i 18th International Ship and Offshore Structures Congress (ISSC 2012) - W. Fricke, R. Bronsart (Eds.

c 2012 Schiffbautechnische Gesellschaft, Hamburg, ISBN 978-3-87700-131-{5,8}

Proceedings to be purchased at http://www.stg-online.org/publikationen.html

PROCEEDINGS OF THE
18TH INTERNATIONAL
SHIP AND OFFSHORE STRUCTURES CONGRESS

Volume 1

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c 2012 Schiffbautechnische Gesellschaft, Hamburg, ISBN 978-3-87700-131-{5,8}

Proceedings to be purchased at http://www.stg-online.org/publikationen.html

PROCEEDINGS OF THE
18TH INTERNATIONAL
SHIP AND OFFSHORE STRUCTURES CONGRESS

Volume 1

Edited by
Wolfgang Fricke
and
Robert Bronsart

I S S C
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PREFACE
This volume contains the eight Technical Committee reports presented and discussed
at the 18th International Ship and Offshore Structures Congress (ISSC 2012) in Rostock, Germany, 09-13 September 2012.
Volume 2 contains the reports of the eight Specialist Committees whilst Volume 3
contains the report on the congress, the keynote lecture and the discussions of all the
reports together with the replies by the committees.
The Standing Committee of the 18th International Ship and Offshore Structures
Congress comprised:
Chairman: Wolfgang Fricke
Jrgen Amdahl
Yoo Sang Choo
Weicheng Cui
Chang Doo Jang
Segen F. Estefen
Carlos Guedes Soares
Mirek Kaminski
Merv Norwood
Michel Olagnon
Roberto Porcari
Manolis S. Samuelides
Ajit Shenoi
Jack Spencer
Yoichi Sumi
Secretary: Robert Bronsart

On behalf of the Standing Committee, we would like to thank Germanischer Lloyd,

Det Norske Veritas, American Bureau of Shipping, Lloyds Register, Nippon Kaiji
Kyokai and Bureau Veritas for sponsoring ISSC 2012.

Wolfgang Fricke

Robert Bronsart

Chairman

Secretary

Rostock, September 2012

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c 2012 Schiffbautechnische Gesellschaft, Hamburg, ISBN 978-3-87700-131-{5,8}

Proceedings to be purchased at http://www.stg-online.org/publikationen.html

CONTENTS

Preface

Report of Committe I.1:

Environment

Report of Committe I.2:

Loads

79

Report of Committe II.1:

Quasi-Static Response

151

Report of Committe II.2:

Dynamic Response

213

Report of Committe III.1:

Ultimate Strength

285

Report of Committe III.2:

Fatigue and Fracture

365

Report of Committe IV.1:

Design Principles and Criteria

435

Report of Committe IV.2:

Design Methods

507

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