18.1 NOMENCLATURE For specific symbols, refer to the definitions contained in the various sections. ABS American Bureau of Shipping BEM Boundary Element Method BV Bureau…

18.1 NOMENCLATURE For specific symbols, refer to the definitions contained in the various sections. ABS American Bureau of Shipping BEM Boundary Element Method BV Bureau…

ARTICLE IN PRESS Marine Structures 20 (2007) 143–163 www.elsevier.com/locate/marstruc Study on shell–solid coupling FE analysis for fatigue assessment of ship structure…

Marine Structures 20 (2007) 143–163 r 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Because ships are plate structures, global shell FE models are usually employed for simplicity…