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First International Conference On Ice Technology Held At MIT The First International Confer- ence on Ice Technology (ITC 86) was held on the campus of Massa- chusetts Institute of Technology, June 10-12 this year. The confer- ence was preceded and followed by Tutorials on June 9 and June 13. On the morning of June 9, the session was presented by Dr. A.M. Vino- gradov of the University of Calga- ry on Computational Methods in Ice Mechanics, with two separate lec- tures on (1) Constitutive Modeling of Ice, and (2) Computational Meth- ods in the Deformation Analysis of Floating Ice Sheets. During the af- ternoon session, Peter G. Noble of the Marine Technology Corpora- tion, Houston, presented two lec- tures on Model Testing and Instru- mentation Techniques. The conference was opened by Rear Adm. Robert L. Johanson, commander of the First Coast Guard District, Boston, who was introduced by Prof. Francis T. Ogilvie, head of the Department of Ocean Enginneering at MIT. This was followed by a Keynote Address by Dr. George Ashton, a scientist from the U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratories, on Perspectives in Ice Technology. The plenary sessions then began, with opening remarks by Dr. Car- los A. Brebbia, chairman of the Computational Mechanics Insti- tute, the sponsoring organization of ITC 86. He also took the opportuni- ty to present a plaque to Prof. J.J. Connor of the Department of Civil Engineering at MIT in recognition of contributions to advances in engi- neering mechanics. A total of 44 papers were pre- sented during the three-day meet- ing by authors from 10 countries. The technical sessions were devoted to properties of ice, ice modeling, ice experiments and field tests, vessels in ice, structures in ice, navigation in ice, ice management, and trans- portation. At a film evening on June 10, del- egates were able to participate in a narrated video presentation by Prof. Douglas Tolderlund of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, dealing with the operation of USCG Polar Class icebreakers in the Arctic and Antarctic regions. There was also a short movie presented by Prof. Per Tryde of the Technical University of Denmark on the NIMBUS 7 mul- ti-channel microwave radiometer image of the formation of ice in the East Greenland current (1978-79). The latter part of the final day was devoted to a Panel Session on Arctic LNG—Present Position and Future Prospects. Arthur G. Berndt of Energy Transportation Corporation, New York, acted as moderator. Short techno-economic presentations were given by R.D. Golf of Sohio Petroleum Company on Technical and Economic Trends in Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration in the Arctic; by J.K.S. Loh of Gulf Canada Resources, Calgary, on Arc- tic LNG Production; and by R. Dick of Melville Shipping Ltd. on Transportation of Arctic LNG. This session was followed by a lively question and answer period. The conference was closed by Dr. T.K.S. Murthy, consultant to the Computational Mechanics Insti- tute, who was responsible for the organization of the conference from the initiation of arrangements in March 1984 to its conclusion. Guest speaker at the banquet held June 11 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Cambridge was Capt. Jo- seph Wubbold, chief of ice opera- tions in the U.S. Coast Guard. The post-conference tutorial on June 13 was devoted to Vessels and Structures in Ice, with lectures by Arno Keinonen of AKAC Inc. in Calgary, and Prof. Ben C. Ger- wick of the University of California at Berkeley. Proceedings of the Conference are available in hard-cover binding from Computational Mechanics Publications, Ashurst Lodge, Ashurst, Southampton, S04 2AA, England; price is $150 per copy. Chromalloy Appoints Flowers President, Inland Barge Group Chromalloy American Corpora- tion recently announced the ap- pointment of J. Russell Flowers as president of the Inland Barge Group, following the resignation of Thomas J. Barta. Inland Barge Group, headquartered in St. Louis, Mo., is owned by Chromalloy. Mr. Flowers founded Flowers Transportation, a barge operation that was acquired by Chromalloy in 1981. Chromalloy is a multi-industry corporation that produces and sells a broad range of products and ser- vices in operating companies in five industry segments: transportation, metal fabrication, apparel, petro- leum and financial services. Verolme To Build Two Corvettes For $50 Million For Brazilian Navy Contracts have been signed by Verolme do Brasil, Brazil's leading shipbuilder, for the construction of two corvettes of 2,000-ton displace- ment for the Brazilian Navy. Both vessels are scheduled for delivery in 1989 at a total price of $50 million, which does not include the cost of owner-supplied items such as main propulsion, weaponry, and electron- ic navigation and communications equipment. Construction will begin in January and February 1987. These ships will be the first war- ships ever built in a privately owned Brazilian shipyard in modern times, and form part of a long-term plan aimed at modernizing the Navy of Brazil. Two other corvettes of the Almirante Inhauma Class are cur- rently under construction at the Brazilian Navy's own shipyard in Rio de Janeiro, Arsenal da Marin- ha. At present, Verolme do Brasil has an enviable orderbook totaling some $385 million, which includes 10 ships and one offshore drilling rig. The Almirante Inhauma Class corvette was designed by the Brazil- ian Navy to provide short- and long- range coastal defense and escort protection for coastal and oceango- ing convoys. Both of the Verolme- built corvettes, which will have a maximum sustained speed of 26 knots, will be fitted with helicopter decks and hangars. Overall length will be 314.2 feet and beam 37.4 feet. Main propulsion will be a CODOG system with a gas turbine and two 3,620-bhp diesel engines driving two controllable-pitch propellers. The weapons system will include one 4.5-inch Vickers MK 8 gun, two 40/70 single automatic guns, four Exocet MM-38 or MM-40 missiles in two twin launchers, two triple MK 46 torpedo tube launchers, one Linx helicopter for anti-submarine and surface action, and two Chaff launchers. 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