Lloyd's Register

About: Lloyd's Register is a based out in . It is known for research contribution in the topics: Finite element method & Fatigue limit. The organization has 519 authors who have published 618 publications receiving 8147 citations. The organization is also known as: Lloyd's Register of Shipping.

The Enterprise Ontology

Abstract: This is a comprehensive description of the Enterprise Ontology, a collection of terms and definitions relevant to business enterprises. We state its intended purposes, describe how we went about building it, define all the terms and describe our experiences in converting these into formal definitions. We then describe how we used the Enterprise Ontology and give an evaluation which compares the actual uses with original purposes. We conclude by summarising what we have learned. The Enterprise Ontology was developed within the Enterprise Project, a collaborative effort to provide a framework for enterprise modelling. The ontology was built to serve as a basis for this framework which includes methods and a computer tool set for enterprise modelling. We give an overview of the Enterprise Project, elaborate on the intended use of the ontology, and give a brief overview of the process we went through to build it. The scope of the Enterprise Ontology covers those core concepts required for the project, which will appeal to a wider audience. We present natural language definitions for all the terms, starting with the foundational concepts (e.g. entity, relationship, actor). These are used to define the main body of terms, which are divided into the following subject areas: activities, organisation, strategy and marketing. We review some of the things learned during the formalisation process of converting the natural language definitions into Ontolingua. We identify and propose solutions for what may be general problems occurring in the development of a wide range of ontologies in other domains. We then characterise in general terms the sorts of issues that will be faced when converting an informal ontology into a formal one. Finally, we describe our experiences in using the Enterprise Ontology. We compare these with the intended uses, noting our successes and failures. We conclude with an overall evaluation and summary of what we have learned.

A Review of Clathrate Hydrate Nucleation

Abstract: Clathrate hydrates are crucial from the point of view of flow assurance and future energy resources, as well as potential innovative and sustainable applications such as gas separation, CO2 sequestration, district and data center cooling, seawater desalination, and natural gas storage. Although proof of concept has been demonstrated, significant progress is necessary in order to achieve industrial-level validation and commercialization. Most of the applications possess a common requirement of enhanced kinetics in formation and dissociation. There is a need for a broader understanding of hydrate nucleation mechanisms, cause-effect relations, and investigation techniques. The stochastic nature of hydrate nucleation, confounding cause–effect relations, and spatial-temporal scales have made it even more challenging to study nucleation. The use of hydrate promoters, novel reactor configurations such as porous media in a packed bed, and nanoparticles and hydrogels necessitates us to obtain further insights abou...