1. Arctic offshore strategy and technologies
– The challenges and development prospects for the Russian projects in the Arctic, Sakhalin island
shelf, and in the Caspian Sea.
– Problems of construction of oil and gas platforms, underwater pipelines and coastal structures.
– Ice-resistant structures, design and ice actions, standards
– Ice management
2. Arctic materials
– Materials for the Arctic port infrastructure
– Materials for ice-class vessels, ice-breakers, and ice-resistant platforms
– Anti-icing materials and technologies
– Field and laboratory tests of the materials
– Technical standards for the Arctic materials
3. The Arctic sea routes
– Ice conditions
– The remote sensing and ice conditions forecasting methods
– Ports and ice airfields
– Legal regulation
4. Shipping in ice conditions
– The challenges for design and exploitation of ice-breakers and ice-class vessels
– Ice loads on vessels
– Navigation problems in ice conditions
– Alternative types of water transport
5. Applied oceanography of marine ice regions
– Icebergs formation, drift and deterioration
– Sea waves in ice regions
– Heat flows and phenomena in boundary layer near floating ice
– Oceanographic and ice conditions in Arctic straits
– Dangerous hydrometeorological processes and phenomena
6. Ice physics and mechanics
– Ice physics and engineering applications
– Mechanical conditions and ice strength
– Formation and evolution of natural and artificial ice features
– Ice impact on sea floor and hydrotechnical facilities
– Physics of icing process and methods of its prevention
7. Permafrost dynamics and its impact on coastal facilities
– Permafrost dynamics in coastal zone
– Dangerous coastal processes in permafrost zone
– Coastal erosion in permafrost zone
– Coastal facilities stability on permafrost
– Submerged permafrost dynamics
8. Environmental issues of the Arctic exploration
– Climate changes and ice cover of the Arctic seas
– Shipping and shelf infrastructure environmental impact
– Oil spills in ice conditions
– Hydrotechnical facilities impact on offshore sediment transport
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