The objective of this course is to accelerate the learning curve of participants in applying the ABS SafeHull for Containerships software for the design and assessment of container carriers according to the ABS Rules. Participants will conduct a SafeHull Phase A structural assessment according to the ABS prescriptive Rule requirements for a representative container carrier. This will be followed by the SafeHull Phase B structural evaluation using finite element analysis for the cargo hold region. Hand son exercises are used such as evaluating the fatigue strength of primary supporting members, transverse bulkheads, hatch corners and other critical structural details for the various loading conditions to impart practical understanding.

• Design considerations and general requirements forcontainer carriers
• Phase A: prescriptive Rule requirements
• Definition of 3D tanks
• Definition of representative 2D sections
• Evaluation of longitudinal members
• Preparing input for longitudinal members
• Evaluation of longitudinal members
• Assessment of fatigue strength
• Evaluation of transverse bulkheads and primary supporting members
• Preparing input for transverse bulkheads and primary supporting members
• Assessment of transverse bulkheads and primary supporting members
• Evaluation of hatch corners
• Preparing Input for hatch corners
• Assessment of fatigue strength and warping stresses
• Phase B: global 3-hold FE analysis
• FE model requirements
• Loading inputs, tank loads, constraints and hull girder loads
• Solving the FE model using the ABS SafeHull software
• Yielding and buckling evaluation of tight members
• Yielding and buckling evaluation of non-tight members
• Local fine mesh analysis
• Fatigue zooming analysis

Designers and engineers involved in the structural design and assessment of container carriers. This course meets the requirements of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects for Continuous Professional Development.crackcrackcrackcrackcrackcrackcrackcrack