CHARACTERISTICS OF FATIGUE ANALYSIS METHODS BASED ON THE FATIGUE TESTS

Three methods based on fatigue tests are used in fatigue analysis for practical design. These methods--simplified, deterministic and stochastic--are briefly described. Program packages developed at Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding Research Center are applied to the fatigue analysis of WEST VISION, a semisubmersible drilling rig. Results are compared with those obtained using Norway's Veritec programs. The authors' purposes are to show the characteristics of the three analytical methods and to derive the corresponding calibration factors.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Conference paper
• Authors:
  • Son, H
  • Hong, K U
  • Kim, T K
• Conference:
  • International Symposium on Practical Design of Ships and Mobile Units (PRADS), 4th
  • Location: Varna, Bulgaria
  • Date: 1989-10-23 to 1989-10-28
• Publication Date: 0

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 6p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Evaluation; Fatigue strength; Fatigue tests; Methodology
• Old TRIS Terms: Semisubmersible rigs; West vision (Platform)
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00660487
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Maritime Technical Information Facility
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 21 1994 12:00AM