on Properties of Corroded CFRP Reinforced Concrete Column Under Repeating Load 407 Yilie Hou, Liwei Zhang and Yinghua Zhao Effect of W/C and Thickness to Corrosion Properties of Reinforced Concrete 412 Kyung-Man Moon, Hwang-Rae Cho, Yun-Hae Kim, Sung-Youl Bae and Myung-Hoon Lee Impact of Cooling Time on the Structure and Tribological Properties of Metal Matrix Composite Castings 417 K. Gawdzinska, J. Hajkowski and B. Glowacki RELIABILITY AND ADVANCED SHIP TECHNOLOGY RELIABILITY Assessment of Risk of Failures and Possibility of Extreme Situations for the Substructure of Tanker Loading Unit (TLU) 421 E.N. Bellendir and O.M. Finagenov Assessment of the Level of Uncertainty of the Ship's Hull Girder Shear Stresses Lyuben D Ivanov 427 Cognitive Maps for Structural Reliability Control 434 Lev V. Kim An Integration Procedure to Calculate Response Spectral Moments of Offshore Structures 442 Halil Karadeniz Influence of Hydrogen from CP on the Fracture Susceptibility of 25%Cr Duplex Stainless Steel - Fe Modeling of Constant Load Testing Using Hydrogen Influenced Cohesive Zone Elements. 452 Vigdis Olden, Christian Thaulow, Torodd Berstad, Erling Østby and Bård Nyhus Instantaneous Bispectral Analysis of Non-Linear and NonStationary Ship Motion Data 459 Toshio Iseki Uncertainty Effects on Performance Based Evaluation of Offshore Platform Due to Dynamic Forces 464 Kenji Kawano, Yukinobu Kimura, Park Min-Su and Takeshi Iida Design Code Calibration of Coastal Defences Against Typhoon Attacks for Nuclear Power Plant 472 Defu Liu, Liang Pang, Botao Xie, Hao Jiang, Fengting Han and Yifa Yu Reliability Analysis of a Rotary Vane Type Steering Gear System 478 M R Martins and F B Natacci SLAMMING AND COLLISION Computation of Slamming Forces on Wedges of Small Deadrise Angles Using a CIP Method 484 Q. Yang and W. Qiu Dynamic Effects on Stress Concentration Around Defects Within a Thick Steel Plate 489 Tadashi Shibue, Takashi Hayami and Shinji Nakano Over and Under Pressurizing of Ship Tanks During Ballasting and Deballasting — Hull Damage 496 Manoj Kumar, P.V. Suresh and V.G. Deshpande A Study of Ultimate Collapse Strength in Sagging of Ship Structures with Side Collision Damage 503 Tak-Kee Lee, Chae Whan Rim, Dae-Suk Han, Byung Hyun Kim, Jae-Myung Lee and Ki Sup Kim EARTHQUAKES AND TSUNAMI Study on Earthquake Resistant Reinforcement of Existing Quay in Fishing Port to Nankai Earthquake 509 Kojiro Okabayashi, Kozo Tagaya and Youya Hayashi Round Butte Selective Water Withdrawal Seismic Study 515 Gang Yang, Mark Rogge, Jing Li, Michael Isaacson, Wally Bennett and Norman Allyn Numerical Assessment on Inundation Risk and Efficiency of Countermeasure for Wave Overtopping in a Coastal Area 522 Tetsuya Hiraishi, Yoshihito Oshimura and Kyoichi Nagase Analysis of Rubble Mound Foundation Failure of a Caisson Breakwater Subjected to Tsunami Attack 528 Miguel Esteban, Nguyen Danh Thao, Hiroshi Takagi and Tomoya Shibayama ADVANCED SHIP TECHNOLOGY NURBS Based Ship Form Design Using Adaptive Genetic Algorithm 535 Conghong Lu, Yan Lin, Zhuoshang Ji and Ming Chen Estimation of Welding Distortion Using Neural Network 541 Yasuhisa Okumoto Hydrodynamic Optimisation of High-Speed Trimaran Hull Forms 547 S. Brizzolara and D. Bruzzone Estimation of Buckling and Collapse Behaviours of Stiffened Curved Plates Under Compressive Load 555 Joo-Shin Park, Kazuhiro Iijima and Tetsuya Yao General Solution of Spatial Warping Curved Beams Under Multiple Loads 563 Lili Zhu and Yinghua Zhao Structural Analysis for MR. Sized Oil Tanker Applied Common Structure Rule 569 Jun-Kee Bang , Ha-Young So, Kyu-Ho Lee , Sung-Kwang Shin and Young-Dal Choi Study on FE Analysis of Membrane Type LNG Carrier's Aft Transition Area 572 Young-Kwan Kim, Woo-Kwon Chung and Young-Jin Jeong Precise 3-D Vessel Velocity Measurement for Docking and Anchoring 577 K. Tatsumi, N. Kouguchi, Y. Yoo, T. Kubota and Y. Arai Study on Resistance Performance of the Wave Piercing Catamaran Tieli Li and Yan Lin 584 Navigational Simulation Using Tidal Simulation and Tidal Effects on Sailing Ship 589 Shigeaki Shiotani Study on the Application of All Electric Vehicle Carriers in Upper Yangtze River of China Wei Cai, Weiguo Wu and Keqiang Chen 595