Structural Analysis of Marine Structures Using the Finite Element Method

Highly demanding in the fast-growing marine construction industry, increasing revenue and profitability requires advances in technology for cost-effective production in key areas of ship production and ship production management. The absence of information, particularly in the mechanical damage behavior of marine structures, is addressed by structural health monitoring (SHM), which focuses on providing accurate and real-time information on the state and performance of structures. This research will focus on finite element analysis (FEA) formulation for plate and shell structures, with a focus on the first-order shear deformation theory. Then, validation for four cases of different ages of damage with different sizes, locations, and number of damages are considered as marine structures. To experimentally simulate this model in a real maritime environment, hydrodynamics will be used to quantify it, and a method will be developed utilizing newly introduced damage parameters and an isogeometric FEA formulation of the von Mises strain distribution with the PTC CREO software. All of this information is extremely beneficial to ship repair firms that have been highly recommended by the International Maritime Organization (IMO).