Frontiers in Offshore Geotechnics: Proceedings of the International Symposium. on Frontiers in Offshore Geotechnics (IS-FOG 2005), 19-21 Sept 2005, Perth, WA, Australia

This book addresses current and emerging challenges facing those working in offshore construction, design and research. Keynote papers from leading industry practitioners and academics provide a comprehensive overview of central topics covering deepwater anchoring, pipelines, foundation solutions for offshore wind turbines, site investigation, geohazards and emerging Australian frontiers. A further 125 peer reviewed papers introduce and analyse the critical challenges of offshore geotechnical engineering in the areas of the keynote subjects as well as piling, caissons and shallow foundation sy The present work contains 150 papers that were presented during ISEC-03, the 3rd International Conference on Structural and Construction Engineering, that was held in Tokuyama College of Technology, Shunan, Japan, from September 20 to 23, 2005. The theme of the conference was Collaboration and Harmony of Creative Systems. The conference was to encourage and assist the collaboration of any and all kinds of structural, system, and construction engineering using information technology in an environmentally friendly manner. This book contains these challenging papers. Front Cover; Table of Contents; Preface; Committee; Reviewers; Keynote papers; Deepwater developments: drag and plate anchors; Deepwater developments: suction caissons; Developments in the Australian frontiers; Foundation solutions for offshore wind turbines; Shallow foundations: vertical bearing capacity; Shallow foundations: combined loading; Shallow foundations: mobile jackup units; Breakwater caissons and liquifaction; Pipelines; Capacity of piles in sand; Piles; Assessing geohazards; Site investigation techniques; Soil characterization; Back Cover Diese Arbeit befasst sich mit robuster Objekterkennung auf der Basis lokaler Merkmale. Es wird eine allgemeine Methodik zur einfachen Auswertung von Objekttransformationen vorgestellt. Mittels dieser Methodik wird ein Verfahren zur rotations-, skalierungsund verschiebungsinvarianten Objekterkennung auf der Basis modifizierter Gaborfilter entwickelt. Die Flexibilität und Robustheit des entwickelten Verfahrens wird anhand dreier unterschiedlicher Beispielanwendungen nachgewiesen Scope of this work is the development of appropriate models for the evaluation of batch processes in material flow systems. The presented analytical methods support the long range planning in an early planning stage, in which capacities are determined to minimize the facility costs under the condition of cycle time targets The first International Symposium on Frontiers in Offshore Geotechnics was organised by the Centre for Offshore Foundation Systems and was held at The University of Western Australia from the 19 to 21 September 2005.