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This book contains contributions to the 10th International Workshop on Bifurcation and Degradation in Geomaterials held in Hong Kong, May 28-30, 2014. This event marks the silver Jubilee anniversary of an international conference series dedicated to the research on localization, instability, degradation and failure of geomaterials since 1988 when its first workshop was organized in Germany. This volume of book collects the latest progresses and state-of-the-art research from top researchers around the world, and covers topics including multiscale modeling, experimental characterization and theoretical analysis of various instability and degradation phenomena in geomaterials as well as their relevance to contemporary issues in engineering practice.  This book can be used as a useful reference for research students, academics and practicing engineers who are interested in the instability and degradation problems in geomechanics and geotechnical engineering.  .

Engineering. --- Offshore Engineering. --- Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences. --- Ocean engineering. --- Ingénierie --- Océanographie appliquée --- Alloys -- Congresses. --- Engineering geology. --- Materials -- Fatigue -- Congresses. --- Civil & Environmental Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Civil Engineering --- Soil mechanics --- Geophysics --- Materials --- Fatigue --- Geotechnical engineering. --- Building construction. --- Engineering, Geotechnical --- Geotechnics --- Geotechnology --- Engineering geology --- Construction --- Industrial arts --- Technology --- Deep-sea engineering --- Oceaneering --- Submarine engineering --- Underwater engineering --- Engineering --- Marine resources --- Oceanography --- Equipment and supplies

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This book presents a study for the determination of environmental load factors for Jacket Platforms in Malaysia and a methodology to determine the life extension of aging platforms. The simplified methods described here could be used for determining not only structural reliability but also safety factors. Its content is particularly interesting to design and maintenance engineers who are working in offshore or onshore industry.

Engineering. --- Offshore Engineering. --- Building Construction. --- Ocean engineering. --- Ingénierie --- Océanographie appliquée --- Drilling platforms -- Congresses. --- Offshore structures -- Testing. --- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Hydraulics. --- Civil & Environmental Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Civil Engineering --- Offshore structures --- Testing. --- Deep-sea engineering --- Oceaneering --- Submarine engineering --- Underwater engineering --- Marine structures --- Offshore installations --- Structures, Offshore --- Buildings --- Building. --- Construction. --- Engineering, Architectural. --- Building construction. --- Design and construction. --- Engineering --- Marine resources --- Oceanography --- Hydraulic engineering --- Ocean engineering --- Equipment and supplies --- Building Construction and Design. --- Buildings—Design and construction. --- Architectural engineering --- Construction --- Construction science --- Engineering, Architectural --- Structural design --- Structural engineering --- Architecture --- Construction industry --- Design and construction --- Offshore structures.

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Written by outstanding experts in the fields of marine engineering, atmospheric physics and chemistry, fluid dynamics and applied mathematics, the contributions in this book cover a wide range of subjects, from pure mathematics to real-world applications in the oil spill engineering business. Offering a truly interdisciplinary approach, the authors present both mathematical models and state-of-the-art numerical methods for adequately solving the partial differential equations involved, as well as highly practical experiments involving actual cases of ocean oil pollution. It is indispensable that different disciplines of mathematics, like analysis and numerics,  together with physics, biology, fluid dynamics, environmental engineering and marine science, join forces to solve today’s oil pollution problems.   The book will be of great interest to researchers and graduate students in the environmental sciences, mathematics and physics, showing the broad range of techniques needed in order to solve these pollution problems; and to practitioners working in the oil spill pollution industry, offering them a professional reference resource.

Mathematics. --- Computational Science and Engineering. --- Environmental Science and Engineering. --- Terrestrial Pollution. --- Offshore Engineering. --- Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics. --- Organic Chemistry. --- Chemistry, Organic. --- Computer science. --- Ocean engineering. --- Environmental pollution. --- Mathématiques --- Chimie organique --- Informatique --- Océanographie appliquée --- Mathematics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Mathematics - General --- Organic chemistry. --- Environmental sciences. --- Computer mathematics. --- Physics. --- Building construction. --- Chemical pollution --- Chemicals --- Contamination of environment --- Environmental pollution --- Pollution --- Contamination (Technology) --- Asbestos abatement --- Bioremediation --- Environmental engineering --- Environmental quality --- Factory and trade waste --- Hazardous waste site remediation --- Hazardous wastes --- In situ remediation --- Lead abatement --- Pollutants --- Refuse and refuse disposal --- Natural philosophy --- Philosophy, Natural --- Physical sciences --- Dynamics --- Computer mathematics --- Discrete mathematics --- Electronic data processing --- Environmental science --- Science --- Organic chemistry --- Chemistry --- Math --- Environmental aspects --- Deep-sea engineering --- Oceaneering --- Submarine engineering --- Underwater engineering --- Engineering --- Marine resources --- Oceanography --- Informatics --- Equipment and supplies --- Mathematical physics. --- Physical mathematics --- Physics --- Computer science --- Pollution.

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This book surveys key projects that have seen the construction of large floating structures or have attained detailed conceptual designs. This compilation of key floating structures in a single volume captures the innovative features that mark the technological advances made in this field of engineering, and will provide a useful reference for ideas, analysis, design, and construction of these unique and emerging urban projects to offshore and marine engineers, urban planners, architects and students.

Engineering. --- Offshore Engineering. --- Structural Mechanics. --- Oceanography. --- Architecture, general. --- Structural Materials. --- Architecture. --- Mechanical engineering. --- Ocean engineering. --- Materials. --- Ingénierie --- Océanographie --- Architecture --- Génie mécanique --- Océanographie appliquée --- Matériaux --- Offshore structures -- Design and construction. --- Offshore structures -- Maintenance and repair. --- Offshore structures. --- Civil & Environmental Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Civil Engineering --- Marine structures --- Offshore installations --- Structures, Offshore --- Structural mechanics. --- Building construction. --- Structural materials. --- Hydraulic engineering --- Ocean engineering --- Mechanics. --- Mechanics, Applied. --- Solid Mechanics. --- Engineering --- Engineering materials --- Industrial materials --- Engineering design --- Manufacturing processes --- Architecture, Western (Western countries) --- Building design --- Buildings --- Construction --- Western architecture (Western countries) --- Art --- Building --- Oceanography, Physical --- Oceanology --- Physical oceanography --- Thalassography --- Earth sciences --- Marine sciences --- Ocean --- Applied mechanics --- Engineering, Mechanical --- Engineering mathematics --- Classical mechanics --- Newtonian mechanics --- Physics --- Dynamics --- Quantum theory --- Deep-sea engineering --- Oceaneering --- Submarine engineering --- Underwater engineering --- Marine resources --- Oceanography --- Materials --- Design and construction --- Equipment and supplies --- Architectural materials --- Building supplies --- Construction materials --- Structural materials --- Architecture, Primitive --- Building materials.

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The purpose of this book is to examine the geospatial and temporal linkage between offshore supply vessels and oil and gas activity in the Outer Continental Shelf Gulf of Mexico, and to model OSV activity expected to result from future lease sales. Oil and gas operations occur throughout the world wherever commercial accumulations exist, but no quantitative assessment has ever been performed on the marine vessels that support offshore activity. The OCS Gulf of Mexico is the largest and most prolific offshore oil and gas basin in the world, and a large number of marine vessels are engaged in operations in the region, but tracking their activity is difficult and requires specialized data sources and the development of empirical models. The challenge of modeling arises from the complexity and size of the system, and the particular limitations governing stochastic difficult-to-observe networks. This book bridges the gap with the latest technological perspective and provides insight and computational methods to inform the sector. Offshore Service Industry and Logistics Modeling in the Gulf of Mexico is presented in four parts.  In Part 1, background information on the life cycle stages of offshore development and activity is reviewed, along with a description of the service vessels and port infrastructure in the region. In Part 2, a quantitative description of channel utilization in South Louisiana and OCS Gulf of Mexico activity trends are described, and the manner in which lease sales generate revenue for the federal government is provided. In Part 3, OSV activity in the Gulf of Mexico is baselined using PortVision data. In Part 4, the analytic framework used to quantify the connection between OSVs, ports, and offshore activity is described, and activity expected to arise from the 2012-2017 OCS lease program is forecast. Providing an invaluable resource for academics and researchers, this book is also intended for government regulators, energy and environmental analysts, industry professionals, and others interested in this often-overlooked sector.

Energy. --- Fossil Fuels (incl. Carbon Capture). --- Offshore Engineering. --- Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics. --- Simulation and Modeling. --- Industrial Organization. --- Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing. --- Computer simulation. --- Engineering economy. --- Ocean engineering. --- Industrial organization (Economic theory). --- Simulation par ordinateur --- Décision économique, prise de --- Océanographie appliquée --- Economie industrielle --- Business logistics -- Management. --- Offshore oil industry -- Mexico, Gulf of -- Management. --- Offshore support vessels -- Mexico, Gulf of. --- Mechanical Engineering --- Chemical & Materials Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Chemical Engineering --- Mechanical Engineering - General --- Offshore support vessels --- Offshore oil industry --- Business logistics --- Management. --- Oil industry, Offshore --- Petroleum in submerged lands industry --- Tidelands oil industry --- Ships, Offshore support --- Supply boats, Offshore --- Supply vessels, Offshore --- Support vessels, Offshore --- Fossil fuels. --- Mathematical models. --- Engineering economics. --- Building construction. --- Industrial organization. --- Offshore gas industry --- Petroleum in submerged lands --- Petroleum industry and trade --- Work boats --- Equipment and supplies --- Economy, Engineering --- Engineering economics --- Industrial engineering --- Computer modeling --- Computer models --- Modeling, Computer --- Models, Computer --- Simulation, Computer --- Electromechanical analogies --- Mathematical models --- Simulation methods --- Model-integrated computing --- Deep-sea engineering --- Oceaneering --- Submarine engineering --- Underwater engineering --- Engineering --- Marine resources --- Oceanography --- Industries --- Organization --- Industrial concentration --- Industrial management --- Industrial sociology --- Models, Mathematical --- Fossil energy --- Fuel --- Energy minerals