Bearing Capacity Analysis of the Slab of Slipways at Marine Engineering Construction Site

Abstract

With the rapid development of marine exploration, the scale of offshore structures is getting large. It makes the slipways of marine construction site under critical bearing capacity and results in high-risk. Accurate evaluation of load responses of slipways can ensure the safety during construction and launching process and make use of them efficiently. Focusing on the issue, APDL technique is used in this paper to assessing mechanical performance of slab of the heavy slipway with maximum building capacity currently. Unfavorable live load distribution and contact conditions of panels are demonstrated under various serving conditions.