SAFETY ASSURANCE: METHODS OF ASSESSMENT FOR SHIP STRUCTURES

The main causes of marine structures are identified and the full- and semi-probabilistic approaches to safety assurance of marine structures are examined. The various methods of calculating the probability of failure are outlined with particular consideration of the partial safety factor approach. Factors affecting the probability of failure are discussed, the most important being the assumed density functions and the degree of truncation of the density function.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • International Maritime Association of the East Mediterranean. Paper presented at Second International Congress, Trieste, 21-26 Sept. 1981 (17 pp., 8 ref., 6 graphs)
• Authors:
  • Shama, M A
• Publication Date: 1981

Language

• English

Subject/Index Terms

• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00683999
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: British Maritime Technology
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 14 1995 12:00AM