ABSTRACT
This paper introduces the details of the newly developed collision tool called MarcolXMF, for rapid prediction of the potential damage to ships in collisions. The tool makes use of super element method by using both newly derived elements as well as preexisting super elements that have already been developed by Lutzen, Simonsen, Pedersen, and Le Sourne. The tool can be used to perform time-domain simulations of perpendicular and oblique collision cases, and the rigid body solver works with a basic 3D hydrodynamic effects calculator. The verifications with a large-scale collision experiment has been made by re-producing the collision scenario in the tool and the comparison results presented. A set of collision experiments were carried out by TNO in The Netherlands in 1998 with two inland waterway vessels. Then the risk assessment approach which is combines MarcolXMF and SAMSON (Safety Model for Shipping and Offshore in the North Sea) tool. The result from SAMSON is the accident frequency per year or per call for the different incident types. In order to determine the final probability of a puncture of the cargo or bunkering tank, the results of MarcolXMF and SAMSON are combined.
