CHEN C, ZHOU H, LI Z Q, et al. Failure behavior analysis of cruise ship high stiffener web height I-girders considering initial welding defects[J]. Chinese Journal of Ship Research, 2025, 20(X): 1–9 (in Chinese). DOI: 10.19693/j.issn.1673-3185.03697
Citation: CHEN C, ZHOU H, LI Z Q, et al. Failure behavior analysis of cruise ship high stiffener web height I-girders considering initial welding defects[J]. Chinese Journal of Ship Research, 2025, 20(X): 1–9 (in Chinese). DOI: 10.19693/j.issn.1673-3185.03697

Failure behavior analysis of cruise ship high stiffener web height I-girders considering initial welding defects

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  • Received Date: December 21, 2023
  • Revised Date: January 24, 2024
  • Available Online: February 26, 2024
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  • Objectives 

    High stiffener web height I-girders on large cruise ships are made of welded thin plates, which produce noticeable weld distortion and stresses during manufacturing, and can affect the load-bearing characteristics of the structure. In order to consider the influence of welding deformation, the failure behavior of high stiffener web height I-girders is studied.

    Methods 

    Taking the 450 mm I-girder as the investigation object, based on the actual welding parameters, the welding deformations and stresses were calculated by thermo-elastic-plastic finite element method, and as the initial state to carry out nonlinear finite element calculations to simulate the failure behavior of the structure under vertical Loads.

    Results 

    The initial welding deformation would increase the instability of the structure when subjected to vertical compressive loads, which greatly weakened the ultimate load bearing capacity, and the reduction of the ultimate load reduced 35.74%. While the effect of the welding stress was less apparent compared to deformation.

    Conclusion 

    The results of the investigation proved that the welding at the T-joint had an effect on the structural load-bearing characteristics, and the weakening effect of welding deformation should be considered in the calculation of the strength of the real ship structure and certain reinforcement or corrective measures should be adopted.

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