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SNAME Spring Meeting (continued)

Comprehensive Guide for Ship

Structural Inspection for personnel involved in the design, building, ac- ceptance, and operation of marine vessels. This paper will summarize the results of interviews and surveys conducted throughout the marine community, and will present the framework of a ship structural in- spection guide prepared from the results of the surveys and inter- views. 11:00 am—"Evaluation of Micro-

Computers: General-Purpose Soft- ware for the Accomplishment of

Routine NA&ME Tasks," by Paul

F. Koenig

The author will present an analy- sis of hardware and software avail- able for the personal computers used in many homes and offices by the non-computer programmer. He will present an overview of software utilized on IBM-PC and Macintosh computers for finite element analy- sis, trim, and stability calculations and other areas of general interest to naval architects and marine engi- neers. 2:00 pm—"Propulsion Shafting

Installation and Alignment Proce- dures," by J. Cameron McKer- nan

This paper is intended to be a guide for engineers and production personnel directly responsible for satisfactory installation of propul- sion shafting systems. The method presented utilizes the procedures of utilizing the modeling and actual readings of the bearing reaction loading for determination of align- ment accuracies. 3:00 pm—"Medium-Speed Diesels

Aboard a Single-Fuel Ship: Selec- tion, Criteria, Operating Profile, and Engine," by Kenneth Pearce,

Jay G. Phelps, Andrew Sin- clair, and Thomas Winslow

This presentation will review original requirements as outlined by the operator; establish the opera- tional profile with detailed analysis of loading and actual fuel used; out- line modifications made to the basic engine; support systems for per- formance enhancement; and sum- marize with an objective review of requirement completions, excesses or shortcomings of single-fuel main and auxiliary engine systems.

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INDUSTRIAL

INTERCOMS

FOR MARINE

COMMUNICATIONS

Designed originally to provide U.S. industry with intercoms which would deliver clear, dependable voice communication under the most severe operating conditions. ADCO units have earned wide acceptance in many segments of the marine industry.

Typical installations are aboard ship—bridge to deck or engine room, control center to diving bell—on offshore oil platforms—and throughout repair yards, dry docks, piers and storage areas.

What makes ADCO intercoms different is their ability to perform efficiently regardless of high ambient noise, weather or temperature extremes. Their heavy-duty cast aluminum cases are built to withstand rough usage—and are both weather and corrosion-proof.

Since each unit is a self-contained station which receives, amplifies and transmits the signal, intercom systems can include many stations over very long distances. Installation is simple and practical: each unit plugs into a nearby AC or DC power source, then is connected by ordinary low voltage 2-wire cable.

Phone or write for bulletin outlining complete range of models available.

ATKINSON

DYNAMICS

A Division of Guy F. Atkinson Company

Section 6 10 West Orange Avenue

South San Francisco, CA 94080

Phone (415) 583-9845

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Economical ORCA

Sewage Treatment

Systems

ORCA II

Space saving physical/ o^ chemical design requires 90% less space w than biological systems.

Low installation costs

Simple, automatic operation

Low operating and maintenance costs

Reliable micro- processor control

Quick delivery... 6 standard models (965 ^ Model ORCA 11-24

Model 11-12 11-24 11-36 11-165 11-330 | 11-500

Number people served 12 24 36 165 330 500 'If low volume 'lush toilets are used the number of people can be doubled

USCG certified and IMO approved

Call or telex Dick Lambert for technical information, brochures or a quotation on a specific model.

ENVIROVAC INC. ,SA

Telephone 815/654-8300. Telex 257-415 (ENVIROVAC RKD)

Toll Free (USA only) 800-435-6951 (except in IL, HI. AK)

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Friday, May 23

Mt. St. Helens/

Mt. Hood Rooms 9:00 am—"General Jackson: His- toric Features and Modern Stan- dards," by Robin C. Eng, Paul A.

Gow, and James D. Johnson

This paper will be presented by the team of naval architects/marine engineers that completed the con- cept design, system design, and con- struction of Opryland's newest at- traction, the paddlewheel passenger vessel General Jackson (delivered last year by Jeffboat, Incorporated).

The presentation will focus on the concept and original design criteria that led to the contract drawings, design solutions that allowed the aesthetics of the late 1800s to be upheld while still providing for modern regulations concerning fire safety, and the construction and testing phases that led to almost vir- tual isolation of the sound stage from the typical noises of the ma- rine environment.

Tidewater Elects

J. Hugh Roff Jr.

To Board Of Directors

Tidewater Inc., New Orleans, La., has elected J. Hugh Rolf Jr. to the company's board of directors, ac- cording to an announcement by

Tidewater chairman and chief exec- utive officer John P. Laborde.

Mr. Roff is chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer of United Energy Resources,

Inc., and chairman of the board and chief executive officer of United Gas

Pipe Line Company, both Houston- based.

Mr. Roff is a native of Wewoka,

Okla., and a Phi Beta Kappa grad- uate of the University of Oklahoma and its law school. Prior to becom- ing chairman of UEP and UGPL, he served as general attorney for Amer- ican Telephone & Telegraph, N.Y. 10 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News

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