Finite Element Simulation of a Mercantile Vessel Shipboard Under Working Conditions

Despite the availability of other transport methods such as land and air, marine transportation is the most preferred and widely used transportation method in the world because of its economical advantages. Due to the economical advantages, ship based studies have gained importance especially in recent years. In order to design safe, ergonomic and at the same time economic ships or vessels, both numerical and experimental methods have to be taken into account. Large-scale structural modeling like the cases in ships, on the other hand, typically relies on Finite Element Analysis (FEA) techniques. With the widespread use of Finite Element Methods (FEM) in the field of Computer Aided Design (CAD) engineering, it is possible to increase the strength of a mercantile vessel shipboard. As a consequence, in this study, the strength of a mercantile vessel shipboard has been investigated under working conditions by using ANSYS package program. The results of this study can provide the designer with some guidelines in designing shipboard of mercantile vessels. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.