Structural analysis and design of a car carrier with composite sandwich deck panels

Andrić, Jerolim; Kitarović, Stanislav; Radolović, Vito; Prebeg, Pero

doi:10.1080/17445302.2018.1564536

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“…FRPU composite has been applied as the core material of SPS because it meets LR criteria, including density, hardness, ultimate tensile strength, and elongation at break [17,18]. An extensive range of research studies about the application of sandwich structure on static behavior and weight-reduction investigation in the few structural part was introduced, such as in the ship deck [17,19,20], hull structure [10,18], and car deck [11,21,22], and other various structures. Brooking & Kennedy [15] conducted a Finite Element Analysis (FEA) on applying SPS to several flat plate constructions on tankers.…”

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Study of sandwich panel application on side hull of crude oil tanker

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A lightweight sandwich plate system (SPS) consisted of steel faceplate and polyurethane elastomer composite cores have excellent potential to be applied on the ship structure. Steel faceplate and polyurethane elastomer (PU) cores are frequently applied, but PU has a relatively high material cost. More economical material can be achieved by combining PU with fiberglass as a fiberglass reinforced polyurethane elastomer (FRPU) composite. In this study, the sandwich consisting of steel faceplate and FRPU composite core material is applied in the tanker side hull by investigating the structural performance and weight saving analysis using finite element analysis (FEA). Four sandwich side hull models using different stiffener configurations are compared with the conventional stiffened plate model. The result shows the promising SPS application in terms of structural strength and weight savings. The remarkable stress reduction, deformation, and structural weight reduction due to SPS application are discussed. Therefore, its weight reduction can increase the ship payload so that ship operations will be cost-effective.

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