Investigation of Partial Factors on Reliability-Based Design Method for Fenders

Accession number;06A1016265
Title;Investigation of Partial Factors on Reliability-Based Design Method for Fenders
Author; YONEYAMA HARUO (Port And Airport Res. Inst. (pari)) TAKAHASHI HIRONAO (National Inst. For Land And Infrastructure Management (nilim)) GOTO AYAKO (National Inst. For Land And Infrastructure Management (nilim))
Journal Title;Kaiyo Kogaku Shinpojiumu (CD-ROM)
Journal Code:S0108B
ISSN:
VOL.19th;NO.;PAGE.ROMBUNNO.36(2006)
Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.9, TBL.9, REF.6
Pub. Country;Japan
Language;English
Abstract;In this study, we investigated the partial factors of the performance checking equation of fenders for each kind of ships in order to introduce the Level-1 reliability-based design method. To achieve the purpose, we considered the probability distributions of some parameters for the fender design: the mass of a ship (the displacement tonnage of a ship when fully loaded), the berthing velocity of a ship, the virtual mass factor and the eccentricity factor. And then we calculated the partial factors of the performance checking equation of fenders by applying the reliability analysis based on First-Order Reliability Method (FORM). As a result of this study, we proposed that the standard values of the partial factors are 1.01 to 1.41 for the mass of a ship, 1.90 to 2.07 for the berthing velocity of a ship, 1.00 to 1.03 for the virtual mass factor and 1.00 to 1.02 for the eccentricity facter. (author abst.)