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EPSRC Reference:	GR/M62525/01
Title:	COMPARISON OF MODEL TESTS & FULL SCALE DATA WITH THEORY
Principal Investigator:	Barltrop, Professor N
Other Investigators:	Varyani, Dr K
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Project Partners:	Atkins BP
Department:	Naval Architecture & Marine Eng
Organisation:	University of Glasgow
Scheme:	LINK
Starts:	01 October 1999	Ends:	31 August 2002	Value (£):	86,774
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:	Eng. Dynamics & Tribology Oil & Gas Extraction
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:	Energy Transport Systems and Vehicles
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Ships have not been used continuously in exposed west of Shetland locations. We still cannot predict the extreme response in large seas, where non-linear behaviour including intermittent wetting, wave slam and slap becomes vary important. Since these forces affect the amount and distribution of structural strength that needs to be provided it is important that they are well understood. Costs of slight under-design can be very expensive.This project provides an opportunity to compare full and model scale measurements and theoretical calculations and, in conjunction with other projects submitted by Newcastle, Strathclyde and Glasgow Universities, to:- Improve the theoretical calculation methods and- Through reliability calculation to determine appropriate safety factors for the different models.
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