Global and Local Structural Analysis and Design

 

       Structural Modeling

       Finite Element Analysis

       Structural Evaluation

       Optimization

       Detailed Stress Analysis

Ultimate Longitudinal Bending Strength

Overall Structure Vibration

 

       Lightship mass distribution

       Selfweight, actual or scaled

       Distributed masses (e.g., weight curve)

       Large selected masses (e.g., engines)

       Hydrostatic loads: stillwater and waves

       Internal tank fluid mass loads

       Cargo masses (containers & bulk cargo)

       Accelerations (6 d.o.f.)

       Pressure loads, actual and design

       Point loads (forces and/or moments)

       External bending moment and shear force at ends of partial models

 

 Overall Failure Modes

 

OVERALL STRUCTURE

       Progressive collapse

       Fatigue

       Bending deflection limit

       Bending stress limit

       Static

       Low frequency

       Waves, live loads

       Medium frequency

      Vibration

       Slamming             

CYLINDER COLLAPSE

      General buckling

      Bay buckling

      Local buckling

 

Individual Member Failure Modes

 

PANELS

      Collapse

       Stiffener flexure

       Combined buckling

       Membrane yield

       Stiffener buckling

      Stiffener yield

       Compression, plate & flange

       Tension, plate & flange

      Plate unserviceability

       Yield :

            Transverse bending

            Longitudinal bending

       Compression, plate & flange

       Local buckling

       Allowable permanent set

             Pressure loads

             Concentrated loads

GIRDER

      Collapse

       Torsional buckling

       Plastic buckling, flange

       Plastic buckling, plate

      Yield

       Compression, plate & flange

       Tension, plate & flange

FRAME

      Collapse, plastic hinge

      Yield

       Compression, plate & flange

       Tension, plate & flange

 

 

 

 

 

Hogging-sagging conditions of the FFG frigate hull (global model)

 

 

 

 

Figure: Structural idealization as an assembly of plate-stiffener separation models (left) or plate-stiffener combination models (middle) or stiffened panel models (right)

 

 

 

 

Axial stress distributions at ULS for the frigate test hull under sagging (left) and hogging (right)

 

 

 

 

 

Von Misses stress distributions at ULS for the frigate test hull under sagging (left) and hogging (right)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Axial stress distributions at ULS for the uni-directional double-skin tanker test hull under sagging (left) and hogging (right)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Axial stress distributions at ULS for the uni-directional double-skin tanker test hull under sagging (left) and hogging (right)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Von Mises stress distributions at ULS for the uni-directional double-skin tanker test hull under sagging (left) and hogging (right)

 

 

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