Publications

  • R. S. Nicoll, D. M. Steinke, J. Attia, A. Roy, B. J. Buckham, Simulation of a high-energy finfish aquaculture site using a finite element net model, Proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, June 19 -24, 2011
  • R. S. Nicoll and C. F. Wood, Nonlinear parametric analysis of a wave energy converter, Proceedings of the 2010 CSME Forum, Victoria, British Columbia, 2010.
  • S. J. Beatty, C. Hiles, R. S. Nicoll, J. E. Adamson, B. J. Buckham, Design synthesis of a wave energy converter, Proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, May – June 31 – 5, 2009
  • S. J. Beatty, R. S. Nicoll, P. Wild, and B. J. Buckham, Harnessing the power of wave energy converters, Journal of Ocean Technology, 2009, 4, 16-27.
  • J. Zand, B.J. Buckham, D. Steinke, D. Constantinescu, Ship and Winch Regulation for Remotely Operated Vehicle Waypoint Navigation, Proceedings of the Eighteenth (2008) International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada, July 6-11, 2008
  • D. Steinke, B.J. Buckham, R. Nicoll, Design Through Simulations: Finite Element Capabilities for Ocean Engineering, Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, Estoril, Portugal, June 15-20, 2008
  • R. Nicoll, B.J. Buckham, F. Driscoll, Optimization of a Direct Drive Heave Compensator, ISOPE 2008, Vancouver, BC, July 6-11, 2008.
  • R. Nicoll, Dynamic Simulation of Marine Risers with Vortex Induced Vibration, M.A.Sc. Thesis, University of Victoria, 2006.
  • D. Steinke, Design and Simulation of a Kalman Filter for ROV Navigation, M.A.Sc. Thesis, University of Victoria, 2005.
  • D. Steinke, B. Buckham, “A Kalman Filter for the Navigation of Remotely Operated Vehicles”, IEEE Oceans 2005 One Ocean, Sept 18-23, 2005, Washington D.C.
  • B. Buckham, D. Steinke, S. Prabhakar, “Evaluation of the ROPOS Liveboating Configuration using Dynamics Simulation,” 20th Canadian Congress of Applied Mechanics, May 30-June 2, 2005, Montreal, QC, Canada, p 170-171
  • B. Buckham, Dynamics Modelling of Low-Tension Tethers for Submerged Remotely Operated Vehicles, PhD Thesis, University of Victoria, 2003.
  • B. Buckham, F. Driscoll, M. Nahon, Development of a finite element cable model for use in low tension dynamics simulation, Journal of Applied Mechanics, 2004, 71, 476-485.
  • B. Buckham, F. Driscoll, M. Nahon, B. Radanovic, Torsional mechanics in dynamics simulation of low-tension marine tethers, International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering, 2004, 14, 218-226.
  • B. Buckham, M. Nahon, Formulation and validation of a lumped mass model for low-tension ROV tethers, International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering, 2001, 11, 282-289.