A comparative study of fatigue assessment of a container ship structure using various direct calculation approaches

• Today, it is common practice to carry out fatigue assessments of ship structures using direct calculation procedures. Many numerical codes are available for these types of analyses. They could yield different values in a fatigue life prediction due to the different degrees of complexity as well as the large number of uncertainties in the computation of the ship’s response. In this investigation, a comparative study is carried out on a Panamax container ship in oblique waves using different typical direct calculation methods. The results of fatigue life prediction using these methods are compared with results obtained from full-scale measurements. It is found that the nonlinear time-domain method shows the best agreement with the full-scale measurements, and therefore, it is recommended to be used in fatigue predictions.

Subject headings

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Maskinteknik -- Farkostteknik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Mechanical Engineering -- Vehicle Engineering (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Direct calculation

full-scale measurement

oblique wave

fatigue

ship structure

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