Artificial Islands vs. Wellhead Towers: Search for Optimized Infrastructure for Shallow-Water Developments

Model tests on the Shoulder Ice Barrier (SIB) were performed in the large ice tank of the Hamburg Ship Model Basin (HSVA) during July 2007. The concept of the SIB has previously been presented in a companion paper under the same title at the OMAE 2006 (Gu¨rtner et al., 2006). Model tests were performed to investigate the conceptual design and force conditions under ice impact. Design conditions for the Northern Caspian Sea were assumed for the model tests. The characteristic shoulder sections’ inclination has been varied to investigate their contribution towards stabilizing broken ice and to prevent ice from over-riding. Ice up-riding onto the barrier contributes towards increased vertical forces. The global vertical forces showed to be higher than the global horizontal forces, and in particular when ice grounding was observed. Even under extreme rubble heights of up to 9.4 m (full scale), ice overtopping the structure was effectively prevented. The SIB showed the potential to be utilized as ice protection structure for future shallow water developments.

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Nonlinear Dynamics of Rotating Shallow Water: Methods and Advances

10.1016/s1574-6909(06)x0200-9 ◽

2007 ◽

Keyword(s):

Nonlinear Dynamics ◽

Shallow Water ◽

Rotating Shallow Water

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Study of the relative sonar performance of incoherent and coherent processing against echo fading in shallow water

IEE Proceedings F Communications Radar and Signal Processing ◽

10.1049/ip-f-1.1984.0048 ◽

1984 ◽

Vol 131 (3) ◽

pp. 308 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

J.F. Dix ◽

R.F. Palmer

Keyword(s):

Shallow Water

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Simulation of Multilayer Shallow Water Fluid Flow Using Lattice Boltzmann Modeling and High Performance Computing

World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2009 ◽

10.1061/41036(342)282 ◽

2009 ◽

Author(s):

K. R. Tubbs ◽

F. T. -C. Tsai

Keyword(s):

Fluid Flow ◽

Shallow Water ◽

High Performance Computing ◽

Lattice Boltzmann ◽

High Performance ◽

Lattice Boltzmann Modeling ◽

Performance Computing

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Time and Frequency Domain Analyses of Shallow Water Waves on a Slope

Coastal Engineering 1990 ◽

10.1061/9780872627765.024 ◽

1991 ◽

Author(s):

D H Swart ◽

J B Crowley

Keyword(s):

Shallow Water ◽

Frequency Domain ◽

Water Waves ◽

Shallow Water Waves

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Spatial assemblage structure of shallow-water reef fish in Southwest Australia

Marine Ecology Progress Series ◽

10.3354/meps13445 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 649 ◽

pp. 125-140

Author(s):

DS Goldsworthy ◽

BJ Saunders ◽

JRC Parker ◽

ES Harvey

Keyword(s):

Shallow Water ◽

Reef Fish ◽

Marine Environment ◽

Fish Assemblages ◽

Canopy Cover ◽

Reef Fishes ◽

Reef Fish Assemblage ◽

Reef Type ◽

Present Distribution ◽

Southwest Australia

Bioregional categorisation of the Australian marine environment is essential to conserve and manage entire ecosystems, including the biota and associated habitats. It is important that these regions are optimally positioned to effectively plan for the protection of distinct assemblages. Recent climatic variation and changes to the marine environment in Southwest Australia (SWA) have resulted in shifts in species ranges and changes to the composition of marine assemblages. The goal of this study was to determine if the current bioregionalisation of SWA accurately represents the present distribution of shallow-water reef fishes across 2000 km of its subtropical and temperate coastline. Data was collected in 2015 using diver-operated underwater stereo-video surveys from 7 regions between Port Gregory (north of Geraldton) to the east of Esperance. This study indicated that (1) the shallow-water reef fish of SWA formed 4 distinct assemblages along the coast: one Midwestern, one Central and 2 Southern Assemblages; (2) differences between these fish assemblages were primarily driven by sea surface temperature, Ecklonia radiata cover, non-E. radiata (canopy) cover, understorey algae cover, reef type and reef height; and (3) each of the 4 assemblages were characterised by a high number of short-range Australian and Western Australian endemic species. The findings from this study suggest that 4, rather than the existing 3 bioregions would more effectively capture the shallow-water reef fish assemblage patterns, with boundaries having shifted southwards likely associated with ocean warming.

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