PROJECT 3.4: ENGINEERING, DESIGN AND APPLICATION
(Prof A Johnston, JCU)
The Project includes a number of studies carried out by the prestigious
postgraduate award students engaged by the Centre, and consultant activities
by the Centre for industry and management agencies, including:
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Fast catamarans travel daily to
large pontoons moored along the reef.
Photo: Pure Pleasure |
Great Barrier Reef Shipping Study - Inner/Outer Route Risk Assessment
This project is complete. The work provides an evaluation and comparison of risks, and
identifies possible environmental impacts of a major oil spill resulting
from a shipping accident in the Inner Route and the Outer Route of the
Great Barrier Reef. The study contributed to a broader study undertaken
by a number of government agencies (Commonwealth Department of Transport)
to address various aspects of shipping in the Reef region and associated
policy.
Dynamic Response of a Tourist Pontoon in a Coral Reef Lagoon
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| Research engineers Kerry van Donderen
and Barrie Greensill from JCU undertaking stress test on new ecofriendly
screw mooring systems with support from Townsville engineering company,
Pacific Marine Group. |
This project, developing a computer model to represent pontoon dynamics
with field measurements to verify the results, will eventually improve
pontoon safety and stability in the Reef.
Investigation of Load Capacities of Mooring Anchor Systems
The project is determining uplift, lateral and oblique load resistances for different types of anchors,
the response of different anchors in coralline sediments and the effect
of cyclic loading on anchor load resistance in coralline sediments for
different configurations.
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