After 38 years of satisfactory service the Holland-America line sold her flagship 'ss ROTTERDAM.' Although promised to Lloyds, studies and tests made during construction on the expansion joints were never published. This PRADS '98 conference is a good occasion to report on these now. Moreover, the behavior is placed in the light of a fatigue assessment in retrospect.
Fatigue Damage in the Expansion Joints of SS ROTTERDAM. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Practical Design of Ships and Mobile Units (7th), PRAD '98. Held in The Hague, The Netherlands on September 20-25, 1998
1998
34 pages
Report
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English