Marine Structure I

4 credits · College of Engineering catalogue

Advisory Prerequisite: MECHENG 211 or NAVARCH 210, NAVARCH 270. Enforced Prerequisite: None. (4 credits) Structural analysis of ship hulls and offshore structures. Loading, material and fabrication considerations. Hull primary bending and midship section analysis. Framing systems. Secondary and tertiary stresses in stiffened plate components. Energy methods. Introduction to Finite Element Analysis. Failure theories for buckling; combined stress states; brittle fracture and fatigue.