Monte Carlo simulation of damaged ship survivability

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part M: Journal of Engineering for the Maritime Environment

Volumn 219, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-35

  Santos, T A ^a   Soares, C Guedes ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Damaged; Monte Carlo simulation; Ship; Stability; Survivability

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; GRAVITATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS; ACCIDENTS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SHIPS;

DAMAGE STABILITY REGULATIONS; DAMAGED; PASSENGER SHIPS; SURVIVABILITY;

SHIPS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

CONVENTIONAL APPROACH; DAMAGED; LOADING CONDITION; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION TECHNIQUE; PROBABILISTIC METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVABILITY; VERTICAL POSITIONS;

EID: 20344363626     PISSN: 14750902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/147509005X10404     Document Type: Article

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