“…To prevent such consequences, it is necessary to accurately simulate the structural crashworthiness of ships involved in the accident, including the impact strength and extent of damage. Many studies have been undertaken in the literature, and risk-and simulation-based design methods have been recommended to improve collision safety of ships , Zheng et al 2007, 2015, Khan and Das 2008, Ehlers et al 2012, Tabri 2012, Haris and Amdahl 2012a, 2012b, Youssef et al 2014, 2016, Samuelides 2015, Obisesan 2016 Pedersen 2017, Ko et al 2017, Paik et al 2017a. To investigate the consequences of ship collisions, various methods such as analytical solutions, empirical formulas, experiments, and finite element (FE) analysis are available (DNV 2004, GL 2011, BV 2013.…”