A theory of coupled beams for strength assessment of passenger ships

Marine Structures

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 590-611

  Naar, Hendrik ^a   Varsta, Petri ^b   Kujala, Pentti ^c  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c Kvaerner Masa Yards Helsinki New S   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bending strength; Coupled beam method; Finite element method; Passenger ship; Superstructure

Indexed keywords

DECKS (SHIP); ELASTICITY; ESTIMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HULLS (SHIP); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHEAR STRESS; SHIPS; STIFFNESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

COUPLED BEAM METHOD; ELASTIC RESPONSE; FINITE ELEMENT MODELING; SUPERSTRUCTURE;

OCEAN STRUCTURES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PASSENGER SHIP; STRENGTH ASSESSMENT;

EID: 18444412570     PISSN: 09518339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marstruc.2005.03.004     Document Type: Article

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