EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON THE BUFFER BOW STRUCTURES

In order to prevent a disastrous damage induced by collision accident which might cause cargo oil spill from a struck oil tanker, the adoption of a double hull system in the side hull of an oil tanker has been recognized as an effective countermeasure. However, when considering that ocean-going vessels are increasing not only in size but also in speed, the threat of disastrous collision accident should be further mitigated on the responsibility of the striking ship. The paper discusses a series of crush tests using three kinds of simplified scale models to buffer the bow. These results have been compared with obtained by FEA simulation and a simple analysis method which was developed to evaluate the crashworthiness of buffer bow structure.

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• Authors:
  • Endo, H
  • Yamada, Y
  • Kitamura, O
• Conference:
  • Practical Design of Ships and Other Floating Structures. Proceedings of the Eighth International Symposium on Practical Design of Ships and Other Floating Structures
  • Location: Shanghai, China
  • Date: 2001-9-16 to 2001-9-21
• Publication Date: 2001

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 7p
• Serial:
  • Volume: 2

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bows; Collapse; Crashes; Crushing; Experiments; Finite element method; Hulls; Ocean shipping; Oil spills; Shells (Structural forms); Ships; Simulation
• Subject Areas: Design; Marine Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00823349
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0080439500
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 7 2002 12:00AM