Experimental hydroelastic characterization of slamming loaded marine panels

• The paper presents a method to experimentally characterize the significance of hydroelasticity for slamming loaded marine panels. The methodology is based on a large number of systematical experiments of slamming loaded panels from which semi-empiric expressions for the pressure distributions are derived. Finite element simulations are used to obtain rigid/quasi-static reference solutions. Hydroelastic effects are quantified by comparing deflections and strains from experiments with the corresponding non-hydroelastic reference solutions. The study shows that the largest hydro-elastic effects appear to be a time-lag effect, which however does not seem to affect the structural response magnitudes dramatically. The most significant hydroelastic effects can be expected to be close to the panel supports for very flexible structures or sandwich constructions. The results are also discussed with reference to classification rules which indicate that hydroelastic effects are small in the design of conventional ship hull structures.

Subject headings

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap -- Oceanografi, hydrologi och vattenresurser (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Earth and Related Environmental Sciences -- Oceanography, Hydrology and Water Resources (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Dynamic characterization

Fluid-structure interaction

High-speed craft

Hydroelasticity

Slamming

Classification rules

Finite element simulations

Reference solution

Sandwich construction

Ship hull structure

Structural response

Experiments

Flexible structures

Hulls (ship)

Hydrodynamics

Slamming (ships)

finite element method

numerical model

ship design

vessel

wave-structure interaction

Publication and Content Type

ref (subject category)

art (subject category)