NA 4 – Ship Structures
Modern ship structural design and analysis: hull girder loading, classification society rules, yielding/buckling failure, and structural FEA.
The course introduces modern ship structural analysis and design techniques. The loading experienced by ship structures is outlined. The engineering properties of shipbuilding materials and typical ship structure arrangements are described. The role and use of classification society rules in structural design is explored. Methods for the analysis and design of the hull girder, beams, girders, unstiffened and stiffened plate panels are introduced. Failure due to yielding and buckling are considered. Both analytical and finite element methods for analysis are presented and applied to typical ship structural elements. Two hours of class and two hours of laboratory per week in the first semester.