Page 18: of Maritime Reporter Magazine (November 1988)

SNAME 95th An 7th International I

One of the most important yearly events in the commercial marine industry, the 96th Annual Meeting of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) and the concurrent 7th Internation- al Maritime Exposition, will be held at the spacious New York Hilton

Hotel, New York City, N.Y., from

November 9 to 12, 1988.

Last year, the meeting and expo- sition drew more than 2,000 atten- dees. With SNAME membership climbing to well over 12,000 indus- try leaders, the event promises once again to draw a high number of important attendees.

Besides the International Marine

Exposition, the Society's Papers

Committee, chaired by Jack W.

Abbott, has slated an outstanding technical program which will consist

November 9-12, of 12 carefully selected papers. To be presented over a two-day period,

Thursday, November 10, and Fri- day, November 11, the technical pa- pers will cover the following topics: "Seakeeping and Extreme Tensions in Offshore Towing"; "Flexural Re- sponse of Foam-Cored FRP Sand- wich Panels"; "Measurement of

Ship Resistance, Powering and Ma- neuvering Coefficients from Simple

Trials During a Regular Voyage"; "Statistical Analysis of Stillwater

Load Effects in Ship Structures"; "The Building and Operation of Vi- bration-Free and Trouble-Free Pro- pulsion Plants and Ships"; "Poten- tial Failure of Surface Ship and

Submarine Drydock Blocking Sys- tems Due to Seismic Loadings and

Recommended Design Improve- ments"; "Structural Analysis of the 20 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News