<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Spectacular accidents at sea which have happened for a few last years show that hull structures of contemporary sea-going ships are not perfect and must be systematically improved. Fatigue strength is one of the groups of strength problems which affect design of contemporary ship's structures and greatly contribute in their improvement process. In this paper several approaches to estimation of fatigue life of hull structural elements are presented. In practice the some approaches based on nominal stresses, "hot spot" stresses or notch stresses which constitute the basis for fatigue life determination by using σ-N design curves are applied. In this paper the existing proposals have been critically analyzed and their drawbacks (often hidden) presented.</p></abstract>

Spectacular accidents at sea which have happened for a few last years show that hull structures of contemporary sea-going ships are not perfect and must be systematically improved. Fatigue strength is one of the groups of strength problems which affect design of contemporary ship's structures and greatly contribute in their improvement process. In this paper several approaches to estimation of fatigue life of hull structural elements are presented. In practice the some approaches based on nominal stresses, "hot spot" stresses or notch stresses which constitute the basis for fatigue life determination by using σ-N design curves are applied. In this paper the existing proposals have been critically analyzed and their drawbacks (often hidden) presented.

Fatigue strength determination of ship structural joints

Polish Maritime Research

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Spectacular accidents at sea which have happened for a few last years show that hull structures of contemporary sea-going ships are not perfect and must be...

Fatigue strength determination of ship structural joints

Published Online: Jul 04, 2011

Page range: 28 - 36

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10012-011-0009-8

Keywords
fatigue of ship structure, cumulative damage, fatigue life analysis

This content is open access.

Fatigue strength determination of ship structural joints

Published Online: Jul 04, 2011

Page range: 28 - 36

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10012-011-0009-8

Keywordsfatigue of ship structure, cumulative damage, fatigue life analysis

This content is open access.

Keywords
fatigue of ship structure, cumulative damage, fatigue life analysis