AN EXTENSION OF COUPLED BEAM METHOD AND ITS APPLICATION TO STUDY SHIP'S HULL-SUPERSTRUCTURE INTERACTION PROBLEMS

Authors

  • FATTANEH MORSHED SOLUK AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
  • MOHAMMAD REZA KHEDMATI AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

Keywords:

HULL, SUPERSTRUCTURE, INTERACTION, BENDING, COUPLED BEAM METHOD (CBM), FINITE ELEMENT METHOD (FEM)

Abstract

THIS PAPER DESCRIBES AN EXTENDED FORMULATION FOR THE COUPLED BEAM METHOD (CBM). THE METHOD IS ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED FOR ELASTIC BENDING RESPONSE ANALYSIS OF PASSENGER SHIPS WITH LARGE MULTI-DECK SUPERSTRUCTURES. THE EXTENSION IS MAINLY PERFORMED TO ENABLE THE AVAILABLE METHOD IN ORDER TO STUDY ELASTIC BENDING BEHAVIOUR OF SHIPS FITTED WITH SUPERSTRUCTURES OF ANY SIZE AND ANY LOCATION. FINITE ELEMENT METHOD (FEM) IS APPLIED FOR SOLVING THE EQUILIBRIUM EQUATIONS. BOTH HULL AND SUPERSTRUCTURE OF THE SHIP ARE MODELLED USING BEAM ELEMENTS. THE CONNECTION BETWEEN BEAM ELEMENTS REPRESENTING HULL AND SUPERSTRUCTURE IS MADE USING SPECIALLY DEVELOPED SPRING BOX ELEMENTS. THE ACCURACY OF THE EXTENDED METHOD IS DEMONSTRATED USING AN AVAILABLE EXPERIMENTAL RESULT. THEN, TWO SIMPLIFIED STRUCTURES, ONE REPRESENTING A SHIP WITH A SHORT SUPERSTRUCTURE AND THE OTHER ONE REPRESENTING A SHIP WITH A LONG SUPERSTRUCTURE, ARE ANALYSED IN ORDER TO VALIDATE THE EXTENDED COUPLED BEAM METHOD AGAINST THE FINITE ELEMENT METHOD. IN SPITE OF SOME EXISTING SIMPLIFICATIONS IN THE EXTENDED FORMULATION, IT IS VERY EFFECTIVE IN THE EARLY STAGES OF SHIP STRUCTURAL DESIGN OWING TO ITS ADVANTAGEOUS CAPABILITY OF RAPID ESTIMATION OF THE LONGITUDINAL STRESS DISTRIBUTIONS ALONG THE HEIGHT OF ANY SHIP AT ANY SPECIFIC STATION.

Author Biographies

FATTANEH MORSHED SOLUK, AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

BSC IN MECHANICAL ENG., SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

MSC IN SHIP STRUCTURES, AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

PHD CANDIDATE, AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

MOHAMMAD REZA KHEDMATI, AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

϶ B.SC. IN CIVIL ENGINEERING, AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, TEHRAN, IRAN, 1985-1989.
϶ M.SC. IN NAVAL ARCHITECTURE, TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK, GDANSK, POLAND, 1991-1993.
϶ DR.ENG. IN STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING, HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY, HIGASHI-HIROSHIMA, JAPAN, 1997-2000.

+ ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, FACULTY OF MARINE TECHNOLOGY, AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, TEHRAN, IRAN, (SINCE APRIL 2007)

+ ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, FACULTY OF MARINE TECHNOLOGY, AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, TEHRAN, IRAN, (OCT. 2000- APRIL 2007)

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Published

2011-09-05

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Vol. 8 No. 3 (2011)

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