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Journal articles on the topic "Return-period assessment"

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Qiang, HUANG, and CHEN Zishen. "Multivariate flood risk assessment based on the secondary return period." Journal of Lake Sciences 27, no. 2 (2015): 352–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.18307/2015.0221.

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De Michele, C., G. Salvadori, R. Vezzoli, and S. Pecora. "Multivariate assessment of droughts: Frequency analysis and dynamic return period." Water Resources Research 49, no. 10 (2013): 6985–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/wrcr.20551.

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Tuyls, Damian Murla, Søren Thorndahl, and Michael R. Rasmussen. "Return period assessment of urban pluvial floods through modelling of rainfall–flood response." Journal of Hydroinformatics 20, no. 4 (2018): 829–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/hydro.2018.133.

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Abstract Intense rainfall in urban areas can often generate severe flood impacts. Consequently, it is crucial to design systems to minimize potential flood damages. Traditional, simple design of urban drainage systems assumes agreement between rainfall return period and its consequent flood return period; however, this does not always apply. Hydraulic infrastructures found in urban drainage systems can increase system heterogeneity and perturb the impact of severe rainfall response. In this study, a surface flood return period assessment was carried out at Lystrup (Denmark), which has received
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Corbella, S., and D. D. Stretch. "Multivariate return periods of sea storms for coastal erosion risk assessment." Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 12, no. 8 (2012): 2699–708. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/nhess-12-2699-2012.

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Abstract. The erosion of a beach depends on various storm characteristics. Ideally, the risk associated with a storm would be described by a single multivariate return period that is also representative of the erosion risk, i.e. a 100 yr multivariate storm return period would cause a 100 yr erosion return period. Unfortunately, a specific probability level may be associated with numerous combinations of storm characteristics. These combinations, despite having the same multivariate probability, may cause very different erosion outcomes. This paper explores this ambiguity problem in the context
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Li, Chaochao, Xiaotao Cheng, Na Li, Zhongmin Liang, Yanyan Wang, and Song Han. "A Three-Parameter S-Shaped Function of Flood Return Period and Damage." Advances in Meteorology 2016 (2016): 1–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/6583906.

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With growing flood risk due to increased urbanization, flood damage assessment and flood risk management must be reconsidered. To demonstrate and assess the new features and trends of flood risk in urbanized areas, a novel S-shaped function of return period and damage(R-D)is proposed. The function contains three parameters, which are defined as the maximum flood damageA, critical return periodRc, and integrated loss coefficientk. A basic framework for flood damage assessment was established to evaluate flood damage in the Taihu Basin under various scenarios. The simulation results were used to
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Volpi, E., and A. Fiori. "Hydraulic structures subject to bivariate hydrological loads: Return period, design, and risk assessment." Water Resources Research 50, no. 2 (2014): 885–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2013wr014214.

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Ming, Xiaodong, Wei Xu, Ying Li, Juan Du, Baoyin Liu, and Peijun Shi. "Quantitative multi-hazard risk assessment with vulnerability surface and hazard joint return period." Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment 29, no. 1 (2014): 35–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00477-014-0935-y.

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Thorndahl, S. "Stochastic long term modelling of a drainage system with estimation of return period uncertainty." Water Science and Technology 59, no. 12 (2009): 2331–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.2009.305.

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Long term prediction of maximum water levels and combined sewer overflow (CSO) in drainage systems are associated with large uncertainties. Especially on rainfall inputs, parameters, and assessment of return periods. This paper proposes a Monte Carlo based methodology for stochastic prediction of both maximum water levels as well as CSO volumes based on operations of the urban drainage model MOUSE in a single catchment case study. Results show quite a wide confidence interval of the model predictions especially on the large return periods. Traditionally, return periods of drainage system predi
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Du, Ao, and Jamie E. Padgett. "Refined multivariate return period-based ground motion selection and implications for seismic risk assessment." Structural Safety 91 (July 2021): 102079. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.strusafe.2021.102079.

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Neppel, L., M. Desbordes, and J. M. Masson. "Bias introduced in rainfall risk assessment by a rain gauges network." Water Science and Technology 37, no. 11 (1998): 97–104. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.1998.0444.

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When large periods of observation are considered, the densest information are often a collection of the daily rain gauges network. As this information is scattered in space, the stochastic results and specially the rainfall risk assessment, are biased because of the rainfall events that are not ‘observed’ by the network. Rainfall risk can be assessed using a punctual approach with the estimation of regional return period of a punctual rainfall depth exceeding a given value, or using a spatial approach with the frequency analysis of the areas of isohyets defined at a given rain threshold τ. Thi
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Return-period assessment"

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Schläppy, Romain. "Snow avalanche hazard assessment in the French Alps using a combination of dendrogeomorphic and statistical approaches." Thesis, Paris 1, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014PA010679/document.

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Les avalanches sont susceptibles d’affecter le réseau routier et les infrastructures bâties, mettant en péril la population. L’extension des avalanches est généralement évaluée à l’aide de modèles physiques et/ou statistiques. Ces modèles sont très performants pour simuler des événements relativement fréquents, cependant, les incertitudes augmentent dès lors que l’on considère des événements plus rares. Il est donc indispensable de valider les procédures de modélisation afin de confirmer les prédictions qui en découlent. Dans ce travail, la dendrogéomorphologie a été utilisée comme un outil de
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Ko-HanChen and 陳科翰. "A Study on Safety Assessment of Deep Underground Excavation of Rocks Subject to Seismic Loading with 100,000-year Return Period." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/85140938227374583124.

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碩士<br>國立成功大學<br>資源工程學系碩博士班<br>101<br>This study investigates the stability and safety analysis of surrounding rocks of a deep underground excavation subject to seismic loading with 100,000-year return period. Two study sites are chosen in this study, they are Northeast site and Southeast site. The values of peak ground acceleration (PGA) with 100,000-year return period for study research site have been obtained by seismic hazard analysis and the decaying PGA curve. This study firstly selects the appropriate original earthquake time histories and synthesizes the design acceleration time histori
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Von, de Wall Simon Julius. "An Assessment of the river ice break-up season in Canada." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/3752.

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A return-period analysis of annual peak spring break-up and open-water levels for 136 Water Survey of Canada hydrometric stations was used to classify rivers across Canada and to assess the physical controls on peak break-up water-levels. According to the peak water-level river-regime classification and subsequent analysis, 32% of rivers were classified as spring break-up dominated, characterized by low elevations and slopes and large basin sizes while 45% were open-water dominated and associated with alpine environments of high elevations and channel slopes, and smaller basin sizes. The remai
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De, Rham Laurent Paul. "Spatial and temporal variations of river-ice break-up, Mackenzie River Basin, Canada." Thesis, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/1609.

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Hydrological data extracted directly from Water Survey of Canada archives covering the 1913-2002 time period is used to assess river ice break-up in the Mackenzie River basin. A return-period analysis indicates that 13 (14) of 28 sites in the basin are dominated by peak water-levels occurring during the spring break-up (open-water) period. One location has a mixed signal. A map of flooding regimes is discussed in terms of physical, hydrological and climatic controls. Annual break-up is found to progress from south to north, over a period representing ~¼ of the year. Average annual durati
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Alexa, Karel. "Lhůty při správě daní." Doctoral thesis, 2013. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-327431.

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Time limits in tax administration Time limits have an irreplaceable role in law. They are of a crucial importance especially in situations where a certain act (exercise of a right or a fulfillment of obligation) is limited by time so that after a certain time expiration it is possible to state that such an act was not performed and thus to draw legal consequences hereof. The main purpose of a time limit is the demarcation of the state of uncertainty as to whether the act will be performed or not and thus to determine either the legal consequence of the performance of the act or the consequence
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Book chapters on the topic "Return-period assessment"

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Ramesur, Taruna. "A Critical Assessment of the Evaluation Methods of ICT Investment." In Handbook of Research on E-Government in Emerging Economies. IGI Global, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0324-0.ch007.

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With the aim of becoming a cyber island and making Information and Communications Technology (ICT) one of the main pillars of the economy, the government of Mauritius has been investing huge sums of money in ICT projects. For instance, in 2009 ICT investments accounted for 5.7% of the total share of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Given this situation, it becomes crucial to evaluate ICT investments, and as such, the main aim of this paper is to investigate the existing methods used in the evaluation of ICT investments in the public sector and propose a framework for the evaluation process. The main contribution of this work lies in the fact that evaluation of ICT projects in the public sector has remained an unexplored area, and even in the context of the private sector, most studies have concentrated on developed countries. The main results from the survey carried out in the 22 ministries reveal that Payback Period (PB) and Accounting Rate of Return (ARR) are the main financial criteria used for the evaluation. The survey also shows that the major factors, which are prioritised during evaluation process, are the relevant costs, risks, and benefits. Based on the research findings, this chapter also proposes a framework for evaluating investments in ICT projects by the public sector.
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Felipe, Lilian. "Concussion and Balance in Sports." In Recent Advances in Sport Science [Working Title]. IntechOpen, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.97024.

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Balance, spatial orientation and stable vision are imperative factors for sports or any other physical activity. It is achieved and maintained by a complex integration set of sensorimotor control systems that include sensory input from vision, proprioception or somatosensory and the vestibular system. A Sport-Related Concussion (SRC) is an individualized injury that presents a range of clinical signs and symptoms (cognitive, physical, emotional, somatic, and sleep-related). For this reason, SPR is a meaningful public health issue that involves a multidisciplinary team to properly manage it. In the sports medicine filed, Sports-Related Concussion assessment and management has become an argumentative issue. Presently, the consensus includes a combination of subjective examination, combined by multifactorial evaluation batteries that allowed to verify several components of brain function. Athletes frequently complain of dizziness and imbalance subsequent a concussion, and these symptoms can expect increased period to recover and return to play. Balance assessment is an important component of the concussion evaluation, as it can contribute with an awareness about the function of the sensorimotor systems.
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Donoghue, Matthew. "Back to the future of community cohesion? Learning from New Labour." In Social Policy Review 30, edited by Catherine Needham, Elke Heins, and James Rees. Policy Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/policypress/9781447349990.003.0011.

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New Labour developed an ambitious programme to address what it saw as increasing social divisions in British society caused, primarily, by ethnic and cultural difference. Developed in 2001, community cohesion became embedded in many other social policy areas, especially regarding social inclusion, a commitment to empowering both individuals and communities, and developing a sense of British identity compatible with a rapidly globalising world. Though it was marginalised during the Coalition and Conservative governments, rising uncertainty and increasing division in the current period warrants a re-assessment of the utility of a discrete social cohesion policy framework. This chapter assesses New Labour’s approach to community cohesion, drawing out lessons from its use in the New Labour years and asks whether policymakers should return to a focus on social cohesion and what, if anything, should be done differently in an uncertain political and social landscape.
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Baylis, John. "12. The Control of Weapons of Mass Destruction." In Strategy in the Contemporary World. Oxford University Press, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/hepl/9780198708919.003.0013.

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This chapter examines issues regarding the control of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) and its implications for international security. It begins with a discussion of the shift that took place during the cold war from disarmament to arms control, and the shift in relative importance that occurred in the early post-cold war period from arms control to more forcible means to tackle proliferation. It then considers concerns that emerged in the 1980s and 1990s about the continuing utility of arms control as an effective means of dealing with WMDs. It also analyses new ideas that began to take shape, first during the presidency of Bill Clinton, and then under George W. Bush, about more militarily driven approaches, associated with counterproliferation. The chapter concludes with an assessment of ‘the return to arms control’ by the administration of Barack Obama and the challenges presented by new geopolitical tensions.
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Hunter, David J. "Public health: unchained or shackled?" In Dismantling the NHS? Policy Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/policypress/9781447330226.003.0010.

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As in the case of other parts of the UK wider health system, it has been a turbulent time for public health since 2010. Not only has the function undergone major structural and cultural change following its return to local government from the NHS, where it had been located since 1974, but it has had to confront new challenges in public health arising from lifestyle behaviours and a widening health gap between social groups. All of this has occurred during a period of unprecedented financial austerity affecting public services in general but local government in particular. This chapter reviews the state of public health in the lead up to the changes announced by the Coalition government in 2010. It then summarises the reforms before offering an interim assessment of their impact. Finally, it discusses the evidence to date concerning the reforms and speculates on likely prospects in the years ahead.
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McKnight, Rebecca, Jonathan Price, and John Geddes. "Thinking about prognosis." In Psychiatry. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198754008.003.0013.

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The prognostic assessment of a patient aims to pre­dict the future, using the range of evidence available. This evidence relates to: … ● the individual patient (e.g. their own history of illness, and their compliance with medication); ● groups of patients like the individual patient, that is, diagnostic and subdiagnostic groups (e.g. in depressive disorder, the risk of recurrence; and in anorexia nervosa, the risk of suicide or of death by starvation); ● psychiatric patients in general (e.g. the importance of good relationships with healthcare professionals, supportive family and friends, and insight into illness). … Prognostic assessment results in an understanding of the following: … ● What outcomes are likely to happen? Relevant outcomes can be related to the illness (relapse and recurrence, for example— see ‘Terminology’ for definitions), to treatments (such as side effects or complications), to risks (to self, to others— see Chapter 7), or to important social outcomes (such as return to work, marital break- up, or permission to drive a car, bus, or lorry). ● How likely are they to happen, and when/ over what time period? An estimate of both likelihood and timeline is helpful. So, for example, in a patient with recurrent depressive episodes, who is now well, we may view that their lifetime risk of suicide is significantly higher than the population risk, that they are not currently at increased risk, and that suicide attempts are likely to occur in the context of depressive recurrence. ● What can change the nature or likelihood of the outcomes? For example, in the case just mentioned, we may view that the lifetime risk of recurrence can be reduced by training the patient and family to spot the early warning signs of illness, by reducing daily consumption of alcohol, and by finding regular, stable employment. In addition, we can reduce suicidal risk by ensuring that the patient is prescribed medicines that are relatively safe in overdose (e.g. SSRI antidepressants rather than tricyclics), and by making family members aware of the risk of their own medication being used in an overdose.
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Wæver, Ole, and Barry Buzan. "28. After the Return to Theory:." In Contemporary Security Studies. Oxford University Press, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/hepl/9780198708315.003.0028.

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This chapter reflects on the past and present of Security Studies, with a particular focus on the changing periods of theory production and practical problem solving. It begins by tracing the origins and institutional structure of Security Studies, noting that it started out as an American, think-tank based, interdisciplinary field and then became institutionalized as a part of a single discipline, International Relations (IR). Since the 1990s, the field has enjoyed a new period of high theory productivity, but largely in two separate clusters with the United States and Europe as centres of each. Among important developments during the so-called Golden Age of Security Studies were game theory and deterrence theory. The chapter proceeds by examining the stagnation of Security Studies before concluding with an assessment of future prospects and challenges facing the field, citing debates over issues such as human security and Islamic approaches to IR.
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Young, John W., and John Kent. "15. The Return to Confrontation, 1979–80." In International Relations Since 1945. Oxford University Press, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/hepl/9780199693061.003.0019.

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This chapter examines why the United States and the Soviet Union returned to confrontation during the period 1979–1980. Despite the slow progress of the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT II), there were at least some efforts to control strategic weapons. Short-range and intermediate-range nuclear weapons, in contrast, continued to grow in number and sophistication, particularly in Europe, where NATO and Warsaw Pact forces still prepared for war against each other, despite détente. The failure to control theatre nuclear weapons led to a new twist in the European arms race at the end of the 1970s which helped to undermine recent improvements in East–West relations. The chapter first considers NATO’s ‘dual track’ decision regarding theatre nuclear weapons before discussing the Iranian Revolution and the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan. It concludes with an assessment of the revival of the Cold War, focusing on the so-called Carter Doctrine.
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Young, John W., and John Kent. "15. The Return to Confrontation, 1979–80." In International Relations Since 1945. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/hepl/9780198807612.003.0015.

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This chapter examines why the United States and the Soviet Union returned to confrontation during the period 1979–80. Despite the slow progress of the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT II), there were at least some efforts to control strategic weapons. Short-range and intermediate-range nuclear weapons, in contrast, continued to grow in number and sophistication, particularly in Europe, where NATO and Warsaw Pact forces still prepared for war against each other, despite détente. The failure to control theatre nuclear weapons led to a new twist in the European arms race at the end of the 1970s which helped to undermine recent improvements in East–West relations. The chapter first considers NATO’s ‘dual-track’ decision regarding theatre nuclear weapons, before discussing the Iranian Revolution and the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan. It concludes with an assessment of the revival of the Cold War, focusing on the so-called Carter Doctrine.
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Wæver, Ole, and Barry Buzan. "28. After the Return to Theory: The Past, Present, and Future of Security Studies." In Contemporary Security Studies. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/hepl/9780198804109.003.0028.

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This chapter reflects on the past and present of Security Studies, with a particular focus on the changing periods of theory production and practical problem solving. It begins by tracing the origins and institutional structure of Security Studies, noting that it started out as an American, think-tank based, interdisciplinary field and then became institutionalized as a part of a single discipline, International Relations (IR). Since the 1990s, the field has enjoyed a new period of high theory productivity, but largely in two separate clusters with the United States and Europe as centres of each. Among important developments during the so-called Golden Age of Security Studies were game theory and deterrence theory. The chapter proceeds by examining the stagnation of Security Studies before concluding with an assessment of future prospects and challenges facing the field, citing debates over issues such as human security and emerging non-Western approaches to IR.
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Conference papers on the topic "Return-period assessment"

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Pekárová, Pavla, Pavol Miklánek, Veronika Bačová Mitková, Marcel Garaj, and Ján Pekár. "ASSESSMENT HARMONIZATION PROBLEMS OF THE LONG RETURN PERIOD FLOODS ON THE DANUBE RIVER." In XXVII Conference of the Danubian Countries on Hydrological Forecasting and Hydrological Bases of Water Management. Nika-Tsentr, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.15407/uhmi.conference.01.16.

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One of the basic problems of the flood hydrology was (and still is) the solution of the relationship between peak discharges of the flood waves and probability of their return period. The assessment of the design values along the Danube channel is more complicated due to application of different estimation methods of design values in particular countries downstream the Danube. Therefore, it is necessary to commence the harmonization of the flood design values assessment methods. All methods of estimating floods with a very long return period are associated with great uncertainties. Determining
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Jin, Wei-Liang, Yong He, Shun-Feng Gong, and Jian Song. "System Reliability-Based Assessment on Single Point Mooring Jacket Platform." In ASME 2005 24th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering. ASMEDC, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/omae2005-67535.

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The Single Point Mooring (SPM) jacket platforms have been developed over the last several decades and are widely applied in the exploitation of offshore oil-gas resources. The SPM jacket platforms are continuously subjected to environmental loads due to wave, current, wind and mooring force. As the uncertainty of those loads, the system reliability research of SPM jacket platforms is one of the most important research areas. A methodology of system reliability-based assessment of the SPM jacket platform was introduced in this paper and applied for the assessment of BZ28-1 SPM jacket platform.
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Marques, Joa˜o E. M. "Using Assessment as a Teaching Tool." In ASME 2006 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. ASMEDC, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2006-15792.

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Based upon two personal beliefs, with regard to teaching that firstly "teaching is helping others to discover" and secondly that "assessment is a necessary inconvenience", a method has been developed in teaching Fluid Dynamics to undergraduate students, in a Mechanical Engineering Course. The main goal of this method is changing from a traditional theoretical approach of teaching "what is in the book" to a much more practical confrontation between theory and what can be found in laboratory experiment. The program contents are covered by four laboratory apparatuses: • Reynolds experiment, • Hea
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Stefanakos, Christos N., and Erik Vanem. "Comparison of Wind and Wave Extremes in Very Long-Term Climatic Scales." In ASME 2018 37th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/omae2018-77581.

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The study of very long-term ocean climate is of great interest in a number of different applications. In a climate change perspective, estimations of return values of wind and wave parameters to a future climate are of great importance for risk management and adaptation purposes. However, there are various ways of estimating the required return values, which introduce additional uncertainties in extreme weather and climate variables pertaining to both current and future climates. The different approaches that are considered in the present work include the annual maxima approach, the block maxi
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Żurański, Jerzy Antoni, and Andrzej Sobolewski. "Probabilistic Approach to the Assessment of the Depth of Soil Freezing." In The 13th Baltic Sea Region Geotechnical Conference. Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/13bsgc.2016.013.

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The paper deals with the probabilistic method of the assessment of the depth of soil freezing. Annual (winter) maxima of the position of the zero centigrade temperature measured in the soil were approximated by Gumbel probability distribution. Its parameters were estimated using maximum likelihood method. Results received on the base of data from 2 meteorological stations and 30 years of observations, called as characteristic values of 50-year return period, refelect the influence of the climatic conditions on the freezing depth. On the other hand the soil structure and its conditions also pla
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Jarocki, Dmitri, and James H. Wilson. "Wave Energy Converter Performance Modeling and Cost of Electricity Assessment." In ASME 2010 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. ASMEDC, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2010-37756.

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California is experiencing a rapid increase in interest for the potential of converting ocean waves in into carbon-free electricity. Numerous applications have been submitted for the permitting of such renewable energy projects; however the profitability, practicability, and survivability have yet to be proven. Wave energy conversion technology has steadily matured since its naissance in the 1970’s, several wave energy power installations currently exist, and numerous plans for commercial power plants are in the works on the shores of multiple continents. This study aims to assess the economic
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Nishijima, Kazuyoshi, Michael Havbro Faber, and Marc A. Maes. "Probabilistic Assessment of Extreme Events Subject to Epistemic Uncertainties." In ASME 2008 27th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering. ASMEDC, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/omae2008-57172.

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Over the years the modeling and treatment of aleatory and epistemic uncertainties in probabilistic assessments has repeatedly been an issue of discussion and also some controversy. The philosophical and mathematical aspects may be said to be well appreciated, however, there are cases in practice where principles seem to be violated and frequently the effects of the epistemic uncertainty are treated inconsistently in the probabilistic modeling. The present paper first reviews the general principles for the modeling and treatment of uncertain characteristics subject to both aleatory and epistemi
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Darigo, Nancy, Sri Rajah, and Luke Boggess. "Preliminary Surface Fault Assessment and Conceptual Fault Crossing Design of Proposed Gas Pipeline, South-Central Alaska." In 2008 7th International Pipeline Conference. ASMEDC, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/ipc2008-64431.

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A preliminary geologic and engineering study of fault crossings along a proposed high pressure natural gas spur pipeline was conducted in 2005 for the Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority (ANGDA). The route crosses a number of faults that comprise the eastern Castle Mountain-Caribou fault system in south-central Alaska, which is known to be active within 60 miles (100 km) to the west. The route approaches the faults at mostly subparallel angles, resulting in several long coincident crossings, five of which were judged to be potentially active in this study. Maximum displacements of 7 feet
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Pontes, M. T., R. Aguiar, and H. Oliveira Pires. "A Nearshore Wave Energy Atlas for Portugal." In ASME 2003 22nd International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering. ASMEDC, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/omae2003-37407.

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The nearshore wave energy resource in Portugal has been assessed through the development of ONDATLAS. This is an electronic atlas, compatible with Internet access, containing comprehensive wave climate and wave energy statistics for 78 points at about 20 m water depth spaced variably ca. 5 km to 30 km, 5 points at deep water and 2 points at open ocean locations. The data were produced by a third-generation wind-wave model, complemented by an inverse-ray model that computes the directional spectra transformation from open ocean to the near-shore. Shoaling, refraction, bottom dissipation and she
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Phadke, Amal C., Shihwei Liao, and Donghui Chen. "Assessment of SYMS Survival Limit for “Peng Bo” FPSO During Installation." In ASME 2010 29th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering. ASMEDC, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/omae2010-20817.

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The ConocoPhillips “Peng Bo” FPSO in Bohai Bay, China, is one of the largest FPSOs in the world. It was installed in early 2009 and first oil was achieved in May 2009. The FPSO is moored to a jacket platform in about 27m water depth via a Soft Yoke Mooring System (SYMS). The mooring system consists of two yoke arms (port and starboard) connected at the jacket end to a turn-table that sits on a main bearing at the top of the jacket. The other ends of the yoke arms are integrated with two large ballast tanks which are attached to two pendulums supported by a rigid frame mounted on the forward en
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