Schöttelndreyer, MartinMartinSchöttelndreyerTautz, IngoIngoTautzKubiczek, Jan ManuelJan ManuelKubiczekLehmann, EikeEikeLehmann2022-03-282022-03-282011Advances in Marine Structures - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Marine Structures, MARSTRUCT 2011, Hamburg, Germany, 28 - 30 March 2011 (): 381-390 (2011)http://hdl.handle.net/11420/12116The authors are currently engaged in a collaborative research project which-amongst others-deals with the comparison of different bulbous bows and side structures. Their corresponding effects on collision will be investigated. This paper will give a short overview of the background and starting phase of the project. It will focus on developing one determined test model geometry of a bulbous bow for the next two prospective collision experiments. This geometry remains unchanged for a rigid bulbous bow as well as for a deformable bulbous bow structure. The requirement of the designed bulbous bow is to be able to create a significant damage of the ship side structure and itself. This pre-experimental study shows that minors parametrical changes of bulbous bow geometry will significantly change the collision behaviour. For this study the finite element method has been used. © 2011 Taylor & Francis Group, London.enTechnikIngenieurwissenschaftenConference PaperConference Paper