ARCO Marine currently operates ten tankers which move crude oil from Valdez, Alaska to West Coast ports of the United States. These tankers range in size from 70000 to 265000 dwt and operate throughout the year in the harsh environment of the North Pacific Ocean. Some of these ships have experienced bow structural damage, presumably due to slamming in heavy weather conditions. In late 1990 ARCO initiated a programm with Artec Offshore Inc. and Ocean Systems Inc. to investigate slamming of ARCO tankers. This ongoing effort focuses on three issues: the frequency of occurrence and intensity of impacts; the relationship between the impact characteristics, sea conditions, and ship motions; and the development of an onboard slam monitoring and warning system. During the winter of 1991 data were collected aboard two ARCO 190000 dwt San Diego Class tankers. This paper describes thedata acquisition program, including the problems encountered, the preliminary interpretation of the collected data, and plans for continuation of the programm.
ARCO tanker slamming study
ARCO Marine-Studie zum Slammingverhalten von Tankern
Marine Technology ; 30 , 3 ; 135-147
1993
13 Seiten, 20 Bilder, 6 Tabellen, 13 Quellen
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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