Abstract: Many ship accidents and casualties are caused by large freak ocean waves. Traditionally, the strength of ships against freak waves is assessed by means of ultimate strength evaluation, assuming quasistatic conditions, but ...

Abstract: Extreme waves have led to many accidents and losses of ships at sea. In this paper, a twodimensional (2D) hydroelastoplasticity method is proposed as a means of studying the nonlinear dynamic response of a container ship ...