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OTC '86 continued 5110 Crack Tip Opening Displacement in Heavy Section

Steel Plate and Its Welded Joint

Y. Nakano. M Nagayasu. K Ota. S Takizawa. and

H. Nishizaki. Kawasaki Steel Corp 5111 Application of the Finite Element Alternating

Method to Offshore Structural Fracture

Mechanics Analysis

H C Rhee. Conoco Inc 5112 A Fracture Mechanics Based Inspection Criterion for Internal Walls of Offshore Wellhead Equipment

R E Frishmuth. Cortest Applied Mechanics Inc 5113 Recent Developments in the Reassessment,

Maintenance and Repair of Steel

Offshore Structures

M. Lalani and I.E. Tebbett. Wimpey Offshore

Engineers & Constructors Ltd. 5114 Stress Distribution and Crack Initiation Prediction of Tubular X-Joint

D.J C Lub. Gusto Engineering C V . and R Zijin.

IHC SMIT BV

Offshore Instrumentation, Power and Fiber Optic

Application • Room 100

OTC 5115 The Benefits of Conducting a Vessel Noise Survey

Prior to Installing an Acoustic Sensor

J L Roberts. Honeywell Marine Systems Division 5116 Results of the Molikpag Instrumentation System

K C Witney. Weir-Jones Engineering Consultants, and V Neth. Gulf Canada Resources Inc. 5117 A Distributed Data Acquisition and Control

System for a Semi-Submersible Drilling Rig

L.L. Hawn and B A Gordon. Santa Fe Drilling Co. 5118 Composite Power and Optical Submarine Cable for Off-Shore Applications

B Cantegrit. C Bayard, and J.P. Trezeguet. Les

Cables de Lyon 5119 Marine Applications for a Continuous Fiber Optic

Structural Strain Monitoring System

D S. McKeehan. Intec Engineering Inc.; R.W.

Griffiths, consultant; and J.E. Halkyard, Offshore

Technology Corp. 5120 Generation of Electrical Power from the Florida

Current of the Gulf Stream

J R Farrell. B V. Davis. D. Swan, and K. Jeffers.

Nova Energy Ltd

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Atlantic after 10 hours of being battered by 25-foot waves.

So far, more than 335 people have informed us they cheated death by wearing Imperial Survival Suits. And that's a small percentage of those who actually put their Imperial Survival

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Without an Imperial Survival Suit, cold water kills quickly. Even with a flotation device, the chance of surviving without adequate insulation is remote.

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Geophysical Interpretation • Room 202

OTC 5278 Pulsed Neutron Log Application in California:

Improved Capability via Borehole Decay

Correction

J L Baldwin. Welex

Pitfalls of Amplitude Versus Offset Analysis for

Seismic Lithology Prediction

G Gassaway. R.A Brown, and L Bennett. Terra

Linda Group Inc.

Prediction of Abnormal Formation Pressures in

Sedimentary Sequence. Offshore Pakistan from

Seismic Data

H A Raza. Hydrocarbon Development Inst of Pakistan

Drilling Prediction Before Drilling:

A Panel Discussion

Panelists:

R.W. Baird. Baird Petrophysicals:

D. Louden, L-R Resource Development Group;

L McClure, consultant;

P Pilkington, Conoco Inc.;

D Stone, Seismograph Service; and

R. Weakley, Chevron U.S.A.

Monday • 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

General Session—Offshore Technology—

A Historical Review • Room 118

Features a review of worldwide developments in offshore technology with keynote presentation by R.J. Howe,

President, Pennzoil. Traces developments in offshore technology from exploration to production and transportation—and focuses on challenges of ultra-deep waters and arctic, ice-covered areas. Chronicles the operating challenges in the offshore that have been overcome by application of engineering and scientific principles, and presents a statistical look at pertinent data now and over a period of three decades as offshore technology has evolved to its present state.

Ice Mechanics • Room 114

OTC 5127 Non-Simultaneous Failure and Ice Loads on

Arctic Structures

A C Palmer, Andrew Palmer & Assocs. Ltd.

Theoretical and Experimental Prediction of Sheet

Ice Forces on Multiple Cylindrical Legs

V. Vivatrat and V.L. Chen. Brian Watt Assocs. Inc.

Scale Effect and Compressive Strength of

Large Volumes of Ice

E M. Gershunov, Santa Fe/Braun

Analysis of Ice Forces on a Caisson-Type

Arctic Platform

R. Hakala, Technical Research Ctr. of Finland;

A. Joensuu. Wartsila Arctic Research Ctr.; E. Eranti.

Finn-stroi Ltd.; and S.S. Gowda, Technical Research

Centre of Finland

Sea Ice: Concrete Sliding Abrasion Test

H. Saeki. Hokkaido U ; Y. Asai, and A. Yoshida.

Taisei Corp . T. Takeuchi. Hokkaido U.: and

E. Suenaga, Sapporo U.

Submarine Breakwaters: A Novel Concept in

Wave Shielding

E. Melun and J. Stamnes, Norwave. and F.G.

Nielsen. K. Herfjord. and T Simonstad,

Norsk Hydro a s

Tubular Joints • Room 109

OTC 5133

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Behavior of Tubular T and K-Joints

Under Combined Loads

Y. Makino and Y. Kurobane, Kumamoto U.. and S.

Takizawa and N Yamamoto. Kawasaki Steel Corp

Finite Element Analysis of Multi-Brace

Non-Coplanar Tubular Joints

Q. Chen and N. Liang, Chinese Inst, of Mechanics

The Effect of Chord Stresses on the Static

Strength of DT Tubular Connections

R M. Weinstein. Brown & Root Intl. Inc.. and

J A Yura. U of Texas (continued)

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