Numerical and Experimental Study on Cutting Access Opening in Ship Structure

• Main Authors: Zhou, Bo, Han, Xiaoshuang, Guo, Wei, Liu, Yujun, Tan, Soon-Keat
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Flame cutting; Cutting opening
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/83224; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/42508
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Creating an access opening in ship structure through thermal cutting is an important process in ship repair and reconstruction. The flame cutting process typically leads to a nonuniform temperature distribution, generates residual thermal stress and localized plastic deformation. As openings are nee...