ON THE PROBABILISTIC APPROACH TO OCEAN STRUCTURES
The advent of ship configurations departing drastically from conventional ship types has resulted in problems with respect to classification rules and design methods. Some major structural failures experienced by ships of the more radical configurations have made the Classification Societies take an interest in design methods based upon statistics and probability as a means of rationally selecting design criteria. The paper provides the naval architect with a summary of such a design method emphasizing the underlying assumptions and analyzing its strengths and weaknesses. In addition, the method is extended to illustrate how it can be applied to define the required ship section modulus for any specified level of safety.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Third Conference, Tokyo, Japan, August 5-8, 1975. Available from Secretary of International Ocean Development Conference.
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Corporate Authors:
International Ocean Development Conference
Japanese Management Association
Tokyo, Japan -
Authors:
- Mansour, A E
- Conference:
- Publication Date: 1975
Media Info
- Features: References;
- Pagination: p. 425-436
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Serial:
- Volume: 2
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Classification; Design standards; Naval architecture; Probability; Safety; Ship classification; Ships; Standards; Structural design; Vehicle design
- Uncontrolled Terms: Safety standards; Ship design
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Design; Marine Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00156516
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Engineering Index
- Report/Paper Numbers: Preprint
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jul 2 1977 12:00AM