9. Research in Physiology
A grant of HK$105,026 was made to Professor W. Hamann of the Department of Physiology in the new medical sciences section of the Chinese University of Hong Kong to provide special equipment necessary for his research on the stimulus response properties of touch receptors during dimethylsulfoxide induced trauma to the skin.
10. Ocean Engineering
A year ago two grants were made in the field of ocean engineering to support research to be carried out by Hong Kong Polytechnic with the collaboration of Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, and the South China Institute of Technology,Guangzhou. A request for a third grant to support a substantial project on structural dynamics of oil rigs was rejected on the grounds that there was no evidence that the research group would have access to an ocean oil rig; the Trustees indicated, however, that they believed the proposed research to be of great interest and importance both to Hong Kong and to China and said that, given assured access to ocean oil rigs, they would be prepared to support it.
Since the South China Institute of Technology could not guarantee access to an ocean oil rig, the proposed joint project between them and the Polytechnic on Structural Dynamics was abandoned; it was however found that the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), the Chinese organisation responsible for exploratory work in the South China Sea, was interested in participating in a joint project in this field with Hong Kong Polytechnic; not only would access to offshore platforms be thus assured but CNOOC was prepared to contribute substantially both in money and manpower. In the event a new and ambitious programme was drawn up under the title "Wave Loading and Dynamic Behaviour of Fixed Offshore Platforms "to be carried out by Hong Kong Polytechnic and CNOOC with the collaboration of the London Centre for Marine Technology. After lengthy discussions a form of agreement covering the proposed scheme was drawn up and signed by CNOOC and Hong Kong Polytechnic on April 30th 1984; the third party to the research - the London Centre for Marine Technology - was fully consulted (through Dr. S.C. Montgomery) on the formulation of the agreement.
The overall aim of the proposed research is to improve our understanding of the dynamic behaviour of structures, in particular of fixed offshore platforms that are used for the production of oil and gas in offshore fields.
The project has five major components: 1. Wave Environment Field Study.
2. Wave Loading Combined Theoretical and Experimental Study.
3. Dynamic Behaviour of Offshore Platforms - 4. Dynamic Behaviour of Offshore Platforms 5. Correlation of Predicted and Real Behaviour.
Analytical Study. Field Study.
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