10-11 June 2008, Glasgow, UK
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This conference, the 28th in RINA's successful Warship series, will look at 'Naval Submarines'. Submarines are among the most complex of  engineering products, comparable in complexity with aerospace projects such as the space shuttle. To design, manufacture and support them in service requires a sophisticated industrial base and the willingness to incur the long term cost of ownership.
Submarines used by the world's major navies have evolved for 'blue water' warfare, in a period when cost was effectively secondary to capability. In this arena, the submarines themselves and their supporting industrial base are well developed, to the point where further change to their overall architecture is limited to incremental or evolutionary development.
This situation is now being challenged, both by the desire to reduce the cost of ownership and by a change of emphasis from 'blue water' to littoral warfare. Submarines are now required to accommodate roles which may change substantially during their service lives, and to undergo continuous updating while minimising the time spent in refit and hence unavailable for service. These changes affect the submarine throughout its lifecycle and the design not only of the submarine but the organisations involved with it.
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 Content
Papers will relate to the following topics:
- Future Submarine requirements and their strategic context
- Affordable, available and adaptive submarines.
- Management of submarine design information and maintenance of design intent.
- Design and construction, design analysis methods, structural efficient configurations, inspections techniques and design / quality assurance.
- Novel materials; their underwater application.
- Painting and preservation; assuring through-life integrity of submarine structures.
- External installation of weapon delivery systems, towed sensors and communications systems.
- Submarine power, propulsion systems and signature management
- Operating unmanned underwater vehicles from submarines.
- Submarine escape and rescue.
- Assuring submarine safety.
 The environmental impact of submarines.
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Programme and Registration
If you wish to register for this event, please download the registration form (200KB, PGF file) and return the completed form to the Conference Department by post, fax or email.
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For further information or to register your interest online click here.
* Authors - The deadline for submission of the final papers will be 9th May 2008.
For the updated programme please click here
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Venue Information
The venue for this conference will be the SECC & Clyde Auditorium (The Armadillo) Glasgow, UK. www.secc.co.uk
The RINA Warship 2008 conference will be held in conjunction with Undersea Defence Technology (UDT) Exhibition, www.udt-europe.com
10th - 12th June 2008.
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