Optimization design for wharf rubber fender system

The berthing energy and rubber fender reaction load are the most important parts in choosing the type of rubber fender. As a typical example of Ghana some new terminal expansion project, by analyzing and calculating the absorption distribution of fender system, we changed the single energy-absorbing fender mode to multiple energy-absorbing fenders which are allowed by the standards of China and British. When the ship berthing, we used the different berthing points to analyze the adverse berthing conditions, by using the ship bow radius, fender energy absorption capacity and the corresponding deformation as the analysis of factors to determine the different points of impact fenders involved in energy absorption ( The number of different fenders is also called different berthing conditions) . According to the different berthing conditions, we analyzed and calculated the energy absorption and deformation of the fender group to get the optimal rubber fender model that meets the requirements of energy absorption and wharf structure protection, so as to realize the optimal design of the fender.