LNG SHIP SAFETY ENHANCED BY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

The authors provide a brief history of the analytical and research work that formed the basis for the Kvaerner-Moss spherical tank design. They go on to describe in more detail the correlation between the analysis and the recent experimental results obtained testing the larger aluminum tanks. Data concerning recent LNG ship collision studies and a discussion of the importance of total ship safety in the as-built condition are included.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Paper presented at 1977 SNAME Spring Meeting and STAR Symposium, San Francisco, California, May 25-27.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers

  601 Pavonia Avenue
  Jersey City, NJ  United States  07306-2907
• Authors:
  • Howard, J L
  • Kvamsdal, R
• Publication Date: 1977

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Container tanks; Crashes; Design; Liquefied gases; Liquefied natural gas; Mathematical models; Safety; Tankers
• Old TRIS Terms: Collision modeling; Lng tank design
• Subject Areas: Design; Marine Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00156196
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Maritime Reporter and Engineering News
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 17 1977 12:00AM