Abstracts In this study, a multi-scale approach concept is introduced to estimate OPB (out of
plane bending)-induced failure considering time-varying interlink bending stiffness by using
both high-fidelity nonlinear-FEM (finite element method)-based local structural analysis and
low-fidelity global-system-simulation program so that they can mutually be interfaced during
the time-stepping procedure. In addition, time-varying interlink-angle measurement and its
use with respect to the global-system simulation are devised. For the fully-coupled hull …