ABSTRACT
This chapter aims to develop a criterion which takes the parameters describing the sizes of the colliding ships and their relative position and determines whether the inner shell of a double hull tanker ruptures. It presents first developments of the approach, where the structural consequences of ship collision accident can be estimated based on limited number of input parameters. The chapter provides a simplified approach for the prediction of inner hull failure in ship-ship collision. Ships’ behavior in accidental situations such as collision and grounding has received attention for several decades. The criterion is developed through large number of numerical collision simulations with different ships and different longitudinal and vertical impact locations. Core element of the approach is the criteria for the inner hull breaching, that is presented in a form of failure probability. The critical energy is defined from a series of finite element simulations.
