Spectral fatigue damage assessment of tanker deck structural detail subjected to time-dependent corrosion

The paper presents a spectral fatigue damage analysis of a double hull tanker structural detail accounting for corrosion wastage over time. The cyclic load of the wave-induced vertical bending moment, analysis using a strip theory on the frequency domain, is considered for two loading conditions. The influence of sea environment parameters and operational profiles including the use of different scatter diagrams, and wave variance spectra have been analyzed. The effect on the time-dependent cumulative fatigue damage as a function of corrosion deterioration is calculated.

► A spectral fatigue damage analysis of a tanker accounting for corrosion wastage over time is presented.
► The wave-induced vertical bending moment is considered for two loading conditions.
► The effect on the time-dependent cumulative fatigue damage as a function of corrosion deterioration is calculated.