Collapse mechanism of the buffer bow structure on axial crushing

International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 147-154

  Yamada, Yasuhira ^a   Endo, Hisayoshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL MARITIME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axial crushing; Buckling; Buffer bow; Collapse mechanism; Folding; Mean crushing force; Ship collision

Indexed keywords

CRUSHING; DATA ACQUISITION; ESTIMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; RIGIDITY; STIFFNESS;

AXIAL CRUSHING; BUFFER BULBOUS BOW; BULBOUS BOW MODEL; COLLAPSE MECHANISMS;

BOW THRUSTERS;

COLLISION; SHIP DESIGN;

COLLISION; SHIP DESIGN;

EID: 21644433821     PISSN: 10535381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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