Investigation on Load Characteristics of Hinged Connector for a Large Floating Structure Model under Wave Actions

• Published in: Journal of marine science and engineering Vol. 11; no. 4; p. 786
• Main Authors: Song, Xuemin, Liu, Weiqin, Wu, Hao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.04.2023
• Subjects: Analysis; Connecting; Connectors; Design; Design of experiments; experiment; Floating; Floating bodies; Floating structures; hinged connector; Investigations; large floating structure model; Load; load characteristics; Mathematical models; Numerical analysis; Numerical methods; numerical simulation; Ocean engineering; Simulation; Simulation methods; Strain gauges; Structural design; Structural engineering; Towing; Towing tanks; Vertical loads; Wave propagation; China

The super-large floating bodies are often designed as multimodule structures linked by connectors, and the load and strength evaluation of the connector structure becomes an essential work in the design procedure of these floating bodies. In this paper, the hydrodynamic experimental model of a doubl...