Application of advanced notch stress approaches to assess fatigue strength of ship structural details: benchmarks on complex geometries and laboratory tests

This report summarizes research activities carried out in compliance with Task #3, #4 and #5 of the research project proposed to and funded by the A. Von Humboldt Stiftung. Outline of the activities is reported in the work plan for the third period of exchange of the fellowship of the first author at the beginning of the present report, briefly summarizing the findings from the previous work and looking forward to future developments. Thereafter, activities are outlined as they were carried out during the stay in Hamburg of the first author. Advices for future activities are also provided for both, numerical and experimental analyses. Updating of literature review about N-SIF based approaches is finally reported. Similarly to a previous report, this report is co-authored by Dipl.-Ing. Claas Fischer, actually doktorand at TUHH and working on similar topics, as the reported research activities were carried out in strict cooperation.