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Rodrigues, J.M., Teixeira, A.P. and Guedes Soares, C. (2015), “Assessment of still water bending moments for damaged hull girders”, Maritime Technology and Engineering, Guedes Soares, C. & Santos T.A. (Eds.), Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK, pp. 331-340

A parametric variation of a box-shaped damage configuration position and directional extention is applied to a shuttle tanker and its effect on the still water bending moment longitudinal distribution is investigated. For each damage case, an in-house quasi-static progressive flooding simulation tool is used to obtain the final average attitude of the ship and its corresponding still water bending moment. A probabilistic model suggested by the Marine Environment Protection Committee of the International Maritime Organization (MEPC-IMO), concerning the damage configuration, is considered and the obtained bending moments are analyzed and compared with the International Association of Classification Societies’ Common Structural Rules (IACS-CSR) limits.

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