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Marine and Offshore Safety

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It is my privilege to write this short introduction to the Proceedings of this 'Marine Safety' Conference to commemorate the Centenary of the Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering in the University of Glasgow. The University was founded in 1451 and has been associated with many famous names. The first University Chair of Engineering in Britain was established in Glasgow by Queen Victoria in 1840 and L.D.B. Gordon appointed the first professor. Gordon was succeeded in 1855 by William John Macquorn Rankine (1820-72) a man of prodigous and varied abilities who included naval architecture among his many interests. His book on Shipbuilding, and papers on Resistance of Ships (1858) and on the Principles of the Screw Propeller (1856) are typical. The inception of the Chair of Naval Architecture at the University of Glasgow was in all probability due to Rankine's efforts, although it was not established until ten years after his death. His close friendship with John Elder must have been in the mind of that great shipbuilder‘s widow when she decided to found the Chair of Naval Architecture in 1883 as a memorial to her husband. This was the first such Chair in the world. I am honoured to be the present Professor following six distinguished predecessors. A suitable topic to commemorate our Centenary seemed to be Marine Safety. Safety is of concern to everyone in the marine industry and its regulatory bodies. The development of offshore resources, the carriage of dangerous cargoes, the increase in ship size and the ill effects of pollution, all emphasise the growing importance of marine safety. This International Conference reflects the growing areas of interest but concentrates on those aspects of safety that are best able to be influenced by modern technology. The sessions are divided into Classification and Certification, Operational Safety, Safety of offshore Structures and Special Topics in Marine Safety. More than half of the authors of the papers have a past or present connection with the Department whose Centenary we are commemorating. Some are graduates, some are research workers, and some are staff. We thank all those who have spared their time and effort as authors, chairmen and speakers. It is also my personal pleasure to acknowledge and thank the organizing committee and my colleagues who have been unstinting in their efforts to plan and arrange this conference. We hope quality of presentation and discussion will enhance the initial effort and thereby the proceedings.

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No. Panggil

623.888 FRI m

Penerbit

New York : Elsevier., 1984

Deskripsi Fisik

ix, 612 hlm : ilus ; 27 cm

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

0-444-42383-4

Klasifikasi

623.888

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Subjek

Marine

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