简介：<正>19–24October2014SingaporeCONFERENCETHEMESTheoverallaimoftheICHDConferenceistoprovideaforumforparticipantsfromaroundtheworldtoreview,discussandpresentthelatestdevelopmentsinthebroaddisciplineofhydrodynamicsandfluidmechanics.ThefirstInternationalConferenceonHydrodynamics(ICHD)wasinitiatedin1994inWuxi,China.Sincethen,9moreICHDconferenceswereheldsubsequentlyinHongKong,Seoul,Yokohama,Tainan,Perth,Ischia,Nantes,ShanghaiandStPetersburg.EvidentlytheICHDconferencehasbecomeanimportanteventamongacademics,

简介：<正>Glasgow,UK18th-20thAugust2014AbouttheconferenceTheconferencewillbringtogetherresearchers,practitionerstoaddressthesafetyandreliabilityissuesasapplicabletodifferentstagesintheanalysis,designconstructionandin-servicelifeofmarinestructuressuchasship,offshore,submergedstructuresandtherenewableenergystructures.Thiswillinvolveadvancedanalysisbothforstrengthandloadmodelinordertoestablishsafetylevelbothfordeterministicmodel(WSDmethod)andforreliabilitybaseddesign(LRFDmethod).Oneoftheaimsofthedesignshouldbetoachieveadequatebutnotexcessivelevelofsafetywhichcanbesatisfiedthroughreliabilitybasedmethodandthistakesintoaccountuncertaintiesofdesignvariables.CurrentmoderncodesaretryingtoprovidedesignproceduresonLRFDformatalthoughnoexplicitreliabilityanalysisisdonetoarrivethesepartialsafetyfactors.Thisconferencewilldealwithalltheseissuesandseehowthesetechniquesareappliedtovarioustypesofmarinestructures.Glasgow,thevenueforthisconferenceisacitywhichhaslotofattractions.TheworldfamousLoch-LomondisonlyfewmilesawayandEdinburghis50minutesjourneybytrain.Thecitywillalsohostthe2014CommonwealthGames.