Analysis of the hull girder vibration by dynamic stiffness matrix method

Abstract

Dynamic stiffness matrix method is applied to compute vibration of hull girder in this paper. This method can not only simplify the computational model, but also get much higher frequencies and responses accurately. The analytical expressions of dynamic stiffness matrix of a Timoshenko beam for transverse vibration are presented in this paper. All effects of rotatory inertia and shear deformation are taken into account in the formulation. The resulting dynamic stiffness matrix combined with the Wittrick-Williams algorithm is used to compute natural frequencies and mode shapes of the 299,500 DWT VLCC, and then the vibrational responses are solved by the mode superposition method. The computational results are compared with those obtained from other approximate methods and experiment, and it indicates that the method is accurate and efficient.

Keywords

hull girder / vibration characteristics / dynamic stiffness matrix

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