MAXIMUM LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY ESTIMATION OF THE SHIP AND OFFSHORE STRUCTURES BY PROGRESSIVE COLLAPSE APPROACH


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ÖLMEZ H., Bayraktarkatal E.

POLISH MARITIME RESEARCH, vol.23, no.3, pp.28-38, 2016 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier

Abstract

The aim of the paper is to represent step by step progressive collapse analysis for maximum load carrying capacity estimation of a hull girder by using variant of Smith Method, named HULT by authors, with different element separation including single plates, stiffeners, hard corners and stiffened panels.