State Key Laboratory of Ocean Engineering;
Shanghai Jiao Tong University;
Shanghai 200240;
China;
School of Engineering;
Newcastle University;
Newcastle upon Tyne NE17RU;
UK;
Department of Mechanics and Maritime Sciences;
Chalmers University of Technology;
SE-41296 Gothenburg;
Sweden;
Ship collision and grounding; Guson-Tvergaard-Needleman model; NVA steel; Ductile fracture; Finite element method;