A review is presented of different approaches to quantify the risk in maritime transportation.
The discussion of several accident statistics provides a global assessment of the risk levels …

This paper studies the residual strength of three double hull tankers designed according to
the new International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) common structural rules …

The concept of “cyclic ultimate strength” of ship hull structures is proposed. In navigating in
waves a ship is subjected to alternate bending moments in hogging and sagging conditions …

The experimental results of the collapse of three box girders subjected to pure bending
moment are presented. The structures are made of high tensile steel of 690MPa of nominal …

The paper aims at quantifying the changes in notional reliability levels that result from
redesigning a traditional single-hull bulk carrier to become a double-hull structure. The …

An experiment is performed of the ultimate strength an inland catamaran subjected to a
vertical bending moment, and a finite element analysis of the scaled model is also …

This study presents a comparison between nonlinear finite element analysis (FEA) and the
Smith method of Fujikubo et al.(2012). The objective was to compare the accuracy and …

In this work, the influence of initial geometric imperfection modes on the ultimate strength of
a ship's hull is studied, with a focus on the buckling behavior of stiffened panels that initiates …

This paper presents a methodology called SHARC developed for the simulation and
analysis of a ship's damage stability and ULS conditions following a collision. SHARC …

The paper presents a simplified analytical method to examine the crushing resistance of
web girders subjected to local static or dynamic in-plane loads. A new theoretical model …