Dear SNAME Member,
We are pleased to invite you to attend our fifth technical meeting for the 2012-2013 season, during which Dr. John Kokarakis, Vice President, Technology and Business Department at Bureau Veritas (BV), Hellas will speak on the subject of:
“Introducing the Harmonized Common Structural Rules for Tankers and Bulkers’’
CSR were developed separately for Tankers and Bulk Carriers. IACS agreed to harmonize the rules, producing a common part and a part for ship type specific requirements. Specific requirements can be inner bottom reinforcement due to steel coil loading, side frames of bulk carriers and prescriptive rules for primary members of oil tankers. Key elements in the harmonization process such as wave loads, fatigue, finite element analysis and buckling will be discussed and analyzed. Innovations in the rules will be presented such as the check of corrosion additions with the addition of ships in the database of gauging. Another new element is the addition of procedures and rules for direct analysis of the fore-most and the aft-most cargo hold regions. Buckling assessment has been enhanced in the harmonized rules with the introduction of a new Closed Form Method. The new rules include a mandatory list of details to be assessed by FE analysis. Fatigue assessment procedures have been also enhanced and a new screening assessment method is introduced. The presentation intends to cover the main elements of the harmonized rules and pinpoint the innovations.
Date and location for our meeting are:
Date : Thursday, February 14th, 2012
Time : 7.00 pm
Location : The auditorium of Maran Tankers Inc. (ex Kristen Navigation).
354 Syngrou Ave. (building before the Onassion Hospital)
Kallithea, Athens
After the meeting hors d’oeuvres, wine, soft drinks, etc. will be served.
The participation fee is 5 euros for members and students and 10 euros for non-members, which will be paid at the entrance prior to the start of the meeting.
We look forward to seeing you all on February 14th!