LOAD PREDICTION AND STRESS ANALYSIS IN RELATION TO FATIGUE OF SHIPS AND OFFSHORE STRUCTURES

In order to permit safer and more efficient design of both conventional and unconventional ships, rational structural design methods, including improved structural analysis techniques together with accurate statistical means of wave load prediction, are currently under active development in both the civil and military ship design fields. The purpose of this paper is to review such methods briefly and discuss their suitability for application to offshore installations with particular reference to fatigue.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Royal Institution of Naval Architects

  10 Upper Belgrave Street
  ,   United States 
• Authors:
  • SMITH, C S
• Publication Date: 1972-7

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 66-69
• Serial:
  • Naval Architect
  • Issue Number: 3
  • ISSN: 0306-0209

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Fatigue (Mechanics); Fatigue strength; Loads; Offshore structures; Ships; Structural analysis; Structural mechanics; Vehicle design; Water waves
• Uncontrolled Terms: Ship design
• Old TRIS Terms: Wave loads
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Marine Transportation; Materials; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00044408
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 11 1973 12:00AM