This thesis investigates the structural response of modem ship structures under the effect of premeditated blast loads from acts of terrorism and extremism. The escalation of maritime terrorism and piracy has given the impetus to this study to take an introspective look into the details of ship structural performance under a series of design threats. Knowledge gained in studying the vulnerability of merchant ship structures is important in identifying the area to focus further work. As soon as the vulnerability of a typical ship structure is identified, a more detailed study on the most contributive structural members is carried out. Then, a rational increase of the highlighted members raises the reliability index of the subject panel, and proposes a target reliability index for blast-loaded stiffened panels. The benefit from meeting the suggested reliability-based vulnerability requirements is assessed in terms of a series of identified metrics of benefit for the considered design threats
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bl.uk/oai:ethos.bl.uk:570447 |
| Date | January 2009 |
| Creators | Pahos, Spiro J. |
| Publisher | University of Strathclyde |
| Source Sets | Ethos UK |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
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