Experimental and Numerical Studies on the Ultimate Bending Strength of Welded Plated Grillage with Combined Openings

Abstract

Plated grillage with combined openings was susceptible to complex failure behaviors as the main load-bearing structure of the superstructure on passenger ships subjected to deck loads. Additionally, the deformation and stresses generated during the welding of the plated grillage complicated the prediction of its failure behavior. In this case, a new partitioned inherent strain method and nonlinear finite element method were used to simulate the welding and loading process, and experiments were designed and carried out to make comparisons, unveiling the influence regulations between the failure behavior of the structure and the loading condition, the initial welding state. This research on the failure mode analysis of plated grillages could provide references for the optimization of the structural form of plated grillages and the cargo loading scheme on the deck of a real ship.