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Tuesday Afternoon (continued from page 59)

Cost Estimation Performed by Systems

Computer Simulation 4273 Evolutionary Developments Advancing the Floating Production, Storage and

Offloading Concept "Kordek®fiberglass grating gives us a better boat deck than we ever thought possible." 4274 FPSO II—A Second Generation Float- ing Production System for Offshore

Philippines 4275 The Topside Design for the North Sea

Brae Field Platform 4276 Influence of Irregular Motion of a

Floating Structure on Offshore Absorp- tion and Distillation Processes • Submersible Technology II

OTC; 4277 Experimental Assessment of Manipu- lator Performance with Particular Em- phasis on Tool/Work-Object Interface

Choice of Umbilical Cable for Sub- mersibles Footprint Optimization

Specialized Deepwater Drilling Sup- port — Remotely Operated Vehicle

A Tethered Submersible for Use as a

Tool by a Diver

Control System and Hydrodynamic

Analysis for TUMS (Towed Unmanned

Submersible)

Protecting Submarine Cables from

Accidental Damage 4278 4279 4280 4281 4282

Dynamics of Fixed Structures

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Damping and Natural Frequency Es- timation Using Least Pth Optimization

Technique

Analysis of Ambient Vibration Data by

Multiple Shape Vectors

Measured and Predicted Dynamic Re- sponse of a Single Pile Platform to

Random Wave Excitation

Multichannel Maximum Entropy Meth- od of Spectral Analysis Applied to

Offshore Platforms

Full-Scale Measurement of Natural

Frequency and Damping Ratio of Jack- up Oil Rig and Some Theoretical

Considerations

Wind Tunnel Test of a Guyed Tower

Deck • Marine Seismic Data Processing . .£»< * » fi ""11/ I \

Frank Bertolino (right), purchasing agent and Archie Flowers, marine superintendent,

Marine Transport Division, Western

Geophysical, examine sample ot Kordek fiberglass grating. They discovered 14 good reasons to put Kordek on every ship in the fleet, after trying it once to improve tooting lor crews w

Western Geophysical installed Kordek on one seismic vessel for safer footing, then discovered 14 more reasons to expand program to entire fleet.

Here are the reasons Western

Geophysical's marine superintendent, purchasing agent and ship crews give for switching to Kordek fiberglass grating on their fleet of more than 40 ships:

Safety first 1. Nonskid footing was the first reason for installing Kordek fiberglass grating in place of other decking. Nonskid grit is epoxied onto Kordek. It does not wear off like painted grit on wood and gives surer footing than ordinary ridged fiberglass. 2. Kordek is flat when installed and stays flat. No tripping hazards. 3. Kordek resists fire better than wood, plus it allows fire- fighting chemicals or water to reach the steel deck underneath. 4. Selection of fine- grit, nonskid surface means seismic cable skin is not damaged.

Kordek is convenient. 5. Installation is easy. 1 '/4-inch pipe raises deck, angle iron forms outer edge, and Kordek panels fit flat in 1 '/--inch "T" bar. Corners and holes cut easily with a sabre saw. 6. Deck maintenance is simplified. Crew can see through grate to steel deck and 7. remove lightweight panels easily to reach tanks and to clean steel deck. 8. Kordek fiberglass grating cannot rust. Also, it helps prevent steel deck rust by allowing water to drain away quickly.

Crew comfort, productivity 9. Waves coming over the side hit Kor- dek and disperse down through grate holes.

No splashing or slippery water under foot.

No fighting to stand up or running for cover with big waves. 10. Because of this, the crew does not tire as quickly from fighting to stand up in high seas. 11. Kordek does not float up and out of place when a large wave sweeps the deck. 12. Kordek is cooler than board decking. Air circulates under and through the decking to dissipate heat waves from underneath.

Improved appearance 13. Kordek fiberglass grating makes an attractive and organized deck. It makes the vessels look good. (See the photograph above.)

Savings 14. Kordek fiberglass grating is a long- life decking compared to other types.

It will not rot or rust and does not wear as quickly. 15. Kordek extends deck paint life since general housekeeping and mainte- nance can be performed while the decking is in place.

Why Kordek brand fiberglass grating?

With 60 percent fiberglass by weight,

Kordek is up to twice as strong as ordinary fiberglass grating. An exclusive, patented matched-die process compression molds glass and resin at high temperature and pressure to assure superior adhesion and dispersion of glass. No other fiberglass grating is made this way.

Kordek gives you the strength of steel with the durability and lightweight of fiberglass. After thousands of load cycles at maximum load rating, Kordek does not fatigue, creep or permanently deform. It is nonsparking, nonconductive and will not rust or corrode even under the severest salt spray.

Write for free brochure.

Write International Grating at the address below to receive your own free copy of the Kordek brochure. Then try

Kordek fiberglass grating on your vessel.

If your need is immediate, just telephone or telex.

International Grating, Inc. 7625 Parkhurst • Houston, Texas 77028

Phone: 713/633-8614 • Telex: 792-647

OK: 4289 4290 4291

Improved Synthetic Seismic Trace Gen- eration Using Check Shot Survey Data

How to Improve Your Exploration Suc- cess Ratio — A Case Study

New Developments in the Processing of Marine Seismic Data — Panel Dis- cussion • Dcean Mining II

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French Shelf Sand and Gravel Regu- lations

Massive Enriched Polymetallic Sul- fides of the Ocean Floor — A New

Commercial Source for Strategic Min- erals

A Continuous Seafloor Sediment Sam- pler (CS3)

Phosphate Exploration and Resource

Potential on the North Carolina Con- tinental Shelf

Geological and Geophysical Explora- tion for Offshore llmenite Placers Off the Konkan Coast, Maharashtra, India

Lifting Characteristics of Solid Parti- cles by Air-Lift Pump

Modeling Ice Behavior

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Recent Developments in Physical Ice

Modeling

Applications of Fracture Mechanics

Techniques in Calculating Design Ice

Forces on Arctic Structures

Modelling Ice Rubble Fields Around

Arctic Offshore

Ice Rubble Field Stability

Interaction of Ice Flows with Columns of a Semi-Submersible

Dynamic Response of Moored Semi-

Submersibles to Ice-Force Impacts,

Irregular Waves and Currents

Wednesday Morning 9:00 to 11:30 a.m.

Site Surveying

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Offshore Geotechnical Investigation

Using Cone Penetrometer

Introduction of a New Offshore Cone

Penetrometer (CPT) Device for Gulf of Mexico

A 40-Foot Static Cone Penetrometer

Soil Properties in Magallanes Basin,

Tierra del Fuego

Evaluation of Test Methods Designed to Obtain the Undrained Shear

Strength of Muds

Stability of Near-Surface Sediment on (continued on page 62)

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