Has any tried to use Simulation to analyze global longitudinal strength of a ship's hull while afloat? I have attempted to do this, but I am not pleased with the results. To start with I am simply considering a "prismatic" barge. My methodology was:
Solidworks:
1) Import ship midship section from an already created AutoCAD file
2) extrude midship section over desired length
3) apply steel material
Simulation:
4) Start static analysis
5) Treat model as beam
6) Apply buoyancy pressure to under water part of hull as non-uniform distribution
7) Add cargo weight as equally applied load to deck
8) Mesh and run
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