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Volume 20 Numbers 1-2 1998 S p e c i a l Issue

Offshore Technology in Focus G u e s t Editor: J . H . V u g t s

1 Editorial

3 The e x t r e m e f o r c e o n a n offshore structure a n d Its v a r i a b i l i t / L.A, HARLAND, R H.TAYLOR & J, H. VUGTS (The N e t h e r l a n d s )

15 M e a s u r e d a n d p r e d i c t e d d y n a m i c b e h a v i o u r of a n offshore g r a v i t y p l a t f o r m I. LANGEN, O. S K J A S T A D & S. HAVER ( N o r w a y )

27 The Heldrun TLP: m e a s u r e d versus p r e d i c t e d response R T E I G E N & S. HAVER ( N o r w a y )

37 The e x t r e m e d y n a m i c response of b o t t o m s u p p o r t e d structures using a n e q u i v a l e n t quasi-static d e s i g n w a v e p r o c e d u r e

J, H. VUGTS, S, L. DOB & L. A. HARLAND (The N e t h e r l a n d s )

55 C o u p l e d analysis of floater m o t i o n a n d m o o r i n g d y n a m i c s for a t u r r e t - m o o r e d ship H, ORMBERG & K. LARSEN ( N o r w a y )

69 The lifetime d y n a m i c s of a d e e p w a t e r riser d e s i g n A . J . WAITERS, I. C. SMITH (UK) & D. L GARRETT (USA)

83 Failure e n v e l o p e s for caisson f o u n d a t i o n s in c a l c a r e o u s s e d i m e n t s R G.WATSON & M. R RANDOLPH (Australia)

95 O n t h e d e s i g n of Integral b u c k l e arrestors for offshore pipelines S, KYRIAKIDES, T-D. PARK & I A. N E H O (USA)

105 I c e l o a d s o n a n elastic m o d e l of t h e M o l i k p a q A , M. CORNETT & G . W. TIMCO ( C a n a d a )

119 C a l e n d a r Of e v e n t s

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Volume 20 Number 3 1998

121 S c a t t e r i n g of w a t e r w a v e s by a s u b m e r g e d disc using a tiypersingular integral e q u a t i o n L. FARINA & PA, MARTIN (UK)

135 Theoretical a n d e x p e r i m e n t a l p r e d i c t i o n s of t h e h y d r o e l a s t i c response of a very l a r g e f l o a t i n g structure in w a v e s

H. KAGEMOTO, M, FUJINO & M. MURAI ( J a p a n )

145 Current forces in tanl<ers a n d b i f u r c a t i o n of e q u i l i b r i u m of turret systems: h y d r o d y n a m i c m o d e l a n d e x p e r i m e n t s

A. J, R LEITE, J. A. R ARANHA, C. UMEDA & M. B. DE CONTI (Brazil)

157 T i g h t - m o o r e d a m p l i t u d e - l i m i t e d h e a v l n g - b u o y w a v e - e n e r g y c o n v e r t e r w i t h p h a s e c o n t r o l H.EIDSMOEN ( N o r w a y )

163 The r o t a t i o n a l flow of finite a m p l i t u d e p e r i o d i c w a t e r w a v e s o n shear currents R, E, BADDOUR & S. W. SONG ( C a n a d a )

173 The b l o c k a g e c o e f f i c i e n t for a r e c t a n g u l a r d u c t c o n t a i n i n g a barrier w i t h a circular a p e r t u r e R MClVER (UK)

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179 Evaluation of a n u n f o c f o r e d m e t h o d for t h e solution of t h e incompressible flow e q u a t i o n s using artificial c o m p r e s s i b i l i t /

R. M, GATIGANTI, K. J. B A D C O C K , F CANTARITI, L, DUBUC, M, WOODGATE & B. E. RICHARDS (UK)

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191 S c a t t e r i n g of w a t e r w a v e s by rows of cylinders w i t h / w i t h o u t a b a c k w c l l S. KAKUNO & Y. NAKATA ( J a p a n )

' 199 S p e c t r a l analysis for nonlinear w a v e forces O, M. BOAGHE, S, A, BILLINGS & R K, STANSBY (UK)

213 Use of springs t o simulate t h e w i n d i n d u c e d m o m e n t s o n turret m o o r e d vessels D J . BROWN & F, LIU (UK)

225 L o w - f r e q u e n c y responses of non-linearly m o o r e d vessels In r a n d o m w a v e s : d e v e l o p m e n t o f a

t w o- s c a l e p e r t u r b a t i o n m e t h o d A.SARKAR & R. EATOCK TAYLOR (UK)

237 Extreme m o o r i n g c o b l e tensions d u e t o w a v e - f r e q u e n c y e x c i t a t i o n s Y LIU & L. BERGDAHL ( S w e d e n )

251 H y d r o d y n a m i c d a m p i n g of a c y l i n d e r in still w a t e r a n d in a transverse c u r r e n t J. R. CHAPLIN & K, SUBBIAH, (UK)

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263 A n efficient c o m p u t a t i o n a l m o d e l for w a t e r w a v e p r o p a g a t i o n In c o a s t a l regions F, S, B. F OLIVEIRA & K, ANASTASlOU (UK)

273 M u l t i v a r i a t e e x t r a p o l a t i o n in t h e offshore e n v i r o n m e n t S. ZACHARY, G, FELD (UK), G.WARD (USA) & J, WOLFRAM (UK)

297 Run-up o n a structure d u e t o s e c o n d - o r d e r w a v e s a n d a c u r r e n t In a n u m e r i c a l w a v e t a n k B. BÜCHMANN, J. SKOURUP ( D e n m a r k ) & K, F CHEUNG (USA)

309 Fully n o n l i n e a r Interactions of w a v e s w i t h a t h r e e - d i m e n s i o n a l b o d y In u n i f o r m currents M. H, KIM, M, S. CELEBI & D. J, KIM (USA)

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325 Initial post-buckling of s u b m e r g e d slender vertical structures s u b j e c t e d t o distributed axial tension M, A. VAZ (Brazil) & M. H, PATEL (UK)

337 N u m e r i c a l simulation of sloshiing waves In a 3D t a n k b a s e d o n a finite e l e m e n t m e t h o d G, X. WU, Q, W. M A & R. EATOCK TAYLOR (UK)

357 O n t h e d e t e r m i n a t i o n o f d i r e c t i o n a l v^ove s p e c t r a for p r a c t i c a l a p p l i c a t i o n s S. R. MASSEL & R, M, BRINKMAN (Australia)

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