LARGE-SCALE GROUNDING EXPERIMENTS AND NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS

Structural failure of a tanker due to grounding has been studied in large-scale experiments and numerical simulations. The simulations used a commercial FEM code with customized subroutines accounting for rigid-body motions, plate rupturing, and welded joint failure. The simulations agree well with experiments showing that the approach is suitable to assess the crashworthiness of new structural designs for tankers.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Ship Technology Res, v 43 n 2, May 1996, p 62 [8 p, 5 ref, 2 tab, 9 fig]
• Authors:
  • Kitamura, O
  • Kuriowa, T
• Publication Date: 1996

Language

• English

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Failure; Finite element method; Groundings (Maritime crashes); Marine safety; Structural mechanics; Tankers
• Uncontrolled Terms: Structural failures
• Old TRIS Terms: Tanker safety
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00734460
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: British Maritime Technology
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 27 1997 12:00AM