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Towards a Unified Fatigue Life Prediction Method for Marine Structures

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Marine structures such as ships and offshore platforms are subjected to complex loading histories and one of the most significant failure modes is fatigue (ISSC, 2009). Fatigue is defined as a process of cycle by cycle accumulation of damage in a material undergoing fluctuating stresses and strains (Almar-Naess, 1985). A significant feature of fatigue is that the load is not large enough to cause immediate failure. Instead, failure occurs after a certain number of load fluctuations have been experienced, i.e. after the accumulated damage has reached a critical level. The propagation of fatigue cracks may eventually compromise the structural integrity and water-tightness of marine structures, so fatigue prevention has been paid great attention by all the stakeholders of marine structures.

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