December 1 (Tuesday)
9:00 - 10:15 Opening Session
Director, Prof. M. Ohkusu, Chaiman
RIAM, Kyushu University (Japan)
Welcome address
Keynote Lecture Part 1
O. M. Faltinsen
Norwegian University of Science
& Technology (Norway)
Hydroelasticity for High Speed Vessels
Keynote Lecture Part 2
W. C. Webster
University of California, Berkeley (USA)
Optimal Structure for Large-Scale Floating Runways

10:15 - 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 - 12:10 Sesson 1: VLFS - 1
C.-H. Lee, J. N. Newman
MIT (USA)
An Assessment of Hydroelasticity for Large Hinged
Vessels
T. Hamamoto
Musashi Institute of Technology
(Japan)
3D Hydroelastic Analysis of Module Linked Large
Floating Structures Using Quadratic BE-FE Hybrid
Model
J. W. Kim, R. C. Ertekin
University of Hawaii (USA)
An Eigenfunction-Expansion Method for Predicting
Hydroelastic Behavior of a Shallow-Draft VLFS
A. R. Galper, T. Miloh
Tel-Aviv University (Israel)
Hydroelasticity of Curved Flexible Slender Structures

12:10 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 15:10 Sesson 2: VLFS - 2
A. J. Hermans
Delft University of Technology
(The Netherlands)
A Boundary Element Method to Describe the Excitation
of Waves in a Very Large Floating Flexible Platform
R. W. Yeung, J. W. Kim
University of California, Berkeley
(USA)
Structural Drag and Deformation of a Moving Load
on a Floating Plate
S. Ohmatsu
Ship Research Institute (Japan)
Numerical Calculation of Hydroelastic Behavior of
VLFS in Time Domain
N. Ma, T. Hirayama
Yokohama National University (Japan)
Effect of Short-Crested Irregular Waves on Response
of a Very Large Floating Structure

15:10 - 15:40 Coffee Break
15:40 - 17:20 Sesson 3: Impact Problems
A. A. Korobkin
Lavrentyev Institute of Hydrodynamics
(Russia)
Unsteady Hydroelasticity of Plates
K. Tanizawa
Ship Research Institute (Japan)
A Time-Domain Simulation Method for Hydroelastic
Impact Problem
A. Iafrati, A. Carcaterra, E. Ciappi,
E. F. Campana
INSEAN (Italy)
Impact of Rigid and Elastic Systems over the Water
Surface
S. Okada, Y. Sumi
Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.
(Jpana)
On the Impact Phenomenon of an Elastic Plate on a
Water Surface in Small Attack Angle

December 2 (Wednesday)


9:00 - 10:15 Sesson 4A: Array of Cylinders
S. Etienne, Y. M. Scolan, B. Molin
Ecole Superieure d'Ingenieurs (France)
Numerical Study of Complex Flow Around an Array
of Circular Cylinders in Various Arrangements
T. Utsunomiya, R. Eatock Taylor
Kyoto University (Japan)
Resonances in Wave Diffraction/Radiation for
Arrays of Elasticly-Connected Cylinders
M. Kashiwagi
RIAM, Kyushu University (Japan)
Hydrodynamic Interactions among a Great Number of
Columns Supporting a Very Large Flexible Structure
9:00 - 10:15 Sesson 4B: Cable, Towed Vehicles
G. J. Lyons, A. Akinpelu, H. H. Cook
University College London (UK)
High Frequency Motion Components in a Large
Dynamic Duty Umbilical
G. Z. Zhu, B. C. Morrow
Indal Technologies Inc. (Canada)
A Novel Computer Simulator for Cable-Towed
Submerged Vehicles
W. Koterayama, S. Yamaguchi,
T. Yokobiki
RIAM, Kyushu University (Japan)
Prediction of Towing Cable Tension and Comparison
with Field Experiment

10:15 - 10:45 Coffee Break
10:45 - 12:00 Sesson 5A: VLFS - 3
M. Ohkusu, Y. Namba
RIAM, Kyushu University (Japan)
Analysis of Hydroelastic Interaction of Water Waves
and Very Large Floating Structures of Thin Plate
Configuration
H. Seto, M. Ochi
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
(Japan)
A Hybrid Element Approach to Hydroelastic Behavior
of a Large Floating Structure in Regular Waves
I. H. Sim, H. S. Choi
Daewoo Heavy Industries, Ltd.
(Korea)
An Analysis of the Hydroelastic Response of Large
Floating Structures in Oblique Waves
10:45 - 12:00 Sesson 5B: Risers & Pipelines
K. Ishida
Japan National Oil Corporation (Japan)
Deep Water Drilling Riser Systems
E. Huse, G. Kleiven
MARINTEK (Norway)
Damping of VIV-Induced Axial Vibrations in Deep
Sea Risers
G. Cui, K. Aso
Akita University (Japan)
Axial Stress-Control of Pipe String for Mining Manganese
Nodules in Deep Sea by Using the String with Non-Uniform
Cross Section

12:00 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 15:10 Sesson 6A: VLFS - 4
H. Kagemoto, M. Fujino, M. Murai,
T. Zhu
University of Tokyo (Japan)
Some Efficient Calculation Techniques for
Hydroelastic Analyses of a Very Large Floating
Structure in Waves
K. Iijima, K. Yoshida, H. Suzuki
University of Tokyo (Japan)
Hydroelastic Analysis of Semi-Submersible Type
VLFS Capable of Detailed Structural Analysis
X. Lin, M. Takaki
Hiroshima University (Japan)
On B-Spline Element Methods for Predicting the Hydroelastic
Responses of a Very Large Floating Structure in Waves
S. Nagata, H. Yoshida, T. Fujita,
H. Isshiki
Hitachi Zosen Co. (Japan)
Reduction of the Motion of an Elastic Floating Plate
in Waves by Breakwaters
13:10 - 15:10 Sesson 6B: Flow-Induced Vibration
N.-E. Ottesen Hansen, B. Pedersen
LICengineering A/S (Denmark)
Vortex Induced Vibrations of Pipe in High Waves.
Field Measurement
K. Vikestad, C. M. Larsen,
J. K. Vandiver
SINTEFF (Norway)
Added Mass and Oscillation Frequencies for a Circular
Cylinder Subjected to Vortex Induced Vibrations and
External Disturbance
J. R. Krokstad, F. Solaas
MARINTEK (Norway)
A Comparative Validation Study of Navier-Stokes Codes
Applied on Vortex Induced Vibration
S. Kato, M. Saito
Ship Research Institute (Japan)
Third-Harmonic Diffraction Forces on a Truncated
Cylinder

15:10 - 15:40 Coffee Break
15:40 - 17:20 Sesson 7A: VLFS - 5
I. V. Sturova
Lavrentyev Institute of Hydrodynamics
(Russia)
The Oblique Incidence of Surface Waves onto the
Elastic Band
T. Mikami, M. Kobayashi, K. Shimada,
S. Miyajima, M. Kashiwagi, M. Ohkusu
Akishima Laboratories Inc. (Japan)
The Response of VLFS with Anisotropic Rigidity in
Waves
H. Endo, K. Yoshida
Ship Research Institute (Japan)
Timoshenko Equation of Vibration for Anisotropic
Plate-like Floating Structures
O. Saijo, A. Nishida
Nihon University (Japan)
Modal Analysis Experiment of Clamped-Free Elastic
Cylindrical Shell Surrounded by Water
15:40 - 17:20 Sesson 7B: Seaquake & Tsunami
K. Kawano, K. Venkataramana
Kagoshima University (Japan)
Wave and Earthquake Response of Large Offshore
Platforms
M. Bessho, H. Maeda, K. Masuda,
K. Shimizu
Nihon University (Japan)
Study on Time History Response of Very Large Floating
Structure by Sea Shock Load
S. Sakai, X. Liu, M. Sasamoto,
T. Kagesa
Iwate University (Japan)
Experimental and Numerical Study on the Hydroelastic
Behavior of VLFS under Tsunami
E. Watanabe, T. Utsunomiya,
S. Taenaka
Kyoto University (Japan)
Wave Response Analysis of an Elastic Floating Plate
in a Weak Current

December 3 (Thursday)


9:00 - 10:15 Sesson 8: High-Speed Vessels
S. Du, Y. Wu, W. G. Price
China Ship Scientific Research Center
(China)
Forward Speed Effect on the Structure Responses of
Ship Travelling in Waves
J. J. Jensen, Z. Wang, J. Xia
Technical University of Denmark
(Denmark)
Wave-Induced Hydroelastic Response of Fast Monohull
Displacement Ships
Y. Inoue, M. Arai, K. A. Hafez
Yokohama National University (Japan)
A Practical Method for the Hydroelastically Nonlinear
Ship Structural Dynamic Responses in Regular Waves

10:15 - 10:45 Coffee Break
10:45 - 12:00 Sesson 9: Ship-Related Problems
D. J. Georgiev, M. Ikehata
Yokohama National University (Japan)
Analysis of Hydroelastic Effects on Propeller
Performance in Steady and Unsteady Flow
A. Sarkar, R. Eatock Taylor
University of Oxford (UK)
Coupled Low Frequency Responses of Vessels and
Their Nonlinear Moorings in Random Waves
G. Graziani, M. Landrini, O. Faltinsen
INSEAN (Italy)
Numerical Solution of the Flow Past a Freely Oscillating
Body in Waves and Current

12:00 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 15:10 Sesson 10: SES & Other Vesels
N. Hirata, O. Faltinsen
Ship Research Institute (Japan)
Computation of Cobblestone Effect with Unsteady Viscous
Flow under a Flexible Stern Seal Bag of a SES
K Yamakita, H. Itoh
Tech. R & D Inst., Defense Agency
(Japan)
Sea Trial Test Results on Wear Characteristics of
SES Bow Seal Fingers
P. Kannari, p. Klinge, S. Rintala,
T. Karppinen, T.P.J. Mikkola
Finnish Navy (Finland)
Comparison of Simulated Global Stresses with Full-Scale
Measurements on an Aluminium Fast Patrol Vessel
L. Z. Cong, W. Qiu, S. Ando,
C. C. Hsiung
Dalhousie University (Canada)
Computation of Hydrodynamic Pressures over a Ship
Hull Using Time-Domain Analysis

15:10 - 15:40 Coffee Break
15:40 - 16:55 Sesson 11: Elastic Structures
J. A. Pinkster, Y. Inoue, S. Tabeta,
A. Fauzi
Delft University of Technology
(The Netherlands)
The Behaviour of Large Air Cushion Supported
Structures in Waves
S. Malenica
Bureau Veritas - DTA (France)
Hydroelastic Coupling Beam Structural Model
with 3D Hydrodynamic Model
A. Culla, A. Carcaterra
INSEAN (Italy)
Flow Induced Oscillation of Continuous Structures
by Statistical Linearization

16:55 Closing Remarks

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