Photoelastic Investigation of Stress Concentration in Side Plating of 10,000 Ton Cruiser

Abstract

The cause of failure in light plating forming a part of the deck house structure lying above the main deck of 10,000 ton cruisers is shown to be due to the fact that the hip structure behaves as a bent beam, thus requiring that the highest stress occurs at the points most distant from the neutral axis. Consequently, failure occurs in the light deck house walls. This failure can be prevented by two methods: (1) use of plating heavy enough to decrease materially the deformation of the ship; or (2) modification of the ship structure in such a way that light superstructure not forming a part of the strength structure of the ship will not be forced to undergo the deformation caused by the bending of the ship.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 23, 1936
Accession Number
AD1150861

Entities

People

  • H. B. Maris
  • J. A. Sanderson

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Superstructures

Readers

  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.
  • Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures.
  • Surface Engineering/Surface Coating Technology.