Ch
6, Sec 3, [2] defines the criteria for calculating the ultimate bending
moment capacities in hogging condition M
UH and sagging condition
M
US of a
hull girder transverse section.
As specified in
Ch 6, Sec 3, [2] , the ultimate bending moment capacities are defined as the
maximum values of the curve of bending moment capacity M versus the curvature χ
of the transverse section considered (see
Fig 1 ).
This Appendix provides the criteria for obtaining the curve M-χ.
1.2
|
Criteria for the calculation
of the curve M-χ
|
The curve M-χ is to be obtained by means of an incremental-iterative
approach, summarised in the flow chart in
Fig 2 .
Each step of the incremental procedure is represented by the calculation of
the bending moment M
i which acts on the hull transverse section as
the effect of an imposed curvature χ
i.
For each step, the value χ
i is to be obtained by summing an
increment of curvature
Dχ to the value relevant to the
previous step χ
i-1.This increment of curvature corresponds to an
increment of the rotation angle of the
hull girder transverse section around its horizontal
neutral axis.
This rotation increment induces axial strains
e in
each hull structural element, whose value depends on the position of the
element. In hogging condition, the structural elements above the neutral axis
are lengthened, while the elements below the neutral axis are shortened.
Vice-versa in sagging condition.
The stress
s induced in each structural element by
the strain
e is to be obtained from the load-end
shortening curve
s-
e of the
element, which takes into account the behaviour of the element in the non-linear
elasto-plastic domain.
The distribution of the stresses induced in all the elements composing the
hull transverse section determines, for each step, a variation of the neutral
axis position, since the relationship
s-
e is non-linear. The new position of the neutral axis
relevant to the step considered is to be obtained by means of an iterative
process, imposing the equilibrium among the stresses acting in all the hull
elements.
Once the position of the neutral axis is known and the relevant stress
distribution in the section structural elements is obtained, the bending moment
of the section M
i around the new position of the neutral axis, which
corresponds to the curvature χ
i imposed in the step considered, is to
be obtained by summing the contribution given by each element stress.
In applying the procedure described in
[1.2.1] , the following assumptions are generally to be made:
- The ultimate strength is calculated at hull transverse sections between two
adjacent reinforced rings.
- The hull girder transverse section remains plane during each
curvature increment.
- The hull material has an elasto-plastic behaviour.
- The hull girder transverse section is divided into a set of
elements, which are considered to act independently. These elements are:
- transversely framed plating panels and/or ordinary stiffeners with attached
plating, whose structural behaviour is described in
[1.3.1]
- hard corners, constituted by plating crossing, whose structural behaviour is
described in
[1.3.2] .
- According to the iterative procedure, the bending moment Mi
acting on the transverse section at each curvature value χi is
obtained by summing the contribution given by the stress s acting on each element. The stress s, corresponding to the element strain e, is to be obtained for each curvature increment from the
non-linear load-end shortening curves s-e of the element.
These curves are to be calculated, for
the failure mechanisms of the element, from the formulae specified in
[1.3] . The stress s is selected as the lowest
among the values obtained from each of the considered load-end shortening curves
s-e.
- The procedure is to be repeated for each step, until the value of the
imposed curvature reaches the value χF, in m-1, in hogging
and sagging condition, obtained from the following formula:
where:
MY |
: |
The lesser of the values MY1 and MY2 , in kN.m:
MY1 = 10-3 ReH ZAB
MY2 = 10-3 ReH
ZAD |
If the value χF is
not sufficient to evaluate the peaks of the curve M-χ, the procedure is to be
repeated until the value of the imposed curvature permits the calculation of the
maximum bending moments of the curve.
1.3
|
Load-end shortening curves
s-e
|
1.3.1
|
Plating panels and ordinary
stiffeners
|
Plating panels and ordinary stiffeners composing the
hull girder transverse sections may collapse following one
of the modes of failure specified in
Tab
1 .
Hard corners are sturdier elements composing the
hull girder transverse section, which collapse mainly
according to an elasto-plastic mode of failure. The relevant load-end shortening
curve
s-
e is to be obtained
for lengthened and shortened hard corners according to
[1.3.3] .
Table 1 - Modes of failure of plating panels
and ordinary stiffeners
Element
|
Mode of failure
|
Curve s-e
defined in
|
Lengthened transversely framed plating panel or ordinary
stiffeners
|
Elasto-plastic
collapse
|
|
Shortened ordinary
stiffeners
|
Beam column buckling
|
|
Torsional buckling
|
|
Web local buckling of flanged profiles
|
|
Web local buckling of flat bars
|
|
Shortened transversely framed plating panel
|
Plate buckling
|
|
1.3.3
|
Elasto-plastic collapse
|
The equation describing the load-end shortening curve
s-
e for the elasto-plastic collapse
of structural elements composing the
hull girder transverse section is to be obtained from the
following formula, valid for both positive (shortening) and negative
(lengthening) strains (see
Fig 3 ):
s =
F R
eH
where:
F |
: |
Edge function:
F = -1 for e <
-1
F = e for -1 < e < 1
F = 1 for e >
1 |
eY |
: |
Strain inducing yield stress in the element:
|
1.3.4
|
Beam column
buckling
|
The equation describing the load-end shortening curve
sCR1-
e for the beam
column buckling of ordinary stiffeners composing the
hull girder transverse section is to be obtained from the
following formula (see
Fig 4 ):
where:
F |
: |
Edge function defined in
[1.3.3] |
sC1 |
: |
Critical stress, in N/mm2:
|
e |
: |
Relative strain defined in
[1.3.3] |
sE1 |
: |
Euler column buckling stress, in N/mm2:
|
IE |
: |
Net moment of inertia of ordinary stiffeners, in cm4, with
attached shell plating of width bE1 |
bE1 |
: |
Width, in m, of the attached shell plating:
|
AE |
: |
Net sectional area, in cm2, of ordinary stiffeners with attached
shell plating of width bE |
bE |
: |
Width, in m, of the attached shell plating:
|
The equation describing the load-end shortening curve
sCR2-
e for the
lateral-flexural buckling of ordinary stiffeners composing the
hull girder transverse section is to be obtained according
to the following formula (see
Fig 5 ):
where:
F |
: |
Edge function defined in
[1.3.3] |
sC2 |
: |
Critical stress, in N/mm2:
|
e |
: |
Relative strain defined in
[1.3.3] |
sCP |
: |
Buckling stress of the attached plating, in N/mm2:
|
βE |
: |
Coefficient defined in
[1.3.4] . |
1.3.6
|
Web local buckling of
flanged ordinary stiffeners
|
The equation describing the load-end shortening curve
sCR3-
e for the web local
buckling of flanged ordinary stiffeners composing the
hull girder transverse section is to be obtained from the
following formula:
where:
F |
: |
Edge function defined in
[1.3.3] |
bE |
: |
Width, in m, of the attached shell plating, defined in
[1.3.4] |
hWE |
: |
Effective height, in mm, of the web:
|
e |
: |
Relative strain defined in
[1.3.3] . |
1.3.7
|
Web local buckling of flat
bar ordinary stiffeners
|
The equation describing the load-end shortening curve
sCR4-
e for the web local
buckling of flat bar ordinary stiffeners composing the
hull girder transverse section is to be obtained from the
following formula (see
Fig 6 ):
where:
F |
: |
Edge function defined in
[1.3.3] |
sCP |
: |
Buckling stress of the attached plating, in N/mm2, defined in
[1.3.5] |
sC4 |
: |
Critical stress, in N/mm2:
|
sE4 |
: |
Local Euler buckling stress, in N/mm2:
|
e |
: |
Relative strain defined in
[1.3.3] . |
The equation describing the load-end shortening curve
sCR5-
e for the buckling
of transversely stiffened panels composing the
hull girder transverse section is to be obtained from the
following formula:
where:
βE |
: |
Coefficient defined in
[1.3.4] . |
Comments