The problem of the parametric design of ship hull structures is considered here. The parametric design of ship hull structures is intended to determine the dimensions of structural elements that meet the requirements of regulatory documents (Rules of...
Weight reduction remains a relevant topic for various ship structures, as it can improve their seagoing capacity, especially for high-speed and light-craft vessels, and make deck equipment more efficient. The introduction of new lightweight composite...
Small ships in remote sensing images have blurred details and are difficult to detect. Existing algorithms usually detect small ships based on predefined anchors with different sizes. However, limited by the number of different sizes, it is difficult...
This study explores the application of three localization methods in identifying transient impact sources in the ship cabin structure. These methods examined are based on energy curvature and cumulative error, time-reversed virtual focusing triangula...
This paper presents a comprehensive framework for the reliability analysis of ship local structures. Existing reliability analysis of ship local structures relies on empirical analysis without experimental validation. The presented framework improves...
Ship stiffened panels, typically flat plates reinforced with various types of stiffeners, form a substantial part of a ship’s structure and are susceptible to resonance, especially in areas such as the after peak structure, engine room, and acc...
One of the most widely used methods for representing the shapes of ships and offshore plants is triangular mesh, which has a simple structure and is easy to visualize. In particular, lightweight models composed of triangular meshes are often used as...
Digital twins, an innovative technology propelled by data and models, play a seminal role in the digital transformation and intelligent upgrade of ships. This study introduces a digital twin methodology for the real-time monitoring of ship structure...
Ship detection in remote sensing images is crucial for maritime surveillance, port management, and national security. However, existing detectors struggle with complex harbor backgrounds, large-scale variations, and fine-grained inter-class similarit...
Ship detection in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery, an indispensable all-weather technology for marine engineering and coastal safety, remains challenging in complex nearshore scenes due to coupled speckle noise, sea–land clutter, large s...
The accurate numerical prediction of welding deformation is important to improve the structural safety of ships and offshore structures in heavy industries. The precise reflection of the real working condition in the numerical prediction is an essent...
Locally resonant phononic crystals are a kind of artificial periodic composite material/structure with an elastic wave band gap that show attractive application potential in low-frequency vibration control. For low-frequency vibration control problem...
The similarity principle serves as the theoretical foundation for experimental research on scaled ship structures. While extensive studies have been conducted on global longitudinal responses using scaled hydroelastic segmented ship models, there is...
Studies overviewed in the paper have yielded a number of new scientific results including the following: suggested is a technique for conducting experimental investigations of electrochemical characteristics of hull structures of ships and floating f...
Ship structures are subjected to complex sea loading conditions, leading to a sophisticated structural design to withstand and avoid structural failure. Structural capacity assessment, particularly of the longitudinal strength, is crucial to ensure t...
The ship hull girder model has been widely adopted in ship mechanics research such as small-scale and large-scale hydroelastic ship model experiments. Current design methods cannot seriously meet the structural rigidity requirement, and the distincti...
Ice load is a crucial factor when designing structures for polar vessels. Due to the unpredictable nature of sea ice mechanics and the complexity of ship structures, obtaining ice load characteristics through full-scale measurements is considered mor...
The study aims to develop an integrating risk-based formulation and cost-benefit analysis for identifying an optimal ship hull structural design solution where the steel cargo holds aluminium honeycomb sandwich panels to replace inner side shells. Th...
The present study reviews the recent advances in modelling and analyses the strength of corroded ship structures. Firstly, the time-variant methodologies that consider only the mean structural element thickness loss due to corrosion degradation are i...
The purpose of this paper is to study the recognition of ships and their structures to improve the safety of drone operations engaged in shore-to-ship drone delivery service. This study has developed a system that can distinguish between ships and th...
Fatigue damage represents a key failure mode in ship structures. Such damage typically begins at vulnerable points in the structure, like welded joints, stress concentration areas, and cracks. Cyclic loading, particularly from waves, encountered by s...
As an important hub in the maritime transportation system, ports are vulnerable to events such as terrorist attacks, security accidents and bad weather. The failure of port nodes to function effectively affects the connectivity and efficiency of the...
This work models the effect of an impact phenomenon—namely the interaction between seabed rock and a ship during its operations—on the ship structure. The collision between a tanker vessel with a conical rock is simulated, a scenario that...
For polar ships, navigation in ice-covered regions can lead to high risk to structural safety. To study the structural risk induced by ice loads, a risk assessment framework is proposed based on a probabilistic analysis. The fatigue failure probabili...
One important parameter for evaluating the safety and reliability of a ship is o the dynamic ultimate load capacity of ship structures. Because of the importance of this parameter, its determination is essential. In this paper, a novel “two-ste...
As ship collisions and grounding accidents lead to human injury and damage to the environment and property, more accurate predictions of structural damage to ships under impact loads are needed. Currently, to determine structural behaviors, finite el...
Coupled ship simulation in hydrodynamics and structural dynamics provides a comprehensive approach to understanding the dynamic behavior of ships under wave-induced loads. Improvements in computer power have made it much easier to create coupled simu...
Due to the tall and large superstructures of cruise ships, the wind-induced vibration of frame structure on open decks cannot be neglected. This study investigated the wind-induced vibration of a typical frame structure on a cruise ship by using wind...
Under high sea conditions, liquefied natural gas (LNG) ships undergo significant shaking, which can affect the deformation and stress levels in the membrane tank walls. In this work, the structural characteristics of the corrugated steel inner wall i...
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly integrated into ship design workflows, offering enhanced capabilities for hydrodynamic and structural optimization. This review focuses on AI-based methods applied to key design tasks such as hull resistan...
Numerous collision conditions can occur during ship operations, resulting in various consequences that require specific consideration for optimizing crashworthiness design. Existing studies have investigated crashworthiness design in ship structures;...
In the marine industry, the search for sustainable methods, materials, and processes, from the product’s design to its end-of-life stages, is a necessity for combating the negative consequences of climate change. In this context, the lightening...
Ship structural failure mode classification still relies heavily on subjective expert judgment, which is time-consuming and may introduce uncertainty in safety assessment. Although deep learning provides a promising avenue for automation, many existi...
In this paper, we present a novel method for ship classification in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images. The proposed method consists of feature extraction and classifier training. Inspired by SAR-HOG feature in automatic target recognition, we fir...
Shipbuilding and offshore structures employ a wide range of metallic materials, from standard and high-strength steels to non-ferrous aluminium and titanium alloys. While welding remains the dominant joining method, the reliable joining of dissimilar...
The structural vibration problem in ships and marine structures is one of the core issues in this field. The typical flat plate is a basic structural unit that constitutes the main structures of the hull, such as the cabin, bow and stern, double bott...
Transshipment hubs are important components of the global container shipping network. Nowadays, hybrid ports are emerging, handling both gateway and transshipment container traffic depending on their significant maritime connectivity. Effectively ide...
The article deals with some issues of geometric modeling of ship hull structures in specialized CAD system. Stiffened shells and platings should be idealized as a set of elementary plate panels for the purpose of structural design using local strengt...
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...
Experimental tests were carried out to assess the fatigue strength of four types of welded joints, made of AH36 steel and used for ship structures. The joints differ for the presence of weld defects and for the thickness value. Fatigue tests were car...
The growing demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG)-fueled ships necessitates the establishment of an LNG bunkering facility. Ship-to-ship (STS) is one of the most practical forms of LNG bunkering systems. Although there are benefits to the LNG bunker...
Numerous studies have been conducted to minimize material costs and improve efficiency, one of which involves using the genetic algorithm (GA) for material selection. Although the GA provides the best solution, it is computationally intensive. To mit...
Accurate reconstruction of thin-walled marine structures, such as ship hull plates and stiffened panels, via the conventional inverse Finite Element Method (iFEM) is severely limited by strain data scarcity in real-world deployments. Existing augment...
Weld quality and life extension methods of welded details in ship structures made of high-strength and ultra-high-strength steels are of high importance to overcome the issues related to the fatigue characteristics of welded high-strength steels. The...
Ports play an important role in maintaining the effectiveness of maritime logistics. When ports encounter congestion, strikes, or natural disasters, the maritime container transportation network might be significantly affected. The Beibu Gulf sea are...
To overcome the inherent limitations of conventional offline programming in adapting to dimensional deviations and assembly-induced errors during robotic welding of ship structures, this paper proposes a point-cloud-enhanced visual scanning paradigm...
The intricate nature of ships and floating structures presents a significant challenge for ship designers when determining suitable structural dimensions for maritime applications. This study addresses a critical research gap by focusing on a three-c...
To address low-frequency vibration and noise issues in ship grating structures, this study proposes a novel acoustic optimization design method based on modulating flexural wave bandgap characteristics. By establishing an equivalent periodic spring-m...
Aiming at the structural safety of the offshore wind power installation during a ship’s bottom operation, taking the wind power installation in a certain sea area of the East China Sea as an example. Water was found in the pump room of the Wind...
To reduce the vibration of a ship’s high-temperature pipeline, a long coated damping structure (LCDS) with entangled metallic wire material (EMWM) is proposed in this paper. The structural analysis of the long coated damping structure for pipelines i...
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