The Effect of Buffer Bow Structures on Collision Damages of Oil Tankers

Yasuhira Yamada; Preben Terndrup Pedersen; Peter Friis-Hansen

The Effect of Buffer Bow Structures on Collision Damages of Oil Tankers

Yasuhira Yamada (Invited author)
, Preben Terndrup Pedersen (Invited author)
, Peter Friis-Hansen (Invited author)

National Institute of Maritime, Port and Aviation Technology

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Abstract

In order to investigate the effectiveness of buffer bow structures on prevention of oil spills in tanker collisions, probabilistic collision damage analyses were performed using a newly developed Simplified Ship Collision Analysis Tool (SSCAT). Monte Carlo Simulation (MCS) was carried out using SSCAT for collision scenarios where striking ships at various speeds, sizes and bulb shapes collide perpendicularly with a VLCC in fully loaded condition. The probability of oil spill from the struck VLCC in cases where all the striking ships use buffer bulbous bows was compared with the case where all the striking ships use conventional bulbous bows. The probability of oil spill from the VLCC, given a collision, is estimated and the risk reducing effect of introducing buffer bow structures is discussed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	4th International Conference on Collision and Grounding of Ships : ICCGS 2007
Number of pages	254
Place of Publication	Hamburg
Publisher	Schiffbautechnische Gesellschaft e.V.
Publication date	2007
Pages	235-243
ISBN (Print)	978-3-89220-639-2
Publication status	Published - 2007
Event	Fourth International Conference on The collision and grounding of ships - Hamburg, Germany Duration: 9 Sept 2007 → 12 Sept 2007

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Conference	Fourth International Conference on The collision and grounding of ships
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Hamburg
Period	09/09/2007 → 12/09/2007

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The Effect of Buffer Bow Structures on Collision Damages of Oil Tankers. / Yamada, Yasuhira (Invited author); Pedersen, Preben Terndrup (Invited author); Friis-Hansen, Peter (Invited author).
4th International Conference on Collision and Grounding of Ships: ICCGS 2007. Hamburg: Schiffbautechnische Gesellschaft e.V., 2007. p. 235-243.

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The Effect of Buffer Bow Structures on Collision Damages of Oil Tankers

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