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Ship Structural Design and Analysis
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Ship Structural Design and Analysis

A special issue of Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (ISSN 2077-1312). This special issue belongs to the section "Ocean Engineering".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 March 2026) | Viewed by 775

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Dr. Md Jahir Rizvi

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Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Plymouth, Reynolds Building, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK
Interests: naval architecture; stability of marine vessels; ship, boat and yacht design; construction of marine vessels; ship resistance; ship propulsion; marine hydrodynamics; composite hulls; ship and boat recycling; applications of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and finite element analysis (FEA) in the contexts of marine vessels, corrosion and fatigue failure of marine structures
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Dear Colleagues,

In the modern world, naval architects are working tirelessly in collaboration with various scientists and engineers to meet marine transportation demands through the innovation of energy-efficient, cost-effective but large-carrying-capacity ships while keeping emissions low. High structural and operational reliability and low maintenance are paramount in achieving the ship design goals. This Special Issue thus covers research topics related to the design and analysis of new and existing marine vessels and marine structures. All theoretical, analytical, numerical, and experimental research, as well as review papers and case studies of engineering applications, are welcome.

Dr. Md Jahir Rizvi
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Keywords

  • structural design and analysis
  • mooring system analysis
  • local strength analysis
  • hydroelastic analysis
  • structural health monitoring and conditions assessment
  • reliability and risk analysis
  • fluid–structure interactions
  • structure–soil interactions
  • transportation and installation analysis of ship structures
  • fire and explosion analysis
  • fatigue and fracture analysis
  • life cycle assessment and recycling

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Integrating Crashworthiness into the Concept Design Phase of Tanker Structural Design Through Surrogate-Based Optimization
by Pero Prebeg, Jerolim Andrić, Smiljko Rudan and Šimun Sviličić
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2026, 14(5), 511; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse14050511 - 9 Mar 2026
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A key limitation of conventional early-stage oil tanker structural design is that the accidental limit state performance is rarely included as an explicit design objective, even though major topology and arrangement decisions are taken before detailed nonlinear analyses become feasible. This paper proposes [...] Read more.
A key limitation of conventional early-stage oil tanker structural design is that the accidental limit state performance is rarely included as an explicit design objective, even though major topology and arrangement decisions are taken before detailed nonlinear analyses become feasible. This paper proposes a crashworthiness-driven structural design methodology for the concept design phase (CDP), in which crashworthiness is introduced as an explicit safety-related performance measure through surrogate modeling and used within a multi-objective optimization framework. Crashworthiness is represented by the internal energy absorption of a double-hull side structure under collision, which is obtained from a limited set of high-fidelity nonlinear simulations and approximated by response surface surrogate models to enable computationally efficient design-space exploration. The optimization framework considers structural weight and crashworthiness while enforcing rule-based adequacy constraints consistent with current classification practice, and it can be extended to additional safety-related measures. Application to an Aframax tanker case study demonstrates that Pareto-optimal solutions can be generated that improve the collision energy dissipation capability without disproportionate increases in structural weight at a stage where topology changes are still practical. The results confirm that crashworthiness-oriented criteria can be embedded within CDP design workflows in a manner compatible with established industrial practice. Full article
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