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Advances in Marine Mechanical and Structural Engineering—2nd Edition
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Advances in Marine Mechanical and Structural Engineering—2nd Edition

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: 10 August 2025 | Viewed by 6514

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Prof. Dr. Chenfeng Li

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College of Shipbuilding Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, China
Interests: ship and offshore structure; fatigue and fracture; buckling and ultimate strength; reliability and risk assessment
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Prof. Dr. Kun Liu

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School of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, China
Interests: ship structure; lightweight structure; material mechanic; ship collision and grounding; vibration and noise
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Prof. Dr. Bin Liu

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Green & Smart River-Sea-Going Ship, Cruise and Yacht Research Centre, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China
Interests: ship structure; material mechanic; strength assessment; ultimate strength; impact strength
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

In the advanced design of novel structures used in marine, mechanical, and structural engineering, a pivotal challenge lies in predicting accurately their strength, amidst the integration of new materials and structures, within the context of extreme marine environments and potential accidents. This Special Issue aims to explore the advances in marine, mechanical, and structural engineering, as well as recent advanced design and analysis of materials and structures. We welcome mechanical analyses of advanced materials such as alloys and composite materials, and strength analyses of novel structures such as sandwich structures in ship superstructures and special structures in underwater vehicles, in order to ensure that marine structures remain lightweight, safe, and economical throughout their lifetimes. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following: strength assessment of marine structures; mechanical analysis of structural materials; design and optimization of lightweight structures; impact strength of marine structures; ultimate strength analysis; fatigue and fracture assessment; vibration and noise; corrosion effect; steel and alloy structures; and composite structures.

Prof. Dr. Chenfeng Li
Prof. Dr. Kun Liu
Prof. Dr. Bin Liu
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Keywords

  • marine structure
  • strength assessment
  • structural design
  • advanced material and structure
  • structural optimization

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A De-Nesting Hybrid Reliability Analysis Method and Its Application in Marine Structure
by Chenfeng Li, Tenglong Jin, Zequan Chen and Guanchen Wei
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2024, 12(12), 2221; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse12122221 - 4 Dec 2024
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In recent years, marine structures have been widely used in the world, making significant contributions to the utilization of marine resources. In the design of marine structures, there is a hybrid reliability problem arising from aleatory uncertainty and epistemic uncertainty. In many cases, [...] Read more.
In recent years, marine structures have been widely used in the world, making significant contributions to the utilization of marine resources. In the design of marine structures, there is a hybrid reliability problem arising from aleatory uncertainty and epistemic uncertainty. In many cases, epistemic uncertainty is estimated by interval parameters. Traditional methods for hybrid reliability analysis usually require a nested optimization framework, which will lead to too many calls to the limit state function (LSF) and result in poor computational efficiency. In response to this problem, this paper proposes a de-nesting hybrid reliability analysis method creatively. Firstly, it uses the p-box model to describe the epistemic uncertainty variables, and then the linear approximation (LA) model and the two-point adaptive nonlinear approximation (TANA) model are combined to approximate the upper and lower bounds of LSF with epistemic uncertainty. Based on the first-order reliability method (FORM), an iterative operation is used to obtain the interval of the non-probability hybrid reliability index. The traditional nested optimization structure is effectively eliminated by the above approximation method, which efficiently reduces the times of LSF calls and increases the calculation speed while preserving sufficient accuracy. Finally, one numerical example and two engineering examples are provided to show the greater effectiveness of this method than the traditional nested optimization method. Full article
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Vibration Characteristic Analysis of Sandwich Composite Plate Reinforced by Functionally Graded Carbon Nanotube-Reinforced Composite on Winkler/Pasternak Foundation
by Mengzhen Li, Xiaolong Liu, Mohammad Yazdi and Wei Chen
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2024, 12(12), 2157; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse12122157 - 26 Nov 2024
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This paper presents numerical investigations into the free vibration properties of a sandwich composite plate with two fiber-reinforced plastic (FRP) face sheets and a functionally graded carbon nanotube-reinforced composite (FG-CNTRC) core made of functionally graded carbon nanotube-reinforced composite resting on Winkler/Pasternak elastic foundation. [...] Read more.
This paper presents numerical investigations into the free vibration properties of a sandwich composite plate with two fiber-reinforced plastic (FRP) face sheets and a functionally graded carbon nanotube-reinforced composite (FG-CNTRC) core made of functionally graded carbon nanotube-reinforced composite resting on Winkler/Pasternak elastic foundation. The material properties of the FG-CNTRC core are gradient change along the thickness direction with four distinct carbon nanotubes reinforcement distribution patterns. The Hamilton energy concept is used to develop the equations of motion, which are based on the high-order shear deformation theory (HSDT). The Navier method is then used to obtain the free vibration solutions. By contrasting the acquired results with those using finite elements and with the previous literature, the accuracy of the present approach is confirmed. Moreover, the effects of the modulus of elasticity, the carbon nanotube (CNT) volume fractions, the CNT distribution patterns, the gradient index p, the geometric parameters and the dimensionless natural frequencies’ elastic basis characteristics are examined. The results show that the FG-CNTRC sandwich composite plate has higher dimensionless frequencies than the functionally graded material (FGM) plate or sandwich plate. And the volume fraction of carbon nanotubes and other geometric factors significantly affect the dimensionless frequency of the sandwich composite plate. Full article
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A Virtual Assembly Technology for Virtual–Real Fusion Interaction of Ship Structure Based on Three-Level Collision Detection
by Ze Jiang, Pengyu Wei, Yuntong Du, Jiayi Peng and Qingbo Zeng
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2024, 12(11), 1910; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse12111910 - 25 Oct 2024
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With the rapid advancement of new-generation information technology, the virtual–real fusion interaction has increasingly become a crucial technique for structural analysis to determine the strength envelope of hulls. A high-precision assembly of the experimental devices in a virtual environment is vital. A virtual [...] Read more.
With the rapid advancement of new-generation information technology, the virtual–real fusion interaction has increasingly become a crucial technique for structural analysis to determine the strength envelope of hulls. A high-precision assembly of the experimental devices in a virtual environment is vital. A virtual assembly method for a structural virtual–real fusion test based on the oriented bounding box (OBB) algorithm, the Devillers and Guigue algorithm, and differential triangle facets algorithm are proposed in this paper. The experiment of the connector in a typical offshore floating platform is performed as a case, which indicates that the virtual assembly method proposed in this paper enables the assessment of assembly virtually prior to the actual experiment, and the assembly accuracy can reach 0.01 mm. The digitalization and virtual–real fusion interaction for the mechanical experiment of hulls are advanced to ensure efficiency, safety, and economy. Full article
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Study on Strain Field Reconstruction Method of Long-Span Hull Box Girder Based on iFEM
by Guocai Chen, Xueliang Wang, Nan Zhao, Zhentao Jiang, Fei Li, Haozheng Chen, Pengyu Wei and Tao Zhang
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2024, 12(9), 1482; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse12091482 - 26 Aug 2024
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The box girder’s condition significantly impacts the safety and overall performance of the entire ship because it is the primary stress component of the hull construction. This work used experimental research on the long-span hull box girder based on IFEM (Inverse Finite Element [...] Read more.
The box girder’s condition significantly impacts the safety and overall performance of the entire ship because it is the primary stress component of the hull construction. This work used experimental research on the long-span hull box girder based on IFEM (Inverse Finite Element Method) technology to ensure the structural safety of the hull box girder. Due to the limitations of conventional experiments in this technical field, such as their reliance on finite element data and lack of input from physical tests, numerous research methods combining the strain sensing data from physical tests with the strain data from virtual sensors were conducted. The strain fields of the top plate, side plate, and bottom plate were each reconstructed in turn, and the verifier measuring points in the physical model test were used to assess the accuracy of the reconstruction results. The findings demonstrate that the top plate, side plate, and bottom plate reconstructions had relative errors of 0.24–7.86%, 0.75–8.13%, and 3.31–2.52%, respectively. This enables the reconstruction of the strain field of the long-span hull box girder using physical test data and promotes the use of iFEM technology in the field of structural health monitoring of large marine structures. Full article
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Free-Drop Experimental and Simulation Study on the Ultimate Bearing Capacity of Stiffened Plates with Different Stiffnesses under Slamming Loads
by Jinsong Xia, Zhanyang Chen, Nan Zhao, Weidong Zhao, Qin Tang and Shijian Cai
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2024, 12(8), 1291; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse12081291 - 31 Jul 2024
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Differing from previous studies on free-drop tests, this study focuses on the ultimate bearing capacity and failure mechanism of the ship’s bow under slamming loads. A prototype ship’s bow is selected to design two simplified stiffened plates with different stiffeners, and the lateral [...] Read more.
Differing from previous studies on free-drop tests, this study focuses on the ultimate bearing capacity and failure mechanism of the ship’s bow under slamming loads. A prototype ship’s bow is selected to design two simplified stiffened plates with different stiffeners, and the lateral slamming loads used are equivalent to flare slamming loads. Free-drop tests of the two simplified models are conducted, and the test setups and procedures are provided. The experimental results of slamming pressures and structural responses are obtained. By comparing with the simulation results obtained by Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian (ALE) fluid–structure coupling, the convergence study, symmetry, and independence verifications are carried out. Finally, the dynamic ultimate bearing capacity of stiffened plates with different stiffnesses under lateral slamming loads is studied. The results show that stiffeners enhance the ability of stiffened plates to resist plastic deformation under slamming loads, and T-section stiffeners can provide greater resistance to plastic deformation than other types. Full article
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