Alexandria University Ship Structural Design II

Faculty of Engineering 4 th year

Naval architecture & Marine
Engineering Dept.
Sheet (5): Stiffened plates
1. The shown stiffened panel in the side structure of a container ship is subjected to a uniformly
distributed average pressure of 150 KPA. Consider the unstiffened plate and the longitudinal
stiffeners with attached plating assuming plate to be fully effective. Will they fail?
(E = 200 GPA, yield stress = 312 MPA (HTS), v = 0.3 and frame spacing = 3270 mm)

For simply supported unstiffened plate

5 Pb4
Wmax = k 384 D (k=1 for large a/b) Wall = b/100

Et3 b
D= σ = kp ( )2 (kx = 0. 225 and K y = 0.75 for large a/b)
12(1−v2 ) t

For simply supported beam

5q L 4 Wall σyield
Wmax = 384 EI = √
L 2E

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 2. The deck stiffened panel shown in figure is subjected to a uniform longitudinal compressive
stress of 180 N/mm2 . For the transverse beam, the attached plating is assumed to be 90 %
effective. Assume all edges are simply supported. What are the buckling limit states to take into
consideration?. Which represent the critical failure mode?
(Yield stress = 235 N/mm2 and E = 2.06 x 105 N/mm2 )

For simply supported unstiffened plate:

π2 E t 2
σcr = k c ( )
12 (1 − v 2 ) b

Johnson-Ostenfeld equation (for unstiffened and stiffened plates):

σE
σcr = σE For σy
≤ 0.5

1
σcr = σy (1 − 4σ )
E /σy

Effective width ratio:

be σcr
= √
b σy

For pin-ended long columns:

π2 E I
σcr = 2
, ρ= √
L A
(ρ )
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Johnson’s equation for short columns:

λ2 Le σ
σcr = σult = σy (1 − ) , 𝜆= √ Ey < √2
4 πρ

For simply supported stiffened plate:

1
K π2 (Dx Dy )2
σcr =
tx B 2
E ix
Dx =
(1 − v 2 )

E iy
Dy =
(1 − v 2 )

Ix
ix =
Sy

Iy
iy =
Sx

Good Luck
Prof. Dr. Heba. W. Leheta
Eng. Mohamed Elsaka
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