Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A cargo ship hit the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Florida's Tampa Bay in 1980, collapsing one span and killing 35 people. AP ...

The Ship Structure Committee (SSC) is pleased to unveil three historical films recently re-discovered in the archives at U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, DC. Two of the films document a ...

Ship and platform structures represent a multifaceted domain that encompasses the engineering design, optimisation, and operational safety of marine vessels and offshore installations. At the nexus of ...

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An extensive update of Ship Structural Design (SSD), for 25 years the leading text on the preliminary design of ship structures, is underway. The update is expected to take several years to complete ...

The Ship Structure Committee has recently issued two new reports on the following topics: Reduction of S-N Curves for Ship Structural Details, and Underwater Repair Procedures for Ship Hulls (Fatigue ...

It was March 31, 2022, when an excavator working on the construction of an office building on Lootsi 8 Street in Tallinn, the ...

Autonomous robots and AI models could help shipyard workers catch when a ship's built structure differs from design drawings, allowing workers to fix problems or adapt sooner. University of Michigan ...

Marine vessels and offshore installations rely on intricately designed structural systems to endure complex combinations of static and dynamic loads arising from buoyancy, wave action, wind, currents ...