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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Learn how design, maintenance and operational issues affect fatigue and fracture of steel and aluminum ship structures. The course includes practical design and analysis theory applications using ...

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 ...

Ultimate strength analysis seeks to determine the maximum load-carrying capacity of ship and offshore structures composed of plates stiffened by longitudinal or transverse members. These stiffened ...