Effect of pneumatic rubber fenders on the prevention of structural damage during collisions between a ship-shaped offshore installation and a shuttle tanker working side-by-side

This study investigated the effects of pneumatic fenders on prevention structural damage from collisions between a ship-shaped offshore installation and shuttle tanker during side-by-side offloading operations. A nonlinear finite element modelling technique was developed to simulate kinetic energy absorption behaviour collisions. Full-scale were physically tested validate computational model at various collision speeds. The fender integrated with conventional hull structure crashworthiness in offloading. then applied examine case studies involving VLCC class without rubber colliding Suezmax tanker. key findings insights these investigations, particularly characteristics are summarised.