The United States Coast Guard (USCG) has contracted MARIN to carry out fatigue structural maintenance validation work on a Coast Guard Cutter. Goal of the project is to further improve understanding of the fatigue lifetime, to increase the confidence level in predicting the fatigue lifetime and to forecast structural maintenance needs of Coast Guard Cutters.
The work plan of this ambitious and multi-disciplinary project comprises dedicated full-scale trials and long-term data collection, a model test program and validation of fatigue design methods.
The work plan of this ambitious and multi-disciplinary project comprises dedicated full-scale trials and long-term data collection, a model test program and validation of fatigue design methods.
- American Bureau of Shipping
- Bureau Veritas
- Lloyd’s Register
- Northrop Grumman Corporation
- Schelde Naval Shipbuilding (Damen Shipyards),
- Royal Dutch Navy
- Bassin d’essais des carènes
- Office of Naval Research of US Navy
June 27, 2008