VOLUME 1 Marine Environment Nonlinear ocean wave groups with high waves, F. Arena Joint long term models of met-ocean parameters, E.M. Bitner-Gregersen New generation of wind and wave climate handbooks--guide to naval architect and for offshore activity, A.V. Boukhanovsky, E.S. Chernyshyova, S.V. Ivanov & L.I. Lopatoukhin Non-linear and non-stationary sea waves, Z. Cherneva & C. Guedes Soares Metocean data and models for application in the offshore industry, K.C. Ewans Large waves in sea states, C. Guedes Soares, Z. Cherneva, P.G. Petrova & E.M. Antao Long term and extreme value models of wave data, C. Guedes Soares & M. Scotto Analysis of ocean wave measurements--some recent studies, H.E. Krogstad Application of navigation radar for estimating wave spectra, J.C. Nieto Borge & C. Guedes Soares Nonlinear interactions and extreme waves: Envelope equations and experimental results, M. Onorato & D. Proment Short-term wave statistics in sea states with two peaked spectrum, G. Rodriguez, P.G. Petrova & C. Guedes Soares High resolution wave model simulations in the Portuguese nearshore, E. Rusu, M. Goncalves & C. Guedes Soares Hindcast studies of the wave conditions on the Portuguese coast, L. Rusu, M. Bernardino, P. Pilar & C. Guedes Soares Modelling of deep-water rogue waves: Different frameworks, A.V. Slunyaev, A.V. Sergeeva & E.N. Pelinovsky On the use of Vector Autoregressive (VAR) and Regime Switching VAR models for the simulation of sea and wind state parameters, S. Solari & P.H.A.J.M. van Gelder Analysis of random waves in ocean engineering, C.T. Stansberg On the distribution of large wave heights: Nonlinear effects, M.A. Tayfun Application of the Hilbert Huang Transform analysis to sea waves, A.D. Veltcheva & C. Guedes Soares Wave hindcasting: Purpose and design, R. Weisse & H. Gunther Dynamics & Hydrodynamics Structural reliability including response to breaking wave loads and the assessment of cracks in connections, N.D.P. Barltrop & L. Xu Dynamic simulation techniques for the evaluation of the propulsion system behavior, G.B. Benvenuto & M. Figari Model tests and simulations on a wave energy converter based on inverse offshore engineering, B. Buchner Response based design--limiting loads and motions of offshore structures in extreme sea states, G.F. Clauss Hydroelasticity of marine structures, A. Ergin & B. Ugurlu Slamming and green-water phenomena on ships, O.M. Faltinsen & M. Greco Vertical bending moments on a turret moored FPSO platform induced by extreme waves, N. Fonseca & C. Guedes Soares Nonlinear maneuvering theory and path-following control, T.I. Fossen Contemporary approaches in the hydroelastic analysis of floating and submerged structures, D. Karmakar, J. Bhattacharjee & T. Sahoo Second order wave induced loads on vertical bodies of revolution, S.A. Mavrakos & I.K. Chatjigeorgiou Guidance and control of autonomous vehicles, L. Moreira & C. Guedes Soares Dynamics and control of ocean systems, H.M. Morishita & E.A. Tannuri Random wave-induced scour around marine structures using a stochastic method, D. Myrhaug & M.C. Ong On the assessment of coupled parametric rolling of ships in head seas, M.A.S. Neves & C.A. Rodriguez Roll damping of flat-bottom hulls: Critique of the quadratic reason, A.C. Oliveira & A.C. Fernandes Rule related developments on wave-induced loads for ships and offshore structures, H. Rathje & T.E. Schellin Development of a methodology for parametric rolling prediction, S. Ribeiro e Silva & C. Guedes Soares Modelling wave induced ship motions and loads, D. Sen, R. Datta & S.P. Singh A sophisticated beam model for hydroelastic analysis of Ultra Large Container Ships, I. Senjanovic, N. Vladimir, M. Tomic & S. Malenica Comparative study of numerical simulation methods on the prediction of parametric roll of ships in waves, D.A. Spanos & A.D. Papanikolaou Mathematical models for simulation of manoeuvring performance of ships, S. Sutulo & C. Guedes Soares Hydroelasticity of ships: Taking stock and looking to the future, P. Temarel Virtual Environments for simulation and study of maritime scenarios, J.M. Varela, A.J. Cacho & C. Guedes Soares Modelling of green water loading and manoeuvring of ships, K.S. Varyani Computational fluid mechanics and vortex induced vibrations, J.B.V. Wanderley, S.H. Sphaier & C.A. Levi Geometrical and viscosity effects on the hydrodynamic properties of heaving cylinders, R.W. Yeung, W.Y. Toh & Y. Jiang Author index VOLUME 2 Marine Structures Product lifecycle management in the shipbuilding and shipping industries, C. Cabos, W. Grafe & M. Grau Optimal design and control of nonlinear structures and mechanical systems, J.B. Cardoso, A.J. Valido & P.P. Moita Ultimate strength and reliability of composite material structures, N-Z. Chen & C. Guedes Soares Collision strength of ship structures--a state of the art review, S. Ehlers, K. Tabri & P. Varsta Fatigue strength assessment of welded ship structures based on experimental and numerical analyses, W. Fricke Fatigue assessment of marine structures, Y. Garbatov, S. Rudan, B. Gaspar & C. Guedes Soares Ultimate strength of ship structures, J.M. Gordo, A.P. Teixeira & C. Guedes Soares A review on development of weld induced distortion analysis, N.R. Mandal & P. Biswas Ultimate strength of ships and offshore structures, J.K. Paik Optimization of ship structures, Ph. Rigo & J-D. Caprace Buckling strength of thin-walled elements with initial geometric imperfections, Z. Sadovsky Designing for protection against collision, M.S. Samuelides Impact on marine composite laminated materials, L.S. Sutherland & C. Guedes Soares Methods for analysis of the ultimate capacity and structural response of stiffened panels, M. Taczala Corrosion protection of steel ships--localized high strain failures of protective coating, A. Ulfvarson Geometric modelling and product data management in ship design, M. Ventura & C. Guedes Soares Ship crashworthiness in risk based design, A.W. Vredeveldt Safety, Reliability & Maintenance Foundations of risk assessment, T. Aven Simulation methods in structural reliability, C. Bucher Use of particle swarm in the maintenance plan optimization, S. Carlos, S. Martorell, M. Villamizar & A. Sanchez Structural reliability of intact and damaged ship hull girders, P.K. Das Reliability based maintenance of marine structures, Y. Garbatov & C. Guedes Soares Corrosion modeling in marine structures, Y. Garbatov, A. Zayed & C. Guedes Soares On the use of imperfect monitoring information in condition-based maintenance decision making, A. Grall, A. Barros, M. Fouladirad & C. Berenguer On some aspects of the reliability of ship's hull girder structure, L.D. Ivanov Occupational safety in several industrial sectors, C. Jacinto, T. Fialho, P. Antao & C. Guedes Soares Some multivariate probability distributions for reliability assessment of marine structures, B.J. Leira & D. Myrhaug Reliability of intact and damaged ships in the ultimate limit state: a review, T. Moan, Z. Shu & H. Jia Queuing systems and quality management as part of "Stochastic Science & Engineering", M.F. Ramalhoto Reliability centered maintenance, M. Rausand Deterministic and probabilistic methods applied to damage stability, T.A. Santos & C. Guedes Soares Petri nets modelling and calculations for RAM and SIL analyses, J-P. Signoret Formal safety assessments and risk based design in the maritime industry, R. Skjong Reliability-based planning of inspection, operation and maintenance for offshore oil & gas structures and wind turbines J.D. Sorensen Reliability assessment of plate elements with random properties, A.P. Teixeira & C. Guedes Soares Assessment of ship structural reliability, A.P. Teixeira, J. Parunov & C. Guedes Soares Time-variant structural reliability assessment, A. Zayed, Y. Garbatov & C. Guedes Soares A snapshot on maintenance modeling and applications, E. Zio & M. Compare Transportation| The role of ports in Short Sea Shipping, H.N. Psaraftis Author index