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Preview 1992 Annual Meeting & 1 1 th Annual International Maritime Exposition

New York, October 28-31

The SNAME Annual Meeting and International Maritime Exposi- tion will once again boast a full-slate of activities, including an exhibition hall featuring more than 100 compa- nies from around the world, the pre- sentation of 16 technical papers and an array of afternoon and evening social functions.

Coordinatedby the Society ofNaval

Architects & Marine Engineers (SNAME), the annual meeting and exposition is scheduled for October 28-31 at the New York Hilton in New

York City.

Located in Americas Hall I and II, the exposition will be showcasing more than 100 companies providing a forum to meet and mingle with fellow marine industry personnel.

Exhibitors from North America and

Europe will display marine products and services including diesel engine sales and repair, ship and boat con- struction, maintenance and repair, navigation and communication tech- nology, valves and piping, lifesaving equipment, controls and control sys- tems, deck machinery and cargo han- dling equipment, and vessel design and engineering services. (Please see following pages for exhibitor list and listing of intended exhibits.)

Again, the technical sessions will run concurrently with the exposition.

The papers committee, under the guidance of chairman Jack W.

Abbott, has selected 16 papers cov- ering an array of subject matters to comprise the technical program sched- uled for Thursday and Friday, Octo- ber 28 and 29.

The first two papers, scheduled to be delivered in the Trianon Ballroom from 9:45 a.m. till noon on Thursday, focus on hydrodynamic and propul- sion design concepts for tuna seiners and studies on propeller cavitation using a large cavitation tunnel, re- spectively.

At the same time in the Mercury

Ballroom, two papers, one discuss- ing the design procedures for buck- ling-dominated graphite/epoxy pres- sure hulls, the other covering plastic design methods for icebreaker shell plating, will be presented.

Following the morning session is the President's Luncheon, where awards will be presented and the president of SNAME, Ronald K.

Kiss, will address attendees. The annual Business Session follows lunch at 2 p.m., and the agenda for members in attendance includes elec- tion of the new president, a report of the elections that took place at the council meeting, and consideration of proposed amendments and bylaws.

Starting up again at 2:30 p.m., papers five and six, covering dy- namic load approach in tanker de- sign and evaluations for safety for doublehullgirderwithtransverseless system, will be presented in the

Trianon Ballroom.

Concurrently, a paper on D-series systematic experiments on twin- screw displacement ships and a pa-K er on the performance of ice-capable ull forms on open water are sched- uled to be presented in the Mercury

Ballroom.

Friday morning six papers in all are scheduled for presentation.

Scheduled for the Trianon Ballroom starting at 8:30 a.m. are three papers on icebreakers, including the U.S.

Coast Guard Polar Class, the Cana- dian R-Class, and propulsion perfor- mance trials on the MV Terry Fox and MV Ikaluk, Canadian ASPPR

Arctic Class IV icebreakers.

At the same time in the Mercury

Ballroom, the three papers to be presented include: hard chine vs. round bottom, comparing stability in waves on small displacement ships; new generator diesels for Sea-Land's

Atlantic Class Vessels; and environ- mental considerations concerning medium-speed engines in marine applications.

The final two papers, one covering the fundamentals of submarine con- cept design and the other discussing commercial cargo ships for sealift in the year 2000, are slated to be pre- sented at 1:30 and 2:45 p.m., respec- tively, in the Trianon Ballroom.

On Friday night the black-tie or dress uniform annual banquet is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. in the Grand

Ballroom. The banquet will feature presentation of the Taylor Medal to

Justin E. Kerwin, for notable achievement in naval architecture; the Land Medal to Edward J.

Campbell, for outstanding accom- plishment in the marine field; and the Davidson Medal to William C.

Webster.

Apart from the meeting and expo- sition, programs have been estab- lished for those attendees extending their stay or those who wish to ex- plore New York City. Two tour/ lunches, one encompassing SoHo,

Greenwich Village, and an Artist's loft and lunch, the other a visit to the

Cloisters and lunch, are scheduled for Thursday and Friday, October 29-30, respectively. On Saturday

October 31 at 8:30p.m. there will be a black tie dinner dance in the Grand

Ballroom, featuring the A1 Raymond

Orchestra and an award-winning ballroom dance team.

Fitness minded attendees should consider either the walking program ofCentral Park scheduled for 10 a.m.

Saturday morning, or the N.Y.

Hilton's Plus One Fitness Center.

Additional details about the

SNAME Annual Meeting, including registration and attendance infor- mation, canbeobtainedfromSNAME by contactingthem at: SNAME Head- quarters, 601 Pavonia Ave., Jersey

City, N.J. 07306; (201) 798-4800;

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