FOREWORD
The Safety and Reliability Symposium has attracted this year about 60 papers covering the usual topics of Probabilistic Wave Modelling, Probabilistic Response to Wave Induced Loads, Fatigue Reliability, Reliability of Offshore Structures and Risk Analysis. The specific features of this year's Symposium are the sessions on Ship Collision and on Earthquakes which represent very much a contribution of our Japanese colleagues. In fact, the topic of Earthquakes also gave rise to a Workshop which has not been done in this Symposium for some time. Earthquakes are a potential hazard in several regions around the world and the interest of Safety Assessment both of Offshore and of Coastal Structures is currently a topical issue. Several papers deal with the Reliability of FPSO and Tanker Structures which are becoming of much interest to several deep-water exploitations.
SAFETY AND RELIABILITY PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Prof.C.Guedes-Soares, Institute Superior Tecnico, PORTUGAL (Symposium Coordinator)
Prof.M.Arai, Yokohama National University, JAPAN
Prof.R.G.Bea, University of California, USA
Dr.S.Copello, Registro Italiano Navale, ITALY
Dr.R.A.Cox, The Coach House, UK
Dr.M.Faber, COWIconsult, DENMARK
Prof.Y.Hu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, CHINA
Dr.M.Kaminski, Netherlands United Shipbuilding Bureau (NEVESBU), THE NETHERLANDS
Dr.J.Labeyrie, Ifremer, FRANCE
Dr.B.Leira, SINTEF, NORWAY
Prof.M.A.Maes, University of Calgary, CANADA
Prof.A.Naess, Norwegian Univ. of Science and Technology, NORWAY
Dr.P.Troomans, Shell, THE NETHERLANDS
Dr.N.K.Shetty, WS Atkins, UK
Dr.R.Skjong, Det Norske Veritas, NORWAY
Dr.J.E.Vinnem, ELF Petroleum Norge AS, NORWAY
SESSION SR 1
Monday, April 14, 14:00-17:00, Room 313+314
SPECTRAL MODELLING OF WAVES
Chairman: Prof.T.Hirayarrn, Yokohama National Univ., JAPAN
Co.Chairman: Mr.H.Yoshimoto, Ship Research Institute, JAPAN
Modification of Extended Maximum Entropy Principle Method (EMEP) for Estimating Directional Spectrum in Incident and Reflected Wave Field
N.Hashimoto, T.Nagai, Y.Nakagawa, K.Ito, Port and Habour Research Institute, Ministry of Transport, JAPAN
Directionality Functions Estimated with Maximum Entropy Methods
D.Gomes, C.Guedes Soares, Institute Superior Tecnico, PORTUGAL
Characteristics of the Observed Directional Wave Spectra in Deep Sea
T.Nagai, K.Shimizu, N.Hashimoto, M.Kudaka, Port and Harbour Research Institute, Ministry of Transport, JAPAN
Directional Ocean Wave Measurement Utilizing Running Ship Motions and Radar Images
T.Hirayama, K.Minami, M.Hiramatsu, Yokohama National University, JAPAN
SESSION SR 2
Monday, April 14, 14:00-17:00, Room 433
RISK ANALYSIS I
Chairman: Prof.R.G.Bea, Univ. of California, USA
Co-Chairman: Dr.T.Arima, Research Institute of
