PLASTIC BEHAVIOR OF SHIP STRUCTURES

With the tendency toward more rational design procedures and optimum structures, higher speeds of marine vehicles, and increasing use of new materials, it is inevitable that plasticity must play a greater role in naval architectural structures than in the past. This paper examines the static and dynamic plastic behavior of rectangular plates and beams, and demonstrates how the simple theoretical predictions given provide insight into and surprisingly accurate estimates for the dynamic fracture of beams and cylindrical shells, and the slamming damage, collision protection, and ice damage of ships and marine vehicles. The paper concludes with an investigation of the longitudinal and transverse strengths of ships and marine vehicles. (Author)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Availability: Pub. in Transactions of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers n3 p1-25 1976.
• Corporate Authors:

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Department of Ocean Engineering, 77 Massachusetts Avenue
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02139
• Authors:
  • JONES, N
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Pagination: 25 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Beams; Cylindrical bodies; Elastoplasticity; Hulls; Loads; Longitudinal strength; Loss and damage; Marine engineering; Mechanical fatigue; Panels; Plastic analysis; Plasticity; Protection; Reprints; Ship structural components; Ships; Slamming; Structural analysis; Structural plates; Vehicle design
• Uncontrolled Terms: Plates; Ship design; Structural properties
• Old TRIS Terms: Beams (Structural); Ship plates; Web beams
• Subject Areas: Design; Marine Transportation; Materials; Security and Emergencies; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00151637
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 13 1977 12:00AM