Daily Log 😷 (Feed) Mar 29 00:06

While developed primarily for domestic use, Apple’s COVID-19 screening website looks useful to non-US users too.

Papers  

2015 Barge motion responses in the South China Sea

The uniqueness of responses in the South China Sea and its severity over the North Sea is explored.

Notes (FEED)  

20 Daily log ⋅ 1 min

This is a log for the uncertain times ahead.

19 Feeds ⋅ 2 min

Web syndication feeds and templates in Jinja.

18 VIV ⋅ 4 min

Plotting vortex shedding for a range of pipe sizes.

17 Reliability ⋅ 13 min

Trailblazing work done by Shell in the nineties.

16 End releases ⋅ 6 min

Scripting my way out of a model conversion problem.

15 Wind ⋅ 5 min

A better way to visualise ISO wind profiles.

14 Berthing fenders ⋅ 3 min

Fender selection and design is indeed a dark art.

13 Offshore crane ⋅ 8 min

Standard selection for the Northwest Shelf.

12 Libraries ⋅ 8 min

Ode to python's pioneering 'batteries included' philosophy.

11 Chain stiffness ⋅ 3 min

Its influence and the urgent need for updates.

10 Lighthouse tech ⋅ 5 min

Invention that is worthy of a Nobel prize.

9 Fram and Vasa ⋅ 5 min

The story of two legendary Nordic ships.

8 S-N curves ⋅ 4 min

Plotting S-N curves since ISO 19902 fails to include them.

7 Tow ⋅ 9 min

Severity of barge motions in the South China Sea.

6 The Great Wall ⋅ 2 min

The hopelessness of such a hard task.

5 Colosseum ⋅ 3 min

Sophisticated design that has withstood the test of time.

4 Agora ⋅ 5 min

The book that opened my mind to the ancient scientific world.

3 Interpolation ⋅ 4 min

Not resorting to using a sledge hammer.

2 Normandy ⋅ 2 min

A salute to the US Corps of Engineers.

1 Tide ⋅ 3 min

My visit to a platform-cluster offshore East Kalimantan.

Code (FEED) Repositories ⋅ Gists

2019 hkp

A collection of housekeeping scripts to manage files, folders, permissions, combine/compress pdf files, etc.

2018 templates ⋅ wiki

A collection of LaTeX templates for notes, letters, forms and custom Sublime Text editor snippets.

2017 pyplots

A collection of calculations and plots for a wide range of topics, viz., fenders, mooring, structural reliability, tow, etc.