“…The main dimensions of the perforated plate were length (a), breadth (b), thickness (t), opening in the plate length direction (L), opening in the plate breadth direction (D), axial displacement (U), and lateral deflection (w). To investigate the lateral deflection characteristics of the perforated plates, we considered three variables-opening size (D/L), thickness (t), and aspect ratio (a/b)-on the basis of previous studies and actual shipment data [3,[11][12][13]. From the previous reference data, the dimensions of the plates used in shipbuilding industries are in the following range: aspect ratio (1.00-6.55), slenderness ratio (1.42-3.83), breadth (800-975 mm), thickness (10-22 mm), opening size (400 mm × 600 mm, 500 mm × 700 mm, 600 mm × 800 mm), and opening ratio (0.44-0.83).…”