Methods and tools for loads and load effects A study on the effect of heavy weather avoidance on the wave pressure distribution along the midship transverse section of a VLCC and a bulk carrier Zhi Shu & Torgeir Moan Comparison of experimental and numerical sloshing loads in partially filled tanks S. Brizzolara, L. Savio, M. Viviani, Y. Chen, P. Temarel, N. Couty, S. Hoflack, L. Diebold, N. Moirod & A. Souto Iglesias Experiments on a damaged ship section T.W.P. Smith, K.R. Drake & P. Wrobel Estimation of parametric rolling of ships—comparison of different probabilistic methods Jelena Vidic-Perunovic & Jørgen Juncher Jensen Local hydro-structure interactions due to slamming Š. Malenica, F.X. Sireta, S. Tomaševi´c, J.T. Tuitman & I. Schipperen Methods and tools for strength assessment Finite element analysis Methods for hull structure strength analysis and ships service life evaluation, for a large LNG carrier Leonard Domnisoru, Ionel Chirica & Alexandru Ioan Parametric investigation on stress concentrations of bulk carrier hatch corners Dario Boote & Francesco Cecchini A study on structural characteristics of the ring-stiffened circular toroidal shells Qing-Hai Du, Zheng-Quan Wan & Wei-Cheng Cui Application developments of mixed finite element method for fluid-structure interaction analysis in maritime engineering Jing Tang Xing, Ye Ping Xiong & Mingyi Tan Efficient calculation of the effect of water on ship vibration Marc Wilken, G. Of, C. Cabos & O. Steinback Finite element simulations of ship collisions: A coupled approach to external dynamics and inner mechanics Ingmar Pill & Kristjan Tabri Ultimate strength Discussion of plastic capacity of plating subject to patch loads Claude Daley & Apurv Bansal Ultimate strength characteristics of aluminium plates for high speed vessels S. Benson, J. Downes & R.S. Dow Improving the shear properties of web-core sandwich structures using filling material Jani Romanoff, Aleksi Laakso & Petri Varsta Stability of flat bar stiffeners under lateral patch loads Jacob Abraham & Claude Daley Ultimate strength of stiffened plates with local damage on the stiffener M. Witkowska & C. Guedes Soares Approximate method for evaluation of stress-strain relationship for stiffened panel subject to tension, compression and shear employing the finite element approach Maciej Taczala Residual strength of damaged stiffened panel on double bottom ship Zhenhui Liu & Jørgen Amdahl Assessment of the hull girder ultimate strength of a bulk carrier using nonlinear finite element analysis Zhi Shu & Torgeir Moan Ultimate strength performance of Suezmax tanker structures: Pre-CSR versus CSR designs J.K. Paik, D.K. Kim & M.S. Kim Coatings and corrosion Large scale corrosion tests Pawel Domzalicki, Igor Skalski, C. Guedes Soares & Yordan Garbatov Anticorrosion protection systems—improvements and continued problems Anders Ulfvarson & Klas Vikgren Prospects of application of plasma electrolytic oxidation coatings for shipbuilding Alexander N. Minaev, Natalie A. Gladkova, Sergey V. Gnedenkov & Vladimir V. Goriaynov Corrosion wastage statistics and maintenance planning of corroded hull structures of bulk carriers Yordan Garbatov & C. Guedes Soares Numerical simulation of strength and deformability of steel plates with surface pits and replicated corrosion-surface Md. Mobesher Ahmmad & Yoichi Sumi Effect of pitting corrosion on the collapse strength of rectangular plates under axial compression S. Saad-Eldeen & C. Guedes Soares Fatigue and fracture Fracture mechanics procedures for assessing fatigue life of window and door corners in ship structures Mika Bäckström & Seppo Kivimaa Experimental and numerical fatigue analysis of partial-load and full-load carrying fillet welds at doubler plates and lap joints O. Feltz & W. Fricke Global strength analysis of ships with special focus on fatigue of hatch corners Hubertus von Selle, Olaf Doerk & Manfred Scharrer Structural integrity monitoring index for ship and offshore structures Bart de Leeuw & Feargal P. Brennan Effect of uncertain weld shape on the structural hot-spot stress distribution B. Gaspar, Y. Garbatov & C. Guedes Soares A study on a method for maintenance of ship structures considering remaining life benefit Yasumi Kawamura, Yoichi Sumi & Masanobu Nishimoto Impact strength Impact behaviour of GRP, aluminium and steel plates L.S. Sutherland & C. Guedes Soares Impact damage of MARK III type LNG carrier cargo containment system due to dropped objects: An experimental study J.K. Paik, B.J. Kim, T.H. Kim, M.K. Ha, Y.S. Suh & S.E. Chun Simulation of the response of double bottoms under grounding actions using finite elements I. Zilakos, M. Toulios, M. Samuelides, T.-H. Nguyen & J. Amdahl Fire and explosion CFD simulations on gas explosion and fire actions J.K. Paik, B.J. Kim, J.S. Jeong, S.H. Kim, Y.S. Jang, G.S. Kim, J.H. Woo, Y.S. Kim, M.J. Chun, Y.S. Shin & J. Czujko The effects of reliability-based vulnerability requirements on blast-loaded ship panels S.J. Pahos & P.K. Das Structural monitoring Structural monitoring of mast and rigging of sail ships Giovanni Carrera, Cesare Mario Rizzo & Matteo Paci Assessment of ice-induced loads on ship hulls based on continuous response monitoring B.J. Leira, Lars Børsheim, Øivind Espeland & J. Amdahl Materials and fabrication of structures Welded structures The importance of welding quality in ship construction Philippa L. Moore A data mining analysis to evaluate the additional workloads caused by welding distortions Nicolas Losseau, Jean David Caprace, Philippe Rigo & Fernandez Francisco Aracil 3D numerical model of austenitic stainless steel 316L multipass butt welding and comparison with experimental results A.P. Kyriakongonas & V.J. Papazoglou Adhesive joints Fabrication, testing and analysis of steel/composite DLS adhesive joints S. Hashim, J. Nisar, N. Tsouvalis, K. Anyfantis, P. Moore, Ionel Chirica, C. Berggreen, A. Orsolini, A. Quispitupa, D. McGeorge, B. Hayman, S. Boyd, K. Misirlis, J. Downes, R. Dow & E. Juin The effect of surface preparation on the behaviour of double strap adhesive joints with thick steel adherents K.N. Anyfantis & N.G. Tsouvalis Pultrusion characterisation for adhesive joints J.A. Nisar, S.A. Hashim & P.K. Das Buckling of composite plates Studies of the buckling of composite plates in compression B. Hayman, C. Berggreen, C. Lundsgaard-Larsen, A. Delarche, H.L. Toftegaard, R.S. Dow, J. Downes, K. Misirlis, N. Tsouvalis & C. Douka Buckling strength parametric study of composite laminated plates with delaminations N.G. Tsouvalis & G.S. Garganidis Buckling behaviour of the ship deck composite plates with cut-outs Ionel Chirica, Elena-Felicia Beznea & Raluca Chirica Buckling behaviour of plates with central elliptical delamination Elena-Felicia Beznea, Ionel Chirica & Raluca Chirica Methods and tools for structural design and optimization Structural design of a medium size passenger vessel with low wake wash Dario Boote & Donatella Mascia Multi-objective optimization of ship structures: Using guided search vs. conventional concurrent optimization Jasmin Jelovica & Alan Klanac Digital prototyping of hull structures in basic design José M. Varela, Manuel Ventura & C. Guedes Soares Structural reliability safety and environmental protection Still water loads Probabilistic presentation of the total bending moments of FPSO’s Lyuben D. Ivanov, Albert Ku, Beiqing Huang & Viviane C.S. Krzonkala Stochastic model of the still water bending moment of oil tankers L. Garrè & Enrico Rizzuto Statistics of still water bending moments on double hull tankers Joško Parunov, Maro C´orak & C. Guedes Soares Ship structural reliability Structural reliability of the ultimate hull girder strength of a PANAMAX container ship Jörg Peschmann, Cleme
