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Articles in Journals
 • Garbatov, Y., Rudan, S. and Guedes Soares, C. (2002), “Fatigue Damage of Structural Joints Accounting for Nonlinear Corrosion”, Journal of Ship Research, Vol. 46, Issue 4, pp. 289-298

 • Rudan, S., Garbatov, Y. and Guedes Soares, C. (2003), “Fatigue Damage Assessment of Side Shell Longitudinals Based on Spectral Approach”, Croatian Journal of Shipbuilding, Vol. 51, Issue 3, pp. 227-234

 • Guedes Soares, C., Garbatov, Y. and Von Selle, H. (2003), “Fatigue Damage Assessment of Ship Structures Based on the Long-Term Distribution of Local Stresses”, International Shipbuilding Progress, Vol. 50, Issues 1-2, pp. 35-55

 • Garbatov, Y., Rudan, S. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Assessment of Geometry Correction Functions of Tanker Knuckle Details Based on Fatigue Tests and Finite-Element Analysis”, Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, Vol. 126, pp. 220-226

 • Garbatov, Y., Rudan, S. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Assessment of Geometry Correction Functions of Tanker Knuckle Details Based on Fatigue Tests and Finite-Element Analysis”, Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, Vol. 126, pp. 220-226

 • Chakarov, K., Garbatov, Y. and Guedes Soares, C. (2008), “Fatigue Analysis of a Ship Deck Structure Accounting for Imperfections”, International Journal of Fatigue, Vol. 30, pp. 1881-1897

 • Chakarov, K., Garbatov, Y. and Guedes Soares, C. (2008), “Hot Spot Stress and Stress Concentration Factors due to Different Fabrication Imperfections in Deck Structures”, International Shipbuilding Progress, Vol. 55, pp. 47-62

 • Fricke, W., Bollero, A., Chirica, I., Garbatov, Y., Jancart, F., Kahl, A., Remes, H., Rizzo, C. M., von Selle, H., Urban, A., and Wei, L. (2008), "Round Robin Study on Structural Hot-Spot and Effective Notch Stress Analysis", Ships and Offshore Structures, Vol. 3, Issue 4, pp. 335-345

 • Garbatov, Y., Rudan, S. and Guedes Soares, C. (2010), “Fatigue Assessment of Welded Trapezoidal Joints of Very Fast Ferry Subjected to Combined Load”, Engineering Structures, Vol. 32, pp. 800-807

 • Gaspar, B., Garbatov, Y. and Guedes Soares, C. (2011), “Effect of weld shape imperfections on the structural hot-spot stress distribution”, Ships and Offshore Structures, Vol. 6, Nº. 1-2, pp.145-160

 • Chen, N.-Z., Wang, G. and Guedes Soares, C. (2011), “Palmgren-Miner’s Rule and Fracture Mechanics-Based Inspection Planning”, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Vol. 78, Issue 18, pp. 3166-3182

 • Nguyen, K.T., Garbatov, Y. and Guedes Soares, C. (2012), “Fatigue Damage Assessment of Corroded Oil Tanker Details Based on Global and Local Stress Approaches”, International Journal of Fatigue, Vol. 43, pp. 197-206

 • Feng, G.Q., Garbatov, Y. and Guedes Soares, C. (2012), “Probabilistic Model of the Growth of Correlated Cracks in a Stiffened Panel”, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Vol. 84, pp. 83-95

 • Parunov, J, Gledic, I., Garbatov, Y. and Guedes Soares, C. (2013), “Fatigue assessment of corroded deck longitudinals of tankers”, International Journal of Maritime Engineering, Vol. 155(Part A1), pp. 9-21

 • Teixeira, A.P., Guedes Soares, C., Chen, N.Z. and Wang, G. (2013), “Uncertainty analysis of load combination factors for global longitudinal bending moments of double hull tankers”, Journal of Ship Research, Vol. 57(1), pp. 42-58

 • Nguyen, K.T., Garbatov, Y. and Guedes Soares, C. (2013), “Spectral Fatigue Damage Assessment of Tanker Deck Structural Detail Subjected to Time-Dependent Corrosion”, International Journal of Fatigue, Volume 48, pp. 147-155

 • Garbatov, Y., Guedes Soares, C. and Parunov, J. (2014), “Fatigue strength experiments of corroded small scale steel specimens”, International Journal of Fatigue, Vol. 59, pp. 137-144

 • Yeter, B., Garbatov, Y. and Guedes Soares, C. (2015), “Fatigue damage assessment of fixed offshore wind turbine tripod support structures”, Engineering Structures, Vol. 101, pp. 518-528

 • Yeter, B., Garbatov, Y. and Guedes Soares, C. (2016) , “Evaluation of fatigue damage model predictions for fixed offshore wind turbine support structures”, International Journal of Fatigue, Vol. 87, pp. 71-80

 • Garbatov, Y. (2016), “Fatigue Strength Assessment of Ship Structures accounting for a coating life and corrosion degradation”, International Journal of Structural Integrity, 2016, Vol. 7(2), pp. 305-322

 • Garbatov, Y. (2016), “Fatigue Strength Asessment of Ship Structures accounting for a coating life and corrosion degradation”, International Journal of Structural Integrity, Vol. 7(2), pp. 305-322

 • Yue, JX., Damg, ZF. and Guedes Soares, C. (2017), “Prediction of Fatigue Crack Propagation in Bulb Stiffeners by Experimental and Numerical Methods”, International Journal of Fatigue, 2017, Vol. 99, pp. 101-110

 • Dong, Y., Garbatov, Y. and Guedes Soares, C. (2018), “A two-phase approach to estimate fatigue crack initiation and propagation lives of notched structural components”, International Journal of Fatigue, Vol. 116, pp. 523-534

 • Dong, Y., Garbatov, Y. and Guedes Soares, C. (2018), “Fatigue crack initiation assessment of welded joints accounting for residual stress”, Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures, Vol. 41, pp. 1823-1837

 • Dong, Y. and Guedes Soares, C. (2019), “Stress distribution and fatigue crack propagation analyses in welded joints”, Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures, Vol. 42, pp. 69-83

 • Dong, Y., Teixeira, A.P. and Guedes Soares, C. (2019), “Fatigue reliability analysis of butt welded joints with misalignments based on hotspot stress approach”, Marine Structures, Vol. 65, pp. 215-228

 • Li, S.S., Dong, Y. and Guedes Soares, C. (2020), “A procedure to generate design load-time histories for fatigue strength assessment of offshore structures”, Ocean Engineering, Vol. 213, pp. 107707 (12 pages)

 • Wang, YT., Liu, J.J., Hu, J.J., Garbatov, Y. and Guedes Soares, C. (2021), “Fatigue strength of EH36 steel welded joints and base material at low-temperature”, International Journal of Fatigue, Vol. 142, 105896 (12 pages)

 • Dong, Y., Garbatov, Y. and Guedes Soares, C. (2021), “Fatigue strength assessment of butt-welded joints in ship structures based on time-domain strain approach”, Journal of Ship Research, Vol. 65(2), pp. 123-138.

 • Wang, YT., Liu, J.J., Hu, J.J., Garbatov, Y. and Guedes Soares, C. (2021), “Fatigue strength of EH36 steel welded joints and base material at low-temperature”, International Journal of Fatigue, Vol. 142, pp. 105896 (12 pages)

 • Yeter, B. and Garbatov, Y. (2022), “Structural integrity assessment of fixed support structures for offshore wind turbines: A review”, Ocean Engineering, Vol. 244, 110271.

 • Yue, J.X., Lei, J., Garbatov, Y. and Yang, K. (2022), “Crack Growth in Ni-Cr-Mo-V Steel Using DCTOD Elastic-Plastic Model”, Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, Vol. 10, 1944.

 • Dong, Y., Garbatov, Y. and Guedes Soares, C. (2022), “Recent developments in fatigue assessment of ships and offshore structures”, Journal of Marine Science and Application, Vol. 21, pp. 3.25.

 • Dong, Y., Garbatov, Y. and Guedes Soares, C. (2022), “Review on uncertainties in fatigue loads and fatigue life of ships and offshore structures”, Ocean Engineering, Vol. 264, 112514.



Articles in Books
 • Leite, R., Garbatov, Y. and Guedes Soares, C. (2002), “Finite Element Analysis of a Trapezoidal Stiffener under Fadigue Load” (In Portuguese), The Sea, Source of Sustainable Development, Guedes Soares, C., Beirão Reis, J. and Martins Guerreiro, M. B. (Eds.), Edições Salamandra, Lda., Lisbon, pp. 369-383

 • Garbatov, Y., Santos, J.M. and Guedes Soares, C. (2005), “Effect of Truck Induced Load on Welded Structural Joints Subjected to Fatigue”, Maritime Transportation and Exploitation of Ocean and Coastal Resources, Guedes Soares, C., Garbatov, Y. and Fonseca, N. (Eds.), Taylor & Francis, London-UK, Vol. 1, pp. 413-422

 • Garbatov, Y., Tomasevic, S. and Guedes Soares, C. (2005), “Fatigue Damage Assessment of a Newly Built FPSO Hull”, Maritime Transportation and Exploitation of Ocean and Coastal Resources, 2005, Guedes Soares, C., Garbatov, Y. and Fonseca, N. (Eds.), Taylor & Francis Group, London, U.K., Vol. 1, pp. 423-428

 • Fricke, W., Bollero, A., Chirica, I., Garbatov, Y., Jancart, F., Kahl, A., Remes, H., Rizzo, C.M., von Selle, H., Urban, A. and Wei, L. (2008), “Round Robin Study on Structural Hot-Spot and Effective Notch Stress Analysis”, Advancements in Marine Structures, Guedes Soares, C. and Das, P. K. (Eds.), Taylor & Francis Group, London, U. K., pp. 159-167

 • Garbatov, Y., Tomasevic, S. e Guedes Soares, C. (2007), “Fatigue Strength Assessment of Floating Production Storage and Unloading Vessels”, Advancements in Marine Structures, Guedes Soares, C. and Das, P. K. (Eds.), Taylor & Francis Group, London, U.K., pp. 169-176

 • Gaspar, B., Garbatov, Y. and Guedes Soares, C. (2008), “Structural Analysis of Hull Tankers Based on the IACS Regulations” (In Portuguese), The Portuguese Maritime Sector, Edições Salamandra, Lda., Lisbon, Portugal

 • Chakarov, K., Garbatov, Y. and Guedes Soares, C. (2008), “Hot-Spot Stress Analysis of Deck Structures Subjected to Corrosion and Fatigue”, Maritime Industry, Ocean Engineering and Coastal Resources, 2008, Guedes Soares, C. and Kolev, P. (Eds.), Taylor & Francis Group, London, U.K, pp. 153-160

 • Garbatov, Y., Rudan, S., Gaspar, B. and Guedes Soares, C. (2011), “Fatigue Assessment of Marine Structures”, Maritime Engineering and Technology, Guedes Soares et al. (Eds),Taylor & Francis Group, London, pp. 865-888

 • Fricke, W., Codda, M., Feltz, O., Garbatov, Y., Remes, H., Risso, G., Rizzo, C. and Romanoff, J. (2011), “Round-robin on local stress determination and fatigue assessment of load-carrying fillet-welded joints”, Advances in Marine Structures, C. Guedes Soares and W. Fricke, (Eds.), Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK, pp. 295-302

 • Nguyen, K.T., Garbatov, Y. and Guedes Soares, C. (2012), “Fatigue damage assessment of a tanker structural detail based on the effective notch stress approach”, Maritime Engineering and Technology, Guedes Soares et al. (Eds),Taylor & Francis Group, London, 2012, PP363-373

 • Yeter, B., Garbatov, Y. and Guedes Soares, C. (2015), “Assessment of the retardation of in-service cracks in offshore welded structures subjected to variable amplitude load”, Renewable Energies Offshore, Guedes Soares, C. (Ed.), Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK, pp. 855-863

 • Yeter, B., Garbatov, Y. and Guedes Soares, C. (2015), “Fatigue crack growth analysis of a plate accounting for retardation effect”, Maritime Technology and Engineering, Guedes Soares, C. & Santos T.A. (Eds.), Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK, pp. 585-594

 • Dong, Y. and Guedes Soares, C. (2015), “Estimation of effective notch strain for fatigue strength assessment of welded structures under multiaxial stress state”, Guedes Soares, C. Dejhalla R. and Pavletiæ D., (Eds.), Towards Green Marine Technology and Transport, Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK, pp. 397-406

 • Dong, Y. and Guedes Soares, C. (2015), “On the fatigue crack initiation point of load-carrying fillet welded joints”, Guedes Soares, C. Dejhalla R. and Pavletiæ D., (Eds.), Towards Green Marine Technology and Transport, Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK, pp. 407-418

 • Yeter, B., Garbatov, Y. and Guedes Soares, C. (2015), “Low cycle fatigue assessment of offshore wind turbine monopile supporting structure subjected to wave-induced loads”, Guedes Soares, C. Dejhalla R. and Pavletiæ D., (Eds.), Towards Green Marine Technology and Transport, Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK, 2015, pp. 287-294

 • Saad-Eldeen, S., Garbatov, Y. and Guedes Soares, C. (2016), “Emergency repair of a single hull structure with locked cracks”, Maritime Technology and Engineering 3, Guedes Soares, C. & Santos T. A., (Eds.), Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK, pp. 521-529

 • Dong, Y., Garbatov, Y. and Guedes Soares, C. (2016), “Fatigue analysis and optimization of non-load-carrying fillet welded joints based on the effective notch stress approach”, Maritime Technology and Engineering 3, Guedes Soares, C. & Santos T. A., (Eds.), Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK, pp. 443-449

 • Li, S. S. and Guedes Soares, C. (2017), “A procedure to generate design load-time histories for fatigue strength assessment of offshore structures”, Progress in the Analysis and Design of Marine Structures, Guedes Soares, C. & Garbatov Y. (Eds.), Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK, pp. 13-20

 • Dong, Y. and Guedes Soares, C. (2017) , “Uncertainty analyses of local strain and fatigue crack initiation life of welded joints under plane strain condition”, Progress in the Analysis and Design of Marine Structures, Guedes Soares, C. & Garbatov Y. (Eds.), Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK, pp. 349-359

 • Dong, Y., Garbatov, Y., and Guedes Soares, C. (2017), “Fatigue strength assessment of an annealed butt welded joint accounting for material inhomogeneity”, Progress in the Analysis and Design of Marine Structures, Guedes Soares, C. & Garbatov Y. (Eds.), Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK, pp. 337-347

 • Garbatov, Y., As, S.K., Branner, K., Choi, B.K., Den Besten, J.H., Dong, P., Lillemae, I., Lindstrom, P., Lourenço de Souza, M., Parmentier, G., Quemener, Y., Rizzo, C.M., Rorup, J., Vhanmane, S., Villavicencio, R., Wang, F. and Yue, J. (2018), “Committee III.2 - Fatigue and Fracture”, 20th International Ship and Offshore Structures Congress (ISSC 2018), Kaminski, M. & Rigo P. (Eds.), IOS Press Ebooks, pp. Vol 1 - 441-547 and Vol 3 - 85-108

 • Garbatov, Y., As, S.K., Branner, K., Choi, B.K., Den Besten, J.H., Dong, P., Lillemae, I., Lindstrom, P., Lourenço de Souza, M., Parmentier, G., Quemener, Y., Rizzo, C.M., Rorup, J., Vhanmane, S., Villavicencio, R., Wang, F. and Yue, J. (2018), “Committee III.2 - Fatigue and Fracture”, 20th International Ship and Offshore Structures Congress (ISSC 2018), Kaminski, M. & Rigo P. (Eds.), IOS Press Ebooks, pp. Vol 1 - 441-547 and Vol 3 - 85-108

 • Rörup, J., Garbatov, Y., Dong, Y., Uzunoglu, E., Parmentier, G., Andoniu, A., Quemener, Y., Chen, K-C., Vhanmane, S., Negi, A., Parihar, Y., Villavicencio, R., Parsoya, V., Peng, L. and Yue, J. (2018), “Round robin study on spectral fatigue assessment of butt-welded joints”, Maritime Transportation and Harvesting of Sea Resources, Guedes Soares, C. & Teixeira A.P. (Eds.), Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK, pp. 663-670

 • Jafaryeganeh, H. and Guedes Soares, C. (2018), “Comparison of two approaches for prediction of wave induced loads in damaged ships”, Maritime Transportation and Harvesting of Sea Resources, Guedes Soares, C. & Teixeira A.P. (Eds.), Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK, pp. 473-481

 • Garbatov, Y., Ås, S.K., Den Besten, J.H., Haselbach, P., Kahl, A., Karr, D., Kim, M.H., Liu, J., Lourenco de Souza, M., Mao, W., Mikkola, E., Osawa, N., Prasetyo, F.A., Sicchiero, M., Vhanmane, S., Vicente del Amo, M. and Yue, J. (2022), “Committee III.2 Fatigue and fracture”, 3.2.1 21st International Ship and Offshore Structures Congress (ISSC 2022), Wang, X. & Pegg N. (Eds.), IOS Press Ebooks, pp. 501-641.

 • Liu, B., Dong, A., Chen, L., Liu, K. and Guedes Soares, C. (2020), “Analysis of the resistance to penetration of aluminium-alloy plates”, Developments in the Collision and Grounding of Ships and Offshore Structures, C. Guedes Soares (Ed.), Taylor and Francis Group, London, pp. 27-33

 • Garbatov, Y., Ås, S.K., Branner, K., Choi, B.K., Den Besten, J.H., Dong, P., Lillemäe, I., Lindstrom, P., Lourenco de Souza, M., Parmentier, G., Quéméner, Y., Rizzo, C.M., Rörup, J., Vhanmane, S., Villavicencio, R., Wang, F. and Yue, J. (2020), Fatigue and Fracture - Reply to Official and Floor Discussers, 20th International Ship and Offshore Structures Congress (ISSC 2018), IOS Press Ebooks, pp. pp.87-110

 • Garbatov, Y., Scattareggia Marchese, S., Palomba, G. and Crupi, V. (2022), “Alternative hybrid lightweight ship hull structural design”, Trends in Maritime Technology and Engineering, Guedes Soares, C. & Santos T.A. (Eds.), Taylor and Francis, London, UK, Vol. 1, pp. 99-107.



Articles in Conferences
 • Garbatov, Y., Rudan, S. and Guedes Soares, C. (2000), “Fatigue Strength Assessment of Ship Knuckle Details”, Proceedings of the IX International Maritime Association of Mediterranean Congress (IMAM´00), Cassella, P., Scamardella, A. and Festinese, G. (Eds.), Ischia, Italy, 2-6 April, pp. 103-110

 • Garbatov, Y., Petkov, H. and Guedes Soares, C. (2001), “Fatigue Assessment of the Windows Corner Structure of Passenger Ship”, Proceedings of the III International Conference on Marine Industry (MARIND’01), 4-8 June, Varna, Bulgaria, Vol. III, pp. 95-107

 • Sousa, A., Garbatov, Y. and Guedes Soares, C. (2001), “Finite Element Analysis of a Bulk Carrier under a Fadigue Load” (In Portuguese), Proceedings of the III Meeting of Metal and Mixed Structures, 6-7 December, Aveiro, Portugal, pp. 679-692

 • Garbatov, Y., Rudan, S. and Guedes Soares, C. (2002), “Assessment of Geometry Correction Functions of Tanker Knuckle Details Based on Fatigue Tests and Finite-Element Analysis”, Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (OMAE’02), 23-28 June, Oslo, Norway, ASME, New York, Paper MAT-28422

 • Garbatov, Y., Rudan, S. and Guedes Soares, C. (2002), “Prediction of Fatigue Damage in Brackets of Large Scale Test Specimens of Ship Structures”, Proceedings of the 8th Portuguese Conference on Fracture, 20-22 February, Vila Real, Portugal, pp. 61-69

 • Rudan, S., Garbatov, Y. and Guedes Soares, C. (2002) , “Hot-Spot Stress Assessment Based on Different Sea State Conditions”, Proceedings of the 15th International Symposium on Theory and Practice of Shipbuilding (SORTA´02), 14-16 November, Trogir, Croatia, pp. 427-432

 • Garbatov, Y., Leite, R. and Guedes Soares, C. (2003), “Assessment of fatigue damage of a welded trapezoidal joint subject to a combined stochastic load” (In Portuguese), Proceedings of the IV Meeting of Metal and Mixed Structures (in Portuguese), 4-5 December, Lisbon, Portugal, pp. 477-486

 • Tomasevic, S., Garbatov, Y. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Fatigue Damage Assessment of a Converted FPSO Hull”, Proceedings of the 9th Portuguese Conference on Fracture 2004, Portuguese Materials Society, 18-20 February, Setúbal, Portugal

 • Garbatov, Y. and Guedes Soares, C. (2005), “Hot-Spot Stress Assessment of Longitudinaly Stiffened Dek Structure”, Proceedings of the Second International Congress on Mechanical and Electrical Engineering and Marine Industry (MEEMI´05), 7-9 October, Varna, Bulgaria, Vol. I, pp. 26-33

 • Luís, R.M. and Guedes Soares, C. (2006), “Assessment of a simplified method to calculate the longitudinal strength of damaged ships” (In Portuguese), ”, Proceedings of the X Congress on Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering (JEN´06), 21-22 November, Lisbon, Portugal

 • Luís, R.M., Witkowska, M. and Guedes Soares, C. (2006), “Prediction of compressive strength of transverse panels with localized imperfections” (In Portuguese), Proceedings of the X Congress on Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering (JEN´06) (in Portuguese), 21-22 November, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal

 • Saad-Eldeen, S., Nguyen, T., Garbatov, Y. and Guedes Soares, C. (2010), “Fatigue Stress Assessment Accounting for Contact Effect”, Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Marine Science and Technology, Union of Scientists of Varna, pp. 23-33

 • Garbatov, Y. and Guedes Soares, C. (2011), “Fatigue Reliability Assessment of Welded Joints of very Fast Ferry Subjected to Combined Load”, Proceedings of the 9th Symposium on High Speed Marine Vehicles (HSMV 2011), 25-27 May, Naples, Italy

 • Rubanenco, I., Garbatov, Y., Guedes Soares, C. and Domnisoru, L. (2012), “Fatigue Damage Analysis of Optimized Ship Structure”, 11th International Conference on Marine Sciences and Technologies (Black Sea 2012), 4-6 October, Varna, Bulgaria

 • Garbatov, Y. (2014), “Fatigue Strength Asessment of Ship Structures”, XIV Portuguese Conference on Fracture (PCF 2014), 6-7 September, Régua, Portugal, pp. 3-18

 • Dong, Y., Garbatov, Y. and Guedes Soares, C. (2018), “Fatigue reliability assessment of fillet welded cruciform joints based on the fatigue notch factor and the local strain approach”, Proceedings of the ASME 2018 37th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE 2018), 17-22 June, Madrid, Spain

 • Dong, Y., Garbatov, Y. and Guedes Soares, C. (2018), “Strain-based fatigue reliability analysis of a load-carrying fillet welded cruciform joint”, Arctic Engineering (OMAE 2018), 17-22 June, Madrid, Spain



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