A barge which was designed in accordance with American Bureau of Shipping rules for inland waterways barges less than 300 feet long underwent ultimate hull girder collapse while underway in the Galveston Bay near Houston, Texas. Two numerical analyses were conducted to determine the ultimate strength and the stress levels under operational loading. Commentary on the possible reasons for the failure are presented.
Failure Analysis of an Inland Waterway Oil Bunker Barge
1997
42 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Marine Engineering , Marine & Waterway Transportation , Dynamic loads , Barges , Boat and ship accidents , Stress analysis , Finite element analysis , Numerical analysis , Rates , Failure(Mechanics) , Shipping , Accident investigations , Girders , Inland waterways , Hull girders , Structural failure
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