Accidental Limit States of Marine Structures

Dear Colleagues,

The design of ships and offshore structures for extreme actions, such as collision and grounding, explosions, abnormal waves, and ice impact, poses particular challenges in terms of the assessment of highly nonlinear structural responses, uncertainties related to material and load modelling, and the establishment of acceptance criteria which define functional requirements concerned with the structures’ resistance to accidental effects. In particular, well-established guidance for the quantitative assessment and management of accidental risks is sorely needed. This Special Issue aims at collecting contributions reflecting the latest developments in the accidental limit states of marine structures including ships, offshore installations, subsea structures, and offshore pipelines. High-quality papers are encouraged for publication that are directly related to various aspects mentioned below:

• Computational models for nonlinear structural response analysis;
• Constitutive models addressing dynamic inelastic behaviour of marine-use materials;
• External dynamics and internal mechanics of collision and grounding;
• Safety assessment of damaged structures, including stability and residual strength;
• Assessment of consequences of accidental events, e.g., oil spill and flooding;
• Quantitative marine accident risk assessment and management.

Submissions may address problems of theoretical and numerical modelling, physical model testing, applications, case studies, operational studies, or other scientifically based approaches. Contributions presenting novel creative approaches, properly supported by consistent scientific reasoning, are particularly welcomed.

Dr. Burak Can Cerik
Prof. Dr. Joonmo Choung
Guest Editors

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