简介：<正>Glasgow,UK18th-20thAugust2014AbouttheconferenceTheconferencewillbringtogetherresearchers,practitionerstoaddressthesafetyandreliabilityissuesasapplicabletodifferentstagesintheanalysis,designconstructionandin-servicelifeofmarinestructuressuchasship,offshore,submergedstructuresandtherenewableenergystructures.Thiswillinvolveadvancedanalysisbothforstrengthandloadmodelinordertoestablishsafetylevelbothfordeterministicmodel(WSDmethod)andforreliabilitybaseddesign(LRFDmethod).Oneoftheaimsofthedesignshouldbetoachieveadequatebutnotexcessivelevelofsafetywhichcanbesatisfiedthroughreliabilitybasedmethodandthistakesintoaccountuncertaintiesofdesignvariables.CurrentmoderncodesaretryingtoprovidedesignproceduresonLRFDformatalthoughnoexplicitreliabilityanalysisisdonetoarrivethesepartialsafetyfactors.Thisconferencewilldealwithalltheseissuesandseehowthesetechniquesareappliedtovarioustypesofmarinestructures.Glasgow,thevenueforthisconferenceisacitywhichhaslotofattractions.TheworldfamousLoch-LomondisonlyfewmilesawayandEdinburghis50minutesjourneybytrain.Thecitywillalsohostthe2014CommonwealthGames.