Table Of Contents:
Preface xv
Organisation xvii

Volume 1 Maritime transportation

Vessels for maritime transportation

Hydrodynamics

HSC route monitoring for wake wash analysis in the bay of Naples 5(8)

E. Begovic

G. Benassai

E. Nocerino

A. Scamardella

Planing hull hydrodynamics. A critical review of the state of the art in theoretical resistance assessment 13(6)

C. Bertorello

L. Oliviero

On the hydroelastic response of two chemical tanker ships in irregular head waves 19(10)

L. Domnisoru

D. Dragomir

A. Ioan

Hydrodynamics characteristics for pitching and heaving of trimaran 29(8)

G.V. Egorov

V.I. Tonyuk

Ship hydrodynamics and optimal control during two-way traffic --- A proposed system of navigation in Suez Canal 37(10)

M.M. Gaafary

M. Molesh

On powering performance testing of ships with azimuth thruster propulsion 47(8)

S. Georgiev

S. Kyulevcheliev

Motion responses and wave loads of a bulk carrier in waves 55(8)

Y. Inoue

M. Kamruzzaman

A Study on motion responses of a mega container ship in seaways 63(6)

Y. Inoue

I. Nozue

Drift of containers in waves 69(8)

M. Le Boulluec

B. Forest

B. Gaurier

Hydrodynamics of ship-like sections in heave, sway and roll motions using RANS 77(8)

A.B.G. Querard

P. Temarel

S.R. Turnock

A note on a simplified model of ship yawing in steep following seas 85(10)

K.J. Spyrou

Dynamics of lashed trailers on board ships under the combined effect of roll and pitch motions 95(12)

P. Poulios

N. Themelis

K.J. Spyrou

Evaluation of slamming loads on a wedge-shaped section at different heel angles adopting SPH and RANSE Methods 107(10)

M. Viviani

S. Brizzolara

L. Savio

Radiation and diffraction problems for a ship going in deep water under regular head waves 117(6)

Y.L. Vorobyov

A.V. Demidjuk

Modelling of ship manoeuvering in harbour 123(6)

Y. Xue

B.S. Lee

D. Han

The Neumann-Kelvin and Neumann-Michell linear models of steady flow about a ship 129(10)

C. Yang

H. Y. Kim

G. Delhommeau

F. Noblesse

Structures

New simplified equation for predicting ultimate strength of damaged tubular members 139(6)

A.M. Rashwan

Y.A. Abdel-Nasser

Corrosion and its effects on the mechanical properties of AH36 steel welds 145(8)

E. Badogiannis

D. Tsiourva

V.J. Papazoglou

D.I. Pantelis

N.G. Tsouvalis

Hot-spot stress analysis of deck structures subjected to corrosion and fatigue 153(8)

K. Chakarov

Y. Garbatov

C. Guedes Soares

Buckling behavior of the delaminated ship hull panels 161(6)

I. Chirica

E.F. Beznea

R. Chirica

D. Boazu

A. Chirica

Corrosion normative rates estimation for strength calculation of ships with river-sea navigation area 167(8)

G.V. Egorov

A.A. Solovyov

Assessment of the IACS common structural hull girder check applied to double hull tankers 175(10)

A.W. Hussein

A.P. Teixeira

C. Guedes Soares

Sensitivity analysis of the random design variables applicable to ship structures 185(8)

I.A. Khan

P.K. Das

Crushing characteristics of aluminium high speed crafts at the event of inclined bow collisions 193(8)

M.R. Khedmati

I. Keivanfar

Structural behavior of submarine pressure hulls - A Fracture Mechanics analysis 201(10)

T.M. Kopavnick

J.C.R. Cyrino

Cathodic Protection design procedure for steel offshore structures 211(8)

H. Leheta

R. Abd El-Ghany

A. Amin

S. El-Deen

Experimental research regarding the evolution of some parameters of the superficial layer in low cycle fatigue process 219(6)

S. Macuta

E. Rusu

Parametrical description of the structure of ship hull sections as a basis for the database building 225(6)

B.G. Metschkow

B. Malinowska-Sieminska

Stress analysis in pipe system of cargo transfer tankers installations 231(6)

A. Murineanu

M. Modiga

A. Dimache

Collapse strength of damaged plating between stiffeners 237(8)

P.I. Nikolov

Application of the hot spot stress approach to a complex structural detail 245(12)

G. Notaro

C.M. Rizzo

F. Casuscelli

M. Codda

The structural response of a bulk carrier under internal impulsive loading from cargo auto-ignition 257(6)

S.J. Pahos

P.K. Das

R. Dow

Corrosion monitoring of ship hulls 263(8)

M. Panayotova

Y. Garbatov

C. Guedes Soares

Corrosion wastage of oil tankers - A case study of an aged ship 271(6)

J. Parunov

K. Ziha

P. Mage

Estimation of bias error by modal testing of mechanical vibrating structures 277(8)

S.I. Petkov

D.A. Dichev

Chr.C. Koev

Ships transverse frame - Structural system reliability based on FEM 285(8)

M. Shahid

P.K. Das

Scaling of impact on glass-polyester laminated plates 293(8)

L.S. Sutherland

C. Guedes Soares

Bending moment measurement in case of non-uniform temperatures distribution 301(8)

M.T. Tsenkov

An application of Response Surface Method for reliability analysis of composite structure 309(6)

N. Yang

P.K. Das

X. Yao

Fatigue design assessment based on pseudo excitation method 315(10)

L. Yu

P.K. Das

Machinery and propulsion systems

Design of the propulsive system for the life cycle of the ship at given sea state conditions 325(6)

I. Kostava

Z. Aleksiev

Real-time simulation of a COGAG naval ship propulsion system 331(8)

M. Altosole

G. Benvenuto

M. Figari

U. Campora

Most effective techniques for minimizing the noise emissions on shipboard 339(6)

A.K. Cicek

I.D. Er

The effect of biodiesel on exhaust emission characteristics of a diesel engine 345(6)

E. Dobrucali

R.U. Ozcumali

S. Ergin

A study on exhaust emissions reduction system for marine diesel engines 351(6)

S. Ergin

Fuzzy control of a ship propulsion system 357(10)

M.H. Ghaemi

Noise problems in ship - Do we still hear them? 367(6)

P. Hakkinen

An experimental and theoretical study on two-layer vibration isolation of a diesel generating set in an oil tanker 373(6)

F. Hu

J. Yang

Q. Zhong

Non-contact torque measurement of the ship's shaft-lines 379(8)

V.Milkov

R. Arsenov

D. Dishev

Diesel engine exhaust gas system---A review of recent problems with clogging, fouling and corrosion 387(8)

A. Munir

P. Hakkinen

Investigation on propulsive alternatives for fluvial convoys adapted to the transport of ethanol and oil derivatives in the Tiete-Parana waterway 395(10)

N.N. Pereira

H.L. Brinati

Systems design

Stability criteria at one-time trip of ship 405(6)

G.V. Egorov

M.A. Kuteynikov

I. F. Davydov

Substantiation of parametric line of dry-cargo ships of restricted navigation area 411(8)

G.V. Egorov

I.A. Ilnitskyy

V.I. Tonyuk

N. V. Avtutov

Implementation of metamodels in ship design 419(10)

P.G. Georgiev

A new step in on-board computer software design 429(6)

I. Rakitin

T. Georgiev

V. Rakitin

Multidisciplinary optimization of a catamaran's hydrofoil design with dynamic response surface and distributive processing 435(10)

T.P. Tancredi

O.B. Augusto

F. Bennis

Design environment for structural design: Application to modern multideck ships 445(12)

V. Zanic

J. Andric

P. Prebeg

Shipyard technology maintenance and repair

An implementation model proposal for integrating technological developments into the shipbuilding processes 457(4)

M. Celik

I.D. Er

ISO 1400:2004 implementation plan model for shipyard organizations 461(8)

Z. Er

New approach for shipyard pipe production line optimisation 469(8)

N. Fafandjel

R. Rubesa

V. Simone

Influence of plasma cutting methods on the quality of ship hull details and welded constructions 477(6)

V.V. Kvasnytskyy

G.V. Egorov

Z.G. Goloborod'ko

V.F. Kvasnytskyy

A.M. Pototnya

Prediction of a transverse shrinkage of butt welded joints 483(6)

B.G. Metschkow

T. Urbanski

Key factors for increasing of the competitiveness of Lithuanian shipbuilding industry 489(8)

R. Mickeviciene

L. Turkina

A. Zukauskaite

Cost competitive position oriented shipyard's developing approach 497(8)

A. Naguib

A.M. Rashwan

M.M. El-Gammal

Series effect in measuring shipbuilding output and productivity 505(8)

F. Pires

C. Souza

T. Lamb

Maritime transportation and port operations

Maritime transportation

Contribution margin model applied to the marketing planning of a Container Liner Carrier 513(10)

G.A.A. Costa

M. A. Brinati

C.M. Hino

Study of competitiveness and critical factors of success in Brazilian maritime industry 523(10)

D.A. Moura

R. C. Botter

A.F. Silva

The implementation of the fuzzy logic elements in the area of the transport system operation quality assessment 533(8)

L. Muslewski

POLARIS, a decision support system for maritime policy and management 541(8)

N. Nikitakos

G. Fikaris

A study on the evolution of second-hand market of tankers during the years 2004-2007 549(8)

Ch.N. Stefanakos

D.V. Lyridis

P.G. Zacharioudakis

Proposal for Trans-European Transport Network integration with Turkish transport network 557(10)

F. Turker

I.D. Er

Short-sea shipping

Towards an applicable efficient multimodal transport system in Egypt 567(8)

M. Haiba

H. Leheta

A. Elhewy

S. Youssef

On a pusher-barge system for use in the Midwest coast of Korean penninsula 575(8)

S.H. Lee

N.C. Kim

Y.G. Lee

S.H. Kim

H. Kim

Diagnosis of Brazilian short-sea shipping and its main obstacles 583(10)

D.A. Moura

R.C. Botter

A.C. Medina

Study on technological developments applied to cabotage navigation 593(8)

N.N. Pereira

M.M.C. Aragao

G.B. Nosralla

L.M. Chies

R.C. Botter

Development and demonstration of an integrated methodology for the design of RoRo-Passenger ships for the needs of short sea shipping in Greece 601(12)

G. Zaraphonitis

A. Papanikolaou

T. Loukakis

N.G. Tsouvalis

S. Skoupas

K. Mitsotakis

A. Antoniou

Terminal operations and logistics

Multiple criteria evaluation for developing of competitive strategies on Turkish container ports 613(6)

M. Celik

I.D. Er

Effects to OIL, LPG ships and their loading arms under meteorological conditions in terminals of Durres and Vlora 619(8)

K.N. Lapa

A.U. Goga

Analysis of rules for the berthing of ships in container terminals 627(12)

M. Patricio

R.C. Botter

Construction of container handling simulation model in container terminal by database analysis 639(10)

T. Shinoda

T. Tanaka

H. Kim

Proactive safety and security concern on maritime LNG transportation 649(10)

F. Turker

I.D. Er
Author index 659(518)

Volume 2 Exploitation of ocean and coastal resources

Marine environment

Parametric bispectra of wind waves in the coastal zone 667(10)

N.K. Andreeva

Z.I. Cherneva

Wave-current systems in variable bathymetry regions 677(8)

K.A. Belibassakis

Th. Gerostathis

G.A. Athanassoulis

The POLCOMS-WAM wave-current interaction model: Development and performance in the NW Mediterranean 685(8)

R. Bolanos

P. Osuna

J. Wolf

J. Monbaliu

A. Sanchez-Arcilla

Experimental and numerical analysis of steep wave groups 693(8)

G.F. Clauss

F. Stempinski

M. Klein

Spatial and temporal evolution of nonlinear wave groups 701(10)

B. Dorfman

L. Shemer

Video image-based technique for measuring wave field evolution in a laboratory wave tank 711(10)

B. Dorfman

L. Shemer

Coastal monitoring programme in the Gulf of Manfredonia (Southern Adriatic Sea): Preliminary results 721(8)

F. Fiesoletti

F. Spagnoli

A. Specchiulli

Oceanographic parameters for mucilage monitoring program in the Northern Adriatic Sea 729(6)

F. Grilli

E. Paschini

M. Marini

Monitoring of the impact of Muuga Port activities on fish communities and fishery in Muuga Bay in 1994-2006 735(6)

A. Jarvik

T. Raid

T. Drevs

L. Jarv

A. Jaanus

Morphodynamical analysis of the beach ``Aheloj - Pomorie Spit'' and possibilities for its sustainable development 741(8)

H. Nikolov

S. Keremedchiev

E.V. Trifonova

A. Nikolova

Bulgarian Black Sea monitoring programme 749(6)

A. Palazov

H. Slabakov

H. Stanchev

Galata platform weather and seastate observing system 755(6)

A. Palazov

H. Slabakov

A. Stefanov

Geoid modeling for the Black Sea and future prospects 761(8)

L. Pashova

I. Yovev

Introducing Free Surface Scanning, an optical non-contact technique for recording the deformed free surface in towing tank 769(8)

S.G. Perissakis

G.J. Grigoropoulos

D.E. Liarokapis

Statistical properties of steepness and asymmetry of shallow water waves 777(10)

P.G. Petrova

Z.I. Cherneva

C. Guedes Soares

Development of a wave prediction system for the Madeira archipelago 787(14)

E. Rusu

P. Pilar

C. Guedes Soares

Modelling of the wave-current interactions in Tagus estuary 801(10)

L. Rusu

C. Guedes Soares

Fluctuations of energy flux of waves 811(8)

Ya. V. Saprykina

S. Yu. Ruznetsov

Wind and wave extremes in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea 819(8)

Ch.N. Stefanakos

T.H. Soukissian

M. Hatzinaki

Data management in offshore real-time monitoring 827(6)

A. Stefanov

A. Palazov

H. Slabakov

Modelling of bottom profile evolution due to extreme coastal events 833(6)

E. V. Trifonova

Modeling long term distribution of mean wave direction 839(10)

J.L. Vega

G. Rodriguez

Offshore installations

A numerical investigation on the risers-induced-damping phenomenon 849(8)

I.K. Chatjigeorgiou

Loads and motion of the deep-sea ROV modus 857(8)

G.F. Clauss

F. Stempinskia

M. Hieronymi

Flow around and forces on a circular cylinder with helical grooves 865(6)

S. Huang

Underwater vehicle motion control based on information on seawater parameters 871(8)

S.L. Karlinsky

V.O. Mrykin

A.N. Pinegin

Experimental study of the heave added mass and damping of solid and perforated disks close to the free surface 879(10)

B. Molin

F. Remy

T. Rippol

DP-Assisted floating production vessels, an environmental solution to well testing 889(8)

G.D. Saldivar

Studies on the motion of a moored floating body 897(8)

I. Strat

I.C. Matulea

E. Rusu

B. Ionita

Conceptual design of a multi purpose semi submersible 905(6)

K.S. Varyani

L. Moldestad

Wave and current induced force coefficients for horizontally submerged rectangular cylinders 911(10)

V. Venugopal

K.S. Varyani

Fisheries and aquaculture

Simulation of bottom trawl fishing gears. A Simplified physical model 921(8)

A. Folch

J. Prat

J. Antonijuan

A. Manuel

A. Sala

F. Sarda

Development of small sampling gear for the operation by small ship 929(6)

M. Ishizaki

Y. Inoue

K. Ebata

M.S. Koo

T. Kumazawa

Development of a design and simulation tool for the moored underwater flexible system 935(6)

C. W. Lee

G.H. Lee

M. Y. Choe

M.K. Lee

J. Sato

H. Kinoshita

M. Hirayama

Cod-end dynamics in response to a range of dynamic pressure loadings 941(6)

F.G. O'Neill

R.D. Neilson

Modelling axi-symmetric cod-ends made of different mesh types 947(6)

D. Priour

B. Herrmann

F.G. O'Neill

Some questions of numerical and physical modelling of fishing gears 953(8)

M.M. Rozenshtein

A.A. Nedostup

S.V. Popov

T.V. Ermakova

Energy saving trawl in Mediterranean demersal fisheries 961(4)

A. Sala

A. Lucchetti

V. Palumbo

K. Hansen

Hydrodynamics of contact of marine larvae with a solid 965(8)

G. Zilman

J. Novak

Y. Benayahu

Nautical activities

A multipurpose floating structure as an attractor for coastal leisure activities 973(6)

M.L. Bianchini

S. Ragonese

Parametric evaluation of the effective breadth for GRP beams with FEM calculation 979(10)

D. Boote

Free surface and air flow simulation of a 30-foot yacht 989(8)

C. Ciortan

C. Guedes Soares

Rational design of boats using composite materials 997(6)

D. Dragomir

L. Domnisoru

A. Ioan

Constitutive behaviour analysis for a boatbuilding ferro-cement with ``super mortar'' 1003(8)

V. Hreniuc

G. Kumbetlian

M. Modiga

Investigation of Turkish cruise tourism potential 1011(6)

M. Kadioglu

Computational study on the influence of the camber of a main sail in upwind condition 1017(6)

P. Lopes

C. Ciortan

C. Guedes Soares

Fuzzy multi-objective model of the sailing yacht skipper decision making during the storm conditions 1023(8)

M. Pajak

Recreational craft design and development strategy for Adriatic market 1031(8)

N. Subasic

D. Loncaric

Maritime safety and, environmental protection

Maritime safety

Full ship handling simulation scenarios for safety assessment in Port of Constantza 1039(8)

E. Barsan

P. Arsenie

R. Hanzu-Pazara

Human performance in maritime industry 1047(4)

P. Bocanete

R. Hanzu-Pazara

I. Pana

The use of risk concept to characterize and select High Risk Vessels 1051(6)

T. Degre

On safety of ship systems in variable operation conditions 1057(12)

P. Dziula

M. Jurdzinski

K. Kolowrocki

J. Soszynska

On multi-state approach to ship systems safety analysis 1069(6)

P. Dziula

M. Jurdzinski

K. Kolowrocki

J. Soszynska

Navigational risk assessment in optimization of LNG terminal parameters 1075(4)

M. Gucma

Establishment of shore based emergency response center in Varna 1079(8)

P.N. Kolev

P.I. Nikolov

P.G. Georgiev

M.T. Tsenkov

D. Dimitrov

Safety indexes designed for vessel traffic: A case study of the western ports and waterways in Shenzhen 1087(8)

J.M. Mou

H. Ligteringen

L.X. Gan

H.X. Xu

W.H. Li

Virtual reality original instrument employed in crises management 1095(8)

E. Oanta

The analysis and the assessment of the means of transport repair efficiency influence on their reliability level 1103(10)

M. Woropay

A. Wdzieczny

L. Muslewski

A. Pietak

Navigation safety assessment in an entrance channel, based on real experiments 1113(8)

P. Zalewski

J. Montewka

Environmental protection

Relational gap analysis for the existing and modified MARPOL annex II requirements 1121(6)

O. Arslan

D. Er

Optimisation of naval technology for the application of an oil-spill combating technique 1127(8)

K.A. Belibassakis

G.K. Chatzikonstantis

Y.G. Georgiou

Modelling and assessment of Ferries' environmental impact: A case study 1135(10)

M. Borlenghi

M. Figari

I.S. Carvalho

C. Guedes Soares

An investigation about the influence of ship size on the environmental performances of oil tankers 1145(8)

P. Gualeni

A. Bruzzo

F. Della Volpe

A. Coraddu

Evaluation of oil spills in the Baltic Sea by means of simulation model and statistical data 1153(8)

L. Gucma

Oil spill modeling and combat 1161(10)

M. Perkovic

A. Sitkov

Decision support system for the combat of oil pollution at sea in continental Portuguese Economic Exclusive Zone 1171(6)

R. Sa

D. Pulquerio

C. Guedes Soares
Author Index 1177