OCEAN, OFFSHORE and ARCTIC ENGINEERING

120 Pages·2013·11.52 MB·English

32nd InternatIonal ConferenCe on
OCEAN, OFFSHORE and
ARCTIC ENGINEERING
NaNtes, FraNce • June 9–14, 2013
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table of contents
Program at a Glance ................................................... 2 Tours
La Cité Floor Plan .......................................................... 4 Technical Tours ........................................................ 90
Nantes City Centre Map ............................................ 5 Sightseeing Tours ................................................... 92
Welcome ........................................................................... 6 Outreach for Engineers .......................................... 94
Honoring Symposium .............................................. 10 ASME / IPTI Training Schedule ........................... 96
Social Events ............................................................... 12 Listing of Committees ............................................... 98
Sponsors & Exhibitors ............................................. 14 Past & Future OMAE Conferences & Chairs .. 100
Attendee Information ............................................... 22 Author Index ............................................................ 102
Program Session Index ............................................................ 115
Saturday, June 8 .................................................... 24
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Tuesday, June 11 ................................................... 40
Wednesday, June 12 ........................................... 58 www.ooae.org & www.asme.org
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Program at a Glance
saturday, June 8 sunday, June 9 Monday, June 10
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08:30 short courses Outreach Welcome & Keynote Plenary
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All day introductions 08:30 – 10:00 | Auditorium 800
• Offshore Arctic Pipeline industry Presentations
Engineering 09:00 – 17:45 Keynote Plenary Two:
09:00 – 17:00 Room 150 Shaping the Future of Deep Offshore Development
Room B/C Anne Courbot, R&D Project Manager, Deep Offshore
REGISTRATION Great Hall • Design and Analysis of short courses Development, TOTAL Exploration & Production
Sunday, June 9: 13:00 – 19:00 Floating Structures All day
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Tuesday, June 11: 07:30 – 17:00 (Continues on Sunday) 09:00 – 17:00 Paul D. Sclavounos, Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Wednesday, June 12: 08:00 – 17:00 Room B/C and Naval Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of
Thursday, June 13: 08:00 – 17:00 • Design and Analysis of Technology
Floating Structures
09:00 – 17:00
EXHIBITION OPEN Great Hall
Room G/H
Monday, June 10 to (Continues from Saturday)
Wednesday, June 13 08:30 – 17:30 1100::0000 refreshment Break 10:00 – 10:30 | Great Hall
Thursday, June 13 08:30 – 15:30
1100::3300 concurrent sessions 10:30 – 12:00
OFT 1-1 Floating Platforms, Spars, Semis
OFT 1-6 Subsea Deployment and Development
OFT 1-7 Installation - Commissioning
SSR 2-14 West Africa Swell (WASP)
KEY TO SYMPOSIUM SSR 2-33 Fracture and Fatigue Reliability I
MAT 3-1 Fracture Assessment and Control I
ABBREVIATIONS
PRT 4-6 Pipe-Soil Interaction I
PRT 4-10 Alternative Designs
CFDVIV CFD and VIV
OE 6-1 Advanced Ship Hydromechanics and Marine
MAT Materials Technology Technology I
OE 6-3 Model Tests I
OE Ocean Engineering CFDVIV 8-1 FS: Vessel Motions and SPH
ORE 9-1 Ocean Renewable Energy (Opening Session)
OG Offshore Geotechnics OMF 12-1 Nonlinear Diffraction
ORE Ocean Renewable Energy
OFT Offshore Technology
OSU Ocean Space Utilization
PAT Polar and Arctic Sciences and 12:00 Monday Luncheon
Technology 12:00 – 13:30
Great Hall
PRT Pipeline and Riser Technology
PT Petroleum Technology
13:30 concurrent sessions 13:30 – 15:00
OMF Odd M. Faltinsen Honoring OFT 1-3 Floating Platforms: Design Considerations
Symposium on Marine OFT 1-8 Loading - Offl oading
Hydrodynamics SSR 2-15 Probabilistic and Spectral Wave Models
SSR 2-24 Collision and Crashworthiness I
SSR Structures, Safety and SSR 2-34 Fracture and Fatigue Reliability II
Reliability MAT 3-8 Fracture Assessment and Control II
PRT 4-21 Pipe-Soil Interaction III
See Detailed Program starting on OSU 5-1 Deepsea Mining Systems and Concepts
page 24 for concurrent session OE 6-10 Model Tests II
OE 6-19 Advanced Ship Hydromechanics and Marine
room locations.
Technology II
CFDVIV 8-2 FS: Free Surface Flows I
CFDVIV 8-4 Risers and Pipelines: Piping, FSI
ORE 9-2 Wind Energy - I
ORE 9-3 Wave Energy - I
OMF 12-2 Sloshing and Slamming I
Daily Program Handout OMF 12-6 Analytical Methods in Marine Hydrodynamics I
An updated daily program handout
will be available at the Registration
Desk the mornings of Tuesday, 15:00 refreshment Break 15:00 – 15:30 | Great Hall
Wednesday and Thursday. The
15:30 concurrent sessions 15:30 – 17:30
handout will incorporate any last OFT 1-2 Floating Platforms, TLPS and Ship Shaped
minute program changes and show Vessels
the time-synchronized order of OFT 1-11 Mooring and Anchoring II
SSR 2-16 Extreme Seas
presentations in each session for that
SSR 2-25 Collision and Crashworthiness II
day. You can use this handout as a Opening ceremony SSR 2-35 Risk Based Maintenance Planning
general reference and to easily plan MAT 3-6 Welding Technology and Repair Methods
your personal attendance schedule and Keynote Plenary PRT 4-11 Design and Analysis II
18:00 – 19:00 PRT 4-15 Pipe-Soil Interaction II
for the day.
Auditorium 800 OSU 5-2 Deepsea Mining Economy and Environment
OE 6-8 Fluid-Structure Interaction I
Keynote Plenary One:
OE 6-20 Advanced Ship Hydromechanics and Marine
Can Oil & Gas Expertise Technology III
be Useful to the Renewable CFDVIV 8-3 FS: Free Surface Flows II
Energy Market? CFDVIV 8-5 VIV Suppression: Fairings and Strakes I
Late Outreach team ORE 9-4 Current Energy - I
Afternoon Building exercise Stéphane His, Vice ORE 9-5 Wind Energy - II
& Evening 17:00 – 19:00 President Biofuels and PT 11-3 Petroleum Reservoir Engineering, Evaluation
Room G/H Renewable Energies and Management
Product Line, Technip OMF 12-7 Sloshing and Slamming II
Outreach Welcome Welcome reception
Dinner 19:00 – 22:00 afternoon Drinks
17:30 – 18:30 | Great Hall
19:00 The Castle of the Dukes of
Sponsored by Technip France
Off-site restaurant Brittany
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tuesday, June 11 Wednesday, June 12 thursday, June 13
concurrent sessions 08:30 – 10:00 concurrent sessions 08:30 – 10:00 Outreach Breakfast / feedback session
OFT 1-4 Fixed Platforms I OFT 1-14 Model Testing I 07:30 – 09:00 | Room K/L
OFT 1-22 Metocean SSR 2-21 Probabilistic Response Modelling II
SSR 2-17 Extreme and Freak Waves I SSR 2-26 Ultimate Strength I concurrent sessions 08:30 – 10:00
SSR 2-36 Reliability of Marine Structures I MAT 3-4 Environmental Effect on Materials Performance OFT 1-12 Risers I
MAT 3-11 Fracture Assessment and Control III PRT 4-3 Fracture and Fatigue I SSR 2-29 Structural Analysis and Optimisation II
PRT 4-1 Design and Analysis I PRT 4-37 Design and Analysis VI SSR 2-42 Risk Analysis and Safety Management I
PRT 4-2 Mechanics of Riser and Pipelines I OE 6-14 Ocean Measurement and Data Interpretation I MAT 3-12 Structural/Asset Integrity
OE 6-21 Advanced Ship Hydromechanics and Marine OE 6-23 Wave Mechanics and Wave Effects III PRT 4-16 Flexible Pipes I
Technology IV PAT 7-1 Structure-Ice-Interactions PRT 4-40 Design and Analysis VIII
OE 6-27 Fluid-Structure Interaction II CFDVIV 8-14 Verifi cation and Validation (V&V) Workshop I OE 6-7 Coastal Engineering I
CFDVIV 8-6 FLT: CFD Applications - Ships and Appendages CFDVIV 8-18 CYL: VIV OE 6-16 Multi-body and Wave-body Interaction
CFDVIV 8-10 VIV Suppression: Fairings and Strakes II ORE 9-14 Wind Energy - VI PAT 7-5 Arctic Sea Transportation I
ORE 9-6 Wave Energy - II ORE 9-15 Wave Energy - V CFDVIV 8-22 Verifi cation and Validation (V&V) Workshop III
ORE 9-7 Current Energy - II OG 10-3 Anchors I CFDVIV 8-26 Drilling Risers and Empirical Modeling
PT 11-4 Unconventional Hydrocarbon Resources PT 11-2 Petroleum Wells: Drilling, Production & Construction ORE 9-22 Wind Energy - X
Development Challenge OMF 12-10 Ship Hydrodynamics - Manoeuvrability & Propulsion ORE 9-23 Wave Energy - IX
OMF 12-3 Green Water and Impact OG 10-1 Seabed Properties
OMF 12-12 Ship Hydrodynamics - Added Resistance
refreshment Break 10:00 – 10:30 | Great Hall refreshment Break 10:00 – 10:30 | Great Hall refreshment Break 10:00 – 10:30 | Great Hall
concurrent sessions 10:30 – 12:00 concurrent sessions 10:30 – 12:00 concurrent sessions 10:30 – 12:00
OFT 1-5 Fixed Platforms II OFT 1-15 Model Testing II OFT 1-13 Risers II
OFT 1-23 Offshore Renewable Synergies SSR 2-22 Probabilistic Response Modelling III SSR 2-30 Structural Analysis and Optimisation III
SSR 2-18 Extreme and Freak Waves II SSR 2-27 Ultimate Strength II SSR 2-43 Risk Analysis and Safety Management II
SSR 2-39 Reliability of Moorings and Risers MAT 3-7 Strain Based Design of Pipelines MAT 3-3 Structural Integrity Management Procedures
MAT 3-2 Fatigue Assessment and Control I PRT 4-13 Fracture and Fatigue II and Standards for Offshore Installations
PRT 4-18 Mechanics of Riser and Pipelines III PRT 4-39 Design and Analysis VII (Workshop)
PRT 4-28 Design and Analysis IV OSU 5-7 Floating Offshore Wind Turbine System PRT 4-27 Flexible Pipes III
OSU 5-6 VLFS and Response of Floating Facilities OE 6-17 Ocean Measurement and Data Interpretation II PRT 4-32 Flexible Pipes IV
OE 6-5 Advanced Underwater Vehicles and Design OE 6-24 Wave Mechanics and Wave Effects IV OE 6-13 Unsteady Hydrodynamics, Vibrations and
Technology PAT 7-2 Ice Model Tests and Operations in Ice Propulsion
OE 6-11 Advanced Ship Hydromechanics and Marine CFDVIV 8-15 Verifi cation and Validation (V&V) Workshop II OE 6-25 Coastal Engineering II
Technology V CFDVIV 8-19 CYL: Power Extraction and Modeling PAT 7-6 Arctic Sea Transportation II
CFDVIV 8-7 FLT: VIM ORE 9-16 Wind Energy - VII CFDVIV 8-23 Verifi cation & Validation (V&V) Workshop IV
CFDVIV 8-11 Risers and Pipelines: VIV, Free Spans ORE 9-17 Wave Energy - VI CFDVIV 8-27 Risers and Pipelines: Empirical Models
ORE 9-8 Wind Energy - III OG 10-5 Pipeline Geotechnics and Shallow Foundations ORE 9-24 Wind Energy - XI
ORE 9-9 Wave Energy - III PT 11-8 Well Drilling Fluids and Hydraulics ORE 9-25 Wind Energy - XII
PT 11-7 Subsurface Storage, Containment and OMF 12-11 Ship Hydrodynamics - Seakeeping I OG 10-9 Anchors II
Geological Carbon Sequestration OMF 12-13 Analytical Methods in Marine
OMF 12-5 Coupled Potential Flow/CFD Models Hydrodynamics II
awards Lunch Wednesday information and feedback technical session Organizers’ Luncheon
12:00 – 13:30 Luncheon session – reviewer and session 12:00 – 13:30
Great Hall 12:00 – 13:30 Organizers’ Workshop Great Hall
Great Hall 12:00 – 13:30 | Room 300
concurrent sessions 13:30 – 15:00 concurrent sessions 13:30 – 15:00 concurrent sessions 13:30 – 15:00
OFT 1-9 Mooring and Anchoring I OFT 1-17 Hydrodynamics I OFT 1-21 Software Quality, Classifi cation and
OFT 1-16 Model Testing III SSR 2-23 Probabilistic Response Modelling IV Standards
SSR 2-19 Extreme and Freak Waves III SSR 2-40 Reliability of Renewable Energy Devices I SSR 2-31 Structural Analysis and Optimisation IV
SSR 2-37 Reliability of Marine Structures II MAT 3-9 Performance and Application for Specialty Materials SSR 2-44 Risk Analysis and Safety Management III
MAT 3-14 Fatigue Assessment and Control II PRT 4-8 Rigid Risers PRT 4-7 Monitoring, Inspection and Repair
PRT 4-33 Design and Analysis V PRT 4-30 Fracture and Fatigue IV PRT 4-22 Flexible Pipes II
PRT 4-34 Mechanics of Riser and Pipelines IV OSU 5-5 Water Front and Coastal Engineering OE 6-26 Coastal Engineering III
OSU 5-3 Aquaculture and Related Technology I OE 6-4 Towed and Undersea Cables and Pipes, PAT 7-7 Arctic Sea Transportation and Evacuation in
OE 6-2 Wave Mechanics and Wave Effects I Mooring, and Buoy Technology Ice
OE 6-12 Marine Environmental Engineering OE 6-18 Ocean Measurement and Data Interpretation III CFDVIV 8-24 FS: Waves and Multi-Phase Flows
CFDVIV 8-8 FLT: CFD Applications - Ship Roll and Control PAT 7-3 Numerical Ice Modeling CFDVIV 8-28 CYL: Cylinder Flows and Galloping
CFDVIV 8-12 Riser Experiments and Empirical Modeling CFDVIV 8-16 FS: CFD Modeling - Lattice Boltzmann and Solvers ORE 9-26 Wind Energy - XIII
ORE 9-10 Current Energy - III CFDVIV 8-20 CYL: Tandem Cylinders OG 10-7 Seabed Processes I
ORE 9-11 Wind Energy - IV ORE 9-18 Wind Energy - VIII OMF 12-15 Ship Hydrodynamics - Seakeeping II
OG 10-4 Pile Foundations ORE 9-19 Wave Energy - VII MAT 3-15 Lifecycle Integrity Management of Offshore
PT 11-12 Subsurface Storage, Containment and OG 10-2 Fluid-Soil-Structure Interaction I Installations (Workshop)
Geological Carbon Sequestration PT 11-13 Well Drilling Fluids and Hydraulics
OMF 12-14 Special Problems OMF 12-8 Ship Hydrodynamics - Structural Loading and
Hydroelastic Effects I
refreshment Break 15:00 – 15:30 | Great Hall refreshment Break 15:00 – 15:30 | Great Hall refreshment Break 15:00 – 15:30 | Great Hall
concurrent sessions 15:30 – 17:30 concurrent sessions 15:30 – 17:30 concurrent sessions 15:30 – 17:30
OFT 1-19 LNG Challenges OFT 1-18 Hydrodymamics II OFT 1-10 Station Keeping
OFT 1-20 Risk Mitigation SSR 2-28 Structural Analysis and Optimisation I SSR 2-32 Structural Analysis and Optimisation V
SSR 2-20 Probabilistic Response Modelling I SSR 2-41 Reliability of Renewable Energy Devices II SSR 2-45 Risk Analysis and Safety Management IV
SSR 2-38 Reliability of Marine Structures III MAT 3-5 Advances in Steel Technology PRT 4-20 Installation II
MAT 3-10 Residual Stresses PRT 4-14 Installation I PRT 4-36 Flexible Pipes V
PRT 4-12 Mechanics of Riser and Pipelines II PRT 4-25 Fracture and Fatigue III PAT 7-8 Environmental Issues in Ice
PRT 4-17 Design and Analysis III OE 6-6 Computational Mechanics and Design CFDVIV 8-25 CFD and VIV Wrap-up
OSU 5-4 Aquaculture and Related Technology II Applications ORE 9-27 Wind Energy - XIV
OE 6-9 Instrumentation and Measurement and OE 6-15 Fluid-Structure and Hydroelastic Interaction OG 10-10 Seabed Processes II
Satellite Observations PAT 7-4 Dynamic Positioning and Structures in Ice OMF 12-4 Viscous Damping
OE 6-22 Wave Mechanics and Wave Effects II CFDVIV 8-17 CFD Applications and FOS
CFDVIV 8-9 FLT: VIM and Barge Modeling CFDVIV 8-21 CYL: Tandem Cylinders, Spheres and farewell reception
CFDVIV 8-13 Risers and Pipelines: VIV Suppression and Boundary Layers 17:30 – 18:30 | Mezzanine
Free Spans ORE 9-20 Wind Energy - IX
ORE 9-12 Wave Energy - IV ORE 9-21 Wave Energy - VIII
ORE 9-13 Wind Energy - V OG 10-8 Fluid-Soil-Structure Interaction II friday, July 6
OG 10-6 Suction Piles and Spudcans PT 11-1 Multi-scale Reservoir Characterization for
PT 11-5 Petroleum Transport - Flow Assurance Effective Enhanced Oil and Gas Recovery
Chemistry and Control OMF 12-9 Ship Hydrodynamics - Structural Loading and technical tours
OMF 12-16 Nonlinear Wave-Structure Interactions Hydroelastic Effects II See pages 90 & 90 for descriptions of the Technical Tours.
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Welcome from the Conference Chair
The OMAE Conference, for the fi rst time held in France, will be a major opportunity to
promote France as a strong player in the development of maritime activities. France is
indeed a maritime country, with one of the longest coastlines in Europe, and the second
maritime exclusive economic zone in the world, just aft er the United States. France is also the
e home of several major stakeholders in the shipbuilding and off shore industries, many of whom
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L Eunti,’ meaning ‘Neptune favors the traveler.’ Th e city and its region have been leading the
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Prof. Ferrant 60 kilometers west of Nantes, at the mouth of the Loire River. Th e last important shipyard
operating in downtown Nantes closed in 1986. Slipways, cranes and the main shipyard building
have been maintained in what is now one of the tourist attractions of Nantes, ‘Les Machines de l’île,’ where the Conference
Banquet will be held on June 12th.
Nantes and the Pays de la Loire region are now playing a leading role in the development of the marine renewable
energy (MRE) sector, with universities, research centers and companies joining their eff orts to build the basis of a new
industry. Th e Ecole Centrale de Nantes and the LHEEA Lab are especially active in this process, having for example set up
SEMREV, the fi rst operational French test site for MRE systems, off Le Croisic on the Atlantic coast.
Nantes is also recognized as very nice place to live; as hosts we want to share our city with you. It may have to do with
nice springtime weather or the food, wine, and friendship … Ideally situated between Rio in 2012 and San Francisco in
2014, a memorable stay in Nantes, 2013 Green Capital of Europe, is awaiting you!
—Pierre Ferrant
Conference Chair, OMAE 2013
Head of the LHEEA Lab, Ecole Centrale de Nantes
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Welcome from the Technical Program Chair
As the OMAE 2013 Technical Program Chair, I am happy to welcome you to OMAE
2013 in the beautiful city of Nantes. Th is year’s technical program is extensive with over
850 reviewed papers in a wide area of topics that cover all aspects of ocean, off shore
and arctic engineering. With a record number of papers, you should expect to fi nd engaging
presentations that showcase advances in technology and its scientifi c support. In addition,
you will fi nd numerous networking opportunities between researchers, engineers, managers,
technicians and students from scientifi c and industrial communities from around the world.
Th e goal of the OMAE conference remains the exchange of ideas and experiences while
promoting technological progress and international cooperation.
Prof. Mikkelsen
Th is year’s conference has 12 technical symposia. We have our long established regular
symposia: Off shore Technology, Structures, Safety & Reliability, Materials, Pipeline & Riser
Technology, Ocean Space Utilization, Ocean Engineering, Polar & Arctic Sciences & Technology, CFD & VIV, and Ocean
Renewable Energy. We are pleased to see the continued growth in the two newest symposiums on Off shore Geotechnics
and Petroleum Technology, and we are especially pleased to have a special symposium honoring our esteemed colleague,
Prof. Odd M. Faltinsen. Th is honorary symposium on Marine Hydrodynamics has attracted over 60 special papers. Th e
Outreach for Engineers program and the OMAE Technical Short Courses continue to grow in popularity.
While all endeavours are made to avoid overlap of topics in the parallel sessions, you will appreciate that this is not
always possible. I hope you will be able to catch up with authors to whom you have not been able to listen and renew old
acquaintances during refreshment breaks and other social events.
I would like to thank the Local Organizing Committee, led by Prof. Pierre Ferrant from Ecole Centrale Nantes, for
the outstanding work they have done in organizing such a wonderful conference. As well, I would like to thank the
Symposium Coordinators and Session Chairs for their excellent work. Finally, and most importantly, I would like to thank
and congratulate all the authors and reviewers of OMAE 2013 for their valuable contributions and eff orts to make the
conference a big success and a memorable event.
It is with this in mind that I once again thank the organizers and welcome you all to the OMAE 2013 Conference. Have
an enjoyable and rewarding experience in beautiful Nantes.
—Jon Mikkelsen
Technical Program Chair, OMAE 2013
Professor of Teaching, University of British Columbia
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Welcome from the OOAE Division
On behalf of the Ocean, Off shore and Arctic Engineering (OOAE) Division of ASME,
welcome to the 32nd International Conference on Off shore Mechanics and Arctic
Engineering (OMAE 2013) and our gracious host city of Nantes. We wish to thank all
of the authors and volunteers for helping to make the OMAE Conference recognized as the
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Dr. Oakley ocean environment is evidence of the quality of the objectives and conference content.
OMAE has enjoyed steady growth over the last decade, off ering a huge array of technical
programs designed for in-depth discussion and also the opportunity to learn about relevant topics outside of our day-
to-day focus. We have twelve symposia covering the broad area of ocean engineering, including off shore geotechnics
and petroleum technology. I encourage you to both bring your expertise and broaden your knowledge. We will also be
honoring our esteemed colleague Prof. Odd Faltinsen from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology for his
long career and contributions to education and our industry.
Th e program includes short courses and the popular ‘Outreach for Engineers Program’. Th ese support the objective of
continuing education and the desire to attract students and young professionals to OMAE so that they become the future
leaders of our community.
On behalf of the entire OOAE Division of ASME, I would like to thank all of the sponsors for their fi nancial support.
Th is plays an important role in enhancing the breadth and quality of OMAE. Major thanks are also due to the dedicated
volunteers who make OMAE a success. In particular, we wish to thank Prof. Pierre Ferrant of the Ecole Centrale de
Nantes and his team that have so skillfully arranged this year’s facilities and events. Th anks are also due to our Technical
Program Chair, Prof. Jon Mikkelsen from the University of British Columbia, for his leadership. Th ank you to all the
Local Organizing Committee members, International Advisory Committee members, Symposium coordinators, Session
organizers, authors and reviewers. Th e dedicated staff from Sea to Sky Meeting Management Inc., the International
Petroleum Technology Institute, and ASME are vital to OMAE’s success and their professional support is much
appreciated.
In closing, I hope you will have an enjoyable and rewarding time at OMAE 2013 in beautiful Nantes.
—Owen H. Oakley, Jr.
Chair, OOAE Division of ASME
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