A LIMITED SURVEY OF SHIP STRUCTURAL DAMAGE

A limited investigation, conducted to determine the availability of data on ship casualties involving structural damage, revealed 824 applicable cases. A method was devised for reducing reported casualty data into a format adaptable to automatic tabulation and analysis. Collision with fixed and mobile structures was found to be the predominant cause of structural damage; heavy weather damage to the forefoot and forward weather deck also occurred with significant frequency. Patterns of damage frequency and location existed on a number of classes of ships. These have been interpreted to indicate how structures could be altered to reduce the damage sustained. Recommendations are made to continue the data collection and analysis program and to investigate more extensively the ways in which significant structural design information can be extracted. (Author)

• Corporate Authors:

  Taggart (Robert), Incorporated

  9411 Lee Highway
  Fairfax, VA  United States  22039
• Authors:
  • Hawkins, S
  • Levine, G H
  • Taggart, R
• Publication Date: 1971

Media Info

• Pagination: 37 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Defects; Loss and damage; Structures; Water transportation crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Damage assessment; Structural damage
• Old TRIS Terms: Heavy weather damage
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Marine Transportation; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00028946
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: RT-29406SSC-220 Final Rpt
• Contract Numbers: N00024-70-C-5214
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 10 1972 12:00AM