“…One basic method to reduce the radiated noise is based on improving the hull structure to reduce vibration transmission. In the past decades, much research work is devoted to vibration transmission characteristic analysis of different structures, such as beams (Lee et al, 2007), girders (Senjanovic et al, 2009), rafts (Niu et al, 2005), casings (Otrin et al, 2005), panels (Lee et al, 2009), plates (Xie et al, 2007;Bonfiglio et al, 2007) and shells (Efimtsov & Lazarev, 2009). Some studies dedicated to the responses of whole ship hull, such as free vibration analysis of thin shell (Lee, 2006), insertion loss prediction of floating floors (Cha & Chun, 2008) and structural responses of ship hull (Iijima et al, 2008).…”