Credits: 3 (3-0-0)
Description
Introduction, Ship as beam, long term loading of ship structure, periodic wave loading, longitudinal response & dynamic behaviour, Criteria of failure, Analysis of plates and grillages, Buckling of plates and panels, Recent advances in load definition, transverse strength, torsional strength, bulkhead design, design of special structures, structural design of unconventional crafts like hydrofoils, hovercrafts, SES, SWATH, Catamarans, trimarans etc., design of submarine structures, pressure hull, design of cylindrical shells, cones, bulkheads etc., Applications of computers to ship structures and structural optimization.