Title: Finite element analysis for estimating steel structure responses under a variety of marine-collision actions

Authors: Aditya Rio Prabowo; Seung Jun Baek; Jung Hoon Byeon; Dong Myung Bae; Jung Min Sohn; Ahmad Fauzan Zakki; Gunawan Dwi Haryadi; Bangun I.R. Harsritanto

Addresses: Interdisciplinary Program of Marine Convergence Design, Pukyong National University, Nam-gu, Yongso-ro 45, Daeyeon-dong, Busan, 48513, South Korea ' Department of Naval Architecture and Marine System Engineering, Pukyong National University, Nam-gu, Yongso-ro 45, Daeyeon-dong, Busan, 48513, South Korea ' Interdisciplinary Program of Marine Convergence Design, Pukyong National University, Nam-gu, Yongso-ro 45, Daeyeon-dong, Busan, 48513, South Korea ' Department of Naval Architecture and Marine System Engineering, Pukyong National University, Nam-gu, Yongso-ro 45, Daeyeon-dong, Busan, 48513, South Korea ' Department of Naval Architecture and Marine System Engineering, Pukyong National University, Nam-gu, Yongso-ro 45, Daeyeon-dong, Busan, 48513, South Korea ' Department of Naval Architecture, Diponegoro University, Jl. Prof. H. Soedarto, S.H., Tembalang, Semarang Central Java, 50275, Indonesia ' Department of Mechanical Engineering, Diponegoro University, Jl. Prof. H. Soedarto, S.H., Tembalang, Semarang Central Java, 50275, Indonesia ' Department of Architecture, Diponegoro University, Jl. Prof. H. Soedarto, S.H., Tembalang, Semarang Central Java, 50275, Indonesia

Abstract: This study conducted a series of ship collision analyses to observe the effect of external parameters on the responses of steel structures. Variations in mass are represented by using different ship types as the striking ship, while an oblique collision was conducted initially and was compared to a perpendicular collision scenario. The other involved ship was denoted as the struck ship, and the side structures of a RoRo passenger ship were designated as the target. Crashworthiness criteria produced by the finite element analysis can be summarised to illustrate the trends in structural responses for the selected parameters. Based on this summary of the FE solutions, satisfactory results were obtained, as the rigid striking ship successfully produced a higher internal energy. In terms of the damage extent, the larger dimensions of the cargo carrier as the striking ship (compared to the struck ship) significantly crushed the target structure.

Keywords: ship collision; side structure-striking bow interaction; nonlinear finite element method; crashworthiness criteria; response contours; progressive failure sequences.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEIE.2018.093425

International Journal of Earthquake and Impact Engineering, 2018 Vol.2 No.3, pp.248 - 267

Received: 16 Nov 2017
Accepted: 12 Feb 2018
Published online: 25 Jul 2018 *

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