Foam-Filled Fender Design to Prevent Hull Damage

Abstract

To design a foam-filled fender system requires that the designer address four design criteria: (1) the applied berthing energy of the vessel, (2) the design climatological loads on the vessel, usually from wind and current, (3) the minimum stand-off distance between ship and pier, and (4) the allowable pressure on the vessel hull. This paper proposes rational design criteria to prevent yielding of vessel hull plating while approaching or at the berth.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA362434

Entities

People

  • R. D. Curfman

Organizations

  • Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bending Moments
  • Bending Stress
  • Carbon Steels
  • Civil Engineering
  • Design Criteria
  • Dynamic Response
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Materials
  • Naval Architecture
  • Ship Hulls
  • Ship Maintenance
  • Ships
  • Standards
  • Wind Tunnels
  • Wind Velocity

Readers

  • Materials Science
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.
  • Theoretical Analysis.