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• Fracture and Fracture Control OTC 4236 Investigation of the Break-Down of Alexander Kielland Metallurgical and Fracture Analysis 4237 Weld Defect Distributions in Offshore Structures and Their Influence on Structural Reliability 4238 COD and Fatigue Crack Propagation Characteristics of Heavy Section C-Mn- V Forged Steel for Offshore Structure 4240 Fatigue Life Improvement Factors Ob- tained By Weld Reinforcement and Toe Grinding 4241 Factors Affecting Ductile Fracture in Offshore Gas Pipelines • Wind and Wave Loading Forces II OTC 4242 Wave Prediction in Shallow Water 4243 Analysis of Vessels Moored in Shallow, Unprotected Waters 4244 Methods for Dynamic Analysis of Floating Vessels 4245 Windtunnel Tests on a Model of a Semi-Submersible Platform and Com- parison of the Results with Full Scale Data 4246 The Behavior of Semi-Submersible Platforms at Large Angles of List 4247 Predictions of Pitching Motions and Loads of an Articulated Loading Plat- form in Waves • Subsea Production Systems OTC 4248 The Casablanca Subsea Completion System Design, Installation and Op- eration 4249 North East Frigg Subsea Gas Produc- tion System 4250 Case History of the Cormorant Field Single Satellite Well 4251 Guidelineless Caisson Sub-Sea Com- pletion System 4252 An Improved Design of the Subsea Atmospheric System (SAS) 4253 New Safety Valve for Subsea Instal- lations • Geophysical Data Gathering and Interpretation OTC 4254 Some Geometric Aspects of Towed Air Gun Arrays 4255 Marine Seismic Energy Sources: Acoustic Performance Comparison 4256 Coherent Noise in Marine Seismic Data: Its Understanding and Sup- pression 4257 The Exploration Applications of Seis- mic DHI Analysis in the Malay Basin 4258 Three Dimensional Seismic Interpre- tation of a Piercement Salt Dome 4259 Multichannel Seismic Transect of the Somalian Continental Margin • Ocean Mining I OTC 4260 Remote Acoustic Sensing of Manga- nese Nodule Deposits 4261 Soil-Machine Interaction Studies for Manganese Nodule Mining 4262 Design and Observation Tests of an Experimental Nodule Collection Vehicle 4263 Implementation of the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act 4264 Industrial Response to Ocean Mining Regulations — Panel Discussion • Support and Service Vessels OTC 4431 Four Years Experience Operations of MSV (Multi-Functional Support Vessel) 4432 The Developing Technology for SWATH Ships 4433 Natural Environment Stability Tests of an Industrial Vessel Hull Form 4434 Diving Support Vessel: Mono Hull vs Semi-Submersible — A Cost Effective Analysis Tuesday Afternoon 2:00 to 4:30 p.m. • Offshore Pipelines II OTC 4265 Route Selection and Construction Techniques for the Marine Pipeline Crossing to Vancouver Island 4267 Dynamic Lay Stresses for Pipelines 4268 A Modern Approach to Flowline Stress Relief on Deep Water Offshore Pro- duction Platforms 4269 Method for Laying and Connecting Intrafield Flowline Bundles in Deep Water 4270 Slug Detection in Offshore Gas Lines from Variations in the End Pressure • Floating Production and Processing Systems OTC 4271 4272 Offshore Storage and Treating of Crude Oil Aboard a Modified Oil Tanker Offshore Facilities Weight, Area and (continued on page 60) 1982 OTC Program Committee Norman A. 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