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Investigation of Soft Bow Collision Performances
Shaiful Shafri Bin Zurman
Supervisor: Dr. Anuar Bin Abu Bakar
Bachelor of Technology (Maritime Technology)
School of Ocean Engineering
Universiti Malaysia Terengganu
Soft bow collision is one of the collisions that continues to occur even there are many
efforts to prevent the accident. It is to investigate by introducing soft bow rigidity ratio
which mainly focuses on the forward part of potential damage bow. The damaged of
the soft bow can be reduced by designing the part with proper structure and observe
the structure behavior. The study aimed to simulate the collision of soft bow with rigid
wall using different thickness. ABAQUS software is used for the modelling and
simulation process. A series of crash tests using scale models of the soft bow has been
carried out. The performance of the soft bow is discussed focusing on the capacity of
soft bow to absorb the energy during collision. Finally, the analysis of the soft bow
damage is discussed.
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