Preface Committees Wave loads Long-term prediction of combined wave and whipping bending moments of containership, M. Corak, J. Parunov & C. Guedes Soares Semi-empirical assessment of long-term high-frequency hull girder response of containerships—an update, A. Kahl, H. Rathje, J. Rorup & T.E. Schellin Numerical studies on deepwater dry tree semisubmersible, R. Sundaravadivelu, N. Gogula, N. Srinivasan & V.P.K. Kaundinya Numerical simulation of structural response under bow flare slamming load, T. Yoshikawa & M. Maeda Vibrations Vibrations of superyacht structures: Comfort rules and predictive calculations, D. Boote, T. Pais & S. Dellepiane Noise on board RO-Pax vessels: Measured levels on existing ships and new pre-normative requirements, T. Gaggero & E. Rizzuto An analytical method for cabin deck fundamental frequency, A. Laakso, J. Romanoff, H. Remes & A. Niemela The use of seismic isolation with the method of finite element to reduce vibrations caused by the earthquake in the offshore platform, H. Rostami & A.V. Oskouei On the non-linear hydroelastic response in irregular head waves of a structural optimized container ship, I. Rubanenco, I. Mirciu & L. Domnisoru Simplified formulations of mass and geometric stiffness matrices in vibration and stability analyses of thin-walled structures, I. Senjanovic, N. Vladimir & D.S. Cho Response to accidental loads Numerical analysis of warship’s structural panel subjected to airblast and underwater explosions, M. Ali, S. Mondal, A. Samanta & G. Narendran Behavior of stiffened panels exposed to fire, M.R. Manco, M.A. Vaz, J.C.R. Cyrino & A. Landesmann Structures on ice Cost optimization for ice-loaded structures, S. Ehlers & P. Kujala Measured ice loads and design ice loads, M. Suominen, P. Kujala, R. von Bock und Polach & J. Kiviranta L-year maximum values of local ice loads on ship hulls, A. Suyuthi, B.J. Leira & K. Riska Impact and collision A new super-element for estimating the collision resistance of an inclined ship side, L. Buldgen, H. Le Sourne & P. Rigo Damage of ships for engine room section struck by bulbous bow, C.F. Hung, Y.D. Hsieh, W.L. Chien, Y.T. Huang & Z.M. Zhou Modeling aspects of strength capacity of intact and damaged ship girders, D. Koukounas & M.S. Samuelides Failure characteristics of strength-equivalent aluminium and steel plates in impact conditions, B. Liu, R. Villavicencio & C. Guedes Soares Shear and tensile failure of thin aluminium plates struck by cylindrical and spherical indenters, B. Liu, R. Villavicencio & C. Guedes Soares Material modeling for finite-element simulation of ship impacts, J.N. Marinatos & M.S. Samuelides Experimental and numerical investigations of an alternative stiffening system for ship side structures to increase collision safety, M. Schottelndreyer, I. Tautz, W. Fricke, B. Werner, C. Daske, H. Heyer & M. Sander Hydraulic modelling of submerged oil spill including tanker hydrostatic overpressure, M. Sergejeva, J. Laanearu & K. Tabri Plastic mechanism analysis of structural performances for stiffeners on bottom floor plating during shoal grounding accident, Z. Yu, Z. Hu & G. Wang Fatigue strength Stress intensity factor analysis using digital image correlation: A post-processing approach, J.H. den Besten, M.L. Kaminski & R.H.M. Huijsmans Realistic fatigue life prediction of weld toe and weld root failure in load-carrying cruciform joints by crack propagation analysis, C. Fischer & W. Fricke Fatigue strength of laser-welded thin plate ship structures based on nominal and structural hot-spot stress approach, W. Fricke, H. Remes, O. Feltz, I. Lillemae, D. Tchuindjang, T. Reinert, A. Nevierov, W. Sichermann, M. Brinkmann, T. Kontkanen, B. Bohlmann & L. Molter Influence of surface integrity on the fatigue strength of high strength steel in balcony openings of cruise ship structures, E. Korhonen, H. Remes, J. Romanoff, A. Niemela, P. Hiltunen & T. Kontkanen Numerical study of stress concentration factors in damaged FPSO side panels under in-plane compression loads, B.C. Pinheiro, I.P. Pasqualino & C.F.C. Ferreira Implementation of fatigue properties of laser welds into classification rules, H. von Selle, J. Peschmann & S. Eylmann A FE based numerical tool for crack assessment in ship structures employing the CSR loading scheme, I.K. Zilakos, V.A. Karatzas, E.V. Chatzidouros, V.J. Papazoglou & N.G. Tsouvalis Ultimate strength Design of Y stiffened panels in double hull tanker under axial compressive loads, A.S. El-Hanafi, S.F. Badran & H.W. Leheta Nonlinear buckling behavior of stiffened ship panels, M. Ozdemir & A. Ergin Finite element modelling of the ultimate strength of stiffened plates with residual stresses, M. Tekgoz, Y. Garbatov & C. Guedes Soares Elastic buckling and elasto-plastic collapse behaviors with torsion of a longitudinal stiffener under axial compression, D. Yanagihara & M. Fujikubo Ultimate strength of river-sea container ships, W. Zhang, X. Luo & W. Wu Experimental analysis Experiments on three mild steel box girders of different spans under pure bending moment, J.M. Gordo & C. Guedes Soares Scale model tests for the post-ultimate strength collapse behavior of a ship’s hull girder under whipping loads, K. Iijima, Y. Suzaki & M. Fujikubo Solutions to improve accuracy in experimental measurement of the dynamic response of resilient mountings for marine diesel engines, L. Moro, M. Biot, N. Mantini & C. Pestelli Composite structures Numerical analysis of cracked marine structures repaired with composite patches, E.I. Avgoulas, V.A. Karatzas, I.K. Zilakos & N.G. Tsouvalis Hybrid composite and metallic hulls, the best of both worlds, R.G.S. Barsoum Buckling studies on ship hull imperfect composite plates, E.F. Beznea & I. Chirica Calibration of a finite element composite delamination model by experiments, M. Gaiotti, C.M. Rizzo, K. Branner & P. Berring Comparison of load-carrying behavior between web-core sandwich, stiffened and isotropic plate, J. Jelovica & J. Romanoff An experimental and numerical study of corroded steel plates repaired with composite patches, V.A. Karatzas, E. Kotsidis & N.G. Tsouvalis On the scope of using composites as major structural parts of large commercial ships, K. Kunal & S. Surendran Weld simulation Simulation of the weld overlay procedure for corrosion repair of pressure vessels, L. Gannon A study on computational fluid dynamics simulation of friction stir welding, S.W. Kang & B.S. Jang Experimental investigation of welding deformations of hybrid structural joint, T. Urbanski & M. Taczala Welding residual stress and its effect on fatigue crack propagation after overloading, K. Yuan & Y. Sumi Structural analysis Equivalent shell element for ship structural design, E. Avi, A. Niemela, I. Lillemae & J. Romanoff Thermal and strength analysis of LNG tanks and their supporting structures in the early design stage, M. Biot, N. Mantini & L. Moro Shear response of prismatic passenger ship hull-girders, K. Melk, J. Romanoff, H. Remes, P. Varsta, H. Naar & A. Niemela Linear and nonlinear FE analyses of a container vessel in harsh sea state, J.W. Ringsberg, Z. Li, A. Tesanovic & C. Knifsund Structural design Revisit of a 1970s semi-submersible pipe layer, B. Boon A new generation of offshore structures, F.P. Brennan & C.M. Rizzo Multi-objective optimisation of ship hull structure by genetic algorithm with combined fitness function, Z. Sekulski Optimization of structural design to minimize lifetime maintenance cost of a naval vessel, D. Temple & M. Collette Structural reliability and risk models Hull girder reliability assessment of FPSO, N.-Z. Chen, G. Wang & J. Bond A study on random field model for representation of corroded surface, M.M. Htun, Y. Kawamura & M. Ajiki Lifecycle structural optimization
